My first ever fishing rod was a Zebco 33 and my first bait caster was a Abu Garcia black max combo. I also got the Bass Pro Shops Johnny Morris carbonlite 2.0 baitcaster combo for Christmas. It is SMOOTH as HECK!!! Great video, keep it up .
Love the content, Larry. Thank you for sharing. My first baitcast combo was the BassPro brand. I love baitcasters. My collection keeps growing. I think I have a rod and reel addiction. I agree with you Larry, it could be worse.
I started off with a Zebco push button when I was a kid about 60 years ago. Now at 68 I have 49 combos. If you start fishing when you are young you will never get away from it. It's the sport of a lifetime!
First one I purchased was a some no name brand spinning combo from Kmart and my first Baitcaster was a Abu reel on a BassPro back when Bass Pro was just a catalog store, I’m old 😂 my current favorite combo is a Shimano Antares reel on a Poison Adrena 6’11 M+ rod.
I started with a zebco...loved it to death. Started fishing for bream in a little pond. But my first baitcaster combo was a kastking crixus with a abu Garcia vengeance rod
Sup Larry. I'm 49yrs. Old and 44yrs ago I started with a push button zebco combo lol. Just this year got my first baitcaster combo shimano caius reel on an uglystick rod 7' 3" medium/heavy. And the new bps baitcaster combo 7'. Nice combos you have. Ty tc.
@@mcf8720 wow $79 great deal. Are they 6pin breaks or 4? I have the 6pin and have 2 breaks off across from each other, was told have to go across from each other? So how set 3 of 6? Lol. Idk
@@mcf8720 oh I agree. Was only asking because I'm stuck. Have 2 pins up so 4 breaks on. Heard they have to go across from each other? I want to put a 3rd pin up? How can I? If ones across supposed to be same? That would mean can only have 2 on, 4 on or 6 on? Or off? How about 1, 3, 5? That's what was trying to ask. And trying to ask now but hope explained better? Thanks
@@ronaldyeater3322The orientation just has to be "balanced". If you only want two pins up, make sure they're across from each other. If you want four pins up, just make sure that the two that remain down are across from each other. If you want three pins up, then alternate the pins....up, down, up, down, up, down. That way, every "up" pin is between two "down" pins, and every "down" pin is between two "up" pins. Doing it like this ensures that no matter what the orientation is...the left side is always the same weight as the right side....and therefore balanced.
My first spincast combo was a Zebco from Kmart...first spinning combo Browning Syntec reel & Quantum rod...first baitcasting combo Shimano Curado & St. Croix Avid rod 6' 2" medium action. I know Curado's & St. Croix can be pricey but I bought those 20 years ago and still in good use. My Curado is getting worn out so I wanted to try Lews but were out of stock so I bought another Shimano, SLX...love it.
You are definitely blessed bro...very nice arsenal 👌. I started off with a 7ft heavy Ugly Stick from Walmart...and I've "moved up" to higher end Lew's and Abu Garcias since then.
Started out with a kids scooby doo rod when i was little. I knew it was time to step it up though when a half pound bass was pulling line out on max drag.
I just started fishing with a bait caster and the one I have is a black max n I just got a mach2 bait caster can u give me any pointer on them what line and lure to use with them
1st bass combo was a Shakespeare navigator 6'6. I use it for creeks. Also have abu black max & lews bait casters but haven't full graduated to using the baitcasters for bass yet!!...coming soon though 🤔
I just picked up a Revo STX on sale from tackle warehouse and it definitely has made me a fan of Abu. It feels just as solid as my Lews pro ti with an even more smooth retrieve.
My first combo was a BASS outdoor America baitcast combo from k-mart, found out real quick at the age of 11 baitcasters were not for me 😂, several years advanced and I have a few baitcasters and I have my eye on the zata combo.
my 1st was a ugly stix Gx2 spinning reel , i then owned Lew's 6 foot 10 Medium action rod and a spinning reel comboination and both rods and reels are still going guns a blazing. My ugly stik has been put through hell and to this day she's still going guns blazing stong
How do those Abu Garcia virtual rods compare to the vendetta or veritas rods? Those rods are discontinued are being sold at an amazing price right now. I just scored a 7’3 medium heavy for 60 ish bucks. I don’t care about the app as I find FISHBRAIN IS A BETTER app than Anglr. But if it performs good grab it now when its cheap and on clearance.
I don't remember my very 1st combo but im sure it wasn't anything grand. When i got back into bass fishing 10 ish yrs ago I just picked up a spinning combo from walmart for like $30. And then it got stolen and I got a black max combo for Christmas 5ish yrs ago and still use it today. Hopefully that will change this Christmas not that the black max isn't a good combo. I've caught some of my biggest fish on it and it's still holding strong. Love Abu Garcia gear..🎣🇺🇸🎣
My first ever setup was an eagle claw when my dad taught me to fish years ago. Now I just started baitcasting earlier this year and my current combo Is a Shakespeare Excursion rod and kalex xl3 reel, served me well getting into baitcasting but its trash hope to upgrade Christmas and plan on getting a slxdc when I can start fishing again ❄ 😠 😡 also there is a giant tube next to the Christmas tree I asked for a lews laser sg1
My first rod and reel was in 1982 it was a zebco 202 after that I bought a Target two-piece spinning rod and reel then I got my first Shakespeare rod and reel spinning didn't get my first baitcaster until 1994 I graduated into a lot of open face reels
Bro I had to click on this video because just the other day I was out fishing and ran into another nice fishermen that looked just like u 😭😂😂 but other then saying that, What are your tips on beginner bait caster users
comrade as a fishing angler myself i want to point out and inform you that some baits work best with the spinning reels , some baits work best on a bait caster , then some baits work best with both and either bait caster or spinning reel. 100% personal prefrence meaning its 100% what you prefer.
My first ever fishing rod was a Zebco 33 and my first bait caster was a Abu Garcia black max combo. I also got the Bass Pro Shops Johnny Morris carbonlite 2.0 baitcaster combo for Christmas. It is SMOOTH as HECK!!! Great video, keep it up .
Love the content, Larry. Thank you for sharing. My first baitcast combo was the BassPro brand. I love baitcasters. My collection keeps growing. I think I have a rod and reel addiction. I agree with you Larry, it could be worse.
I started off with a Zebco push button when I was a kid about 60 years ago. Now at 68 I have 49 combos. If you start fishing when you are young you will never get away from it. It's the sport of a lifetime!
First one I purchased was a some no name brand spinning combo from Kmart and my first Baitcaster was a Abu reel on a BassPro back when Bass Pro was just a catalog store, I’m old 😂 my current favorite combo is a Shimano Antares reel on a Poison Adrena 6’11 M+ rod.
Banger bro always cool to see peoples rod and reel arsenal 🔥
Best fishing gear vid I’ve seen by far! You give people on a budget hope. To many people pushing 300+ feels on 200+ rods.
I started with a zebco...loved it to death. Started fishing for bream in a little pond. But my first baitcaster combo was a kastking crixus with a abu Garcia vengeance rod
Sup Larry. I'm 49yrs. Old and 44yrs ago I started with a push button zebco combo lol. Just this year got my first baitcaster combo shimano caius reel on an uglystick rod 7' 3" medium/heavy. And the new bps baitcaster combo 7'. Nice combos you have. Ty tc.
The Caius is actually my favorite reel in my arsenal. I got it in a combo for $75 at Academy. Liked it so much, I went back and got a second one.
@@mcf8720 wow $79 great deal. Are they 6pin breaks or 4? I have the 6pin and have 2 breaks off across from each other, was told have to go across from each other? So how set 3 of 6? Lol. Idk
@@ronaldyeater3322Both of mine are six pin. No issues so far on either of them.
@@mcf8720 oh I agree. Was only asking because I'm stuck. Have 2 pins up so 4 breaks on. Heard they have to go across from each other? I want to put a 3rd pin up? How can I? If ones across supposed to be same? That would mean can only have 2 on, 4 on or 6 on? Or off? How about 1, 3, 5? That's what was trying to ask. And trying to ask now but hope explained better? Thanks
@@ronaldyeater3322The orientation just has to be "balanced". If you only want two pins up, make sure they're across from each other. If you want four pins up, just make sure that the two that remain down are across from each other. If you want three pins up, then alternate the pins....up, down, up, down, up, down. That way, every "up" pin is between two "down" pins, and every "down" pin is between two "up" pins. Doing it like this ensures that no matter what the orientation is...the left side is always the same weight as the right side....and therefore balanced.
the amount of times larry says “rods” is absolutely insane 😂
My first spincast combo was a Zebco from Kmart...first spinning combo Browning Syntec reel & Quantum rod...first baitcasting combo Shimano Curado & St. Croix Avid rod 6' 2" medium action. I know Curado's & St. Croix can be pricey but I bought those 20 years ago and still in good use. My Curado is getting worn out so I wanted to try Lews but were out of stock so I bought another Shimano, SLX...love it.
You are definitely blessed bro...very nice arsenal 👌. I started off with a 7ft heavy Ugly Stick from Walmart...and I've "moved up" to higher end Lew's and Abu Garcias since then.
Started out with a kids scooby doo rod when i was little. I knew it was time to step it up though when a half pound bass was pulling line out on max drag.
TH-cam hasn’t pushed me one of your notifications ina min I got some videos to watch 💪❤️❤️
I just started fishing with a bait caster and the one I have is a black max n I just got a mach2 bait caster can u give me any pointer on them what line and lure to use with them
Damn Larry I got 5 on that vintage combo 😂😆🤘🤘🤘🤘 love the content man keep it up bro. I don't know how I am watching this for the first time.
1st bass combo was a Shakespeare navigator 6'6. I use it for creeks. Also have abu black max & lews bait casters but haven't full graduated to using the baitcasters for bass yet!!...coming soon though 🤔
How do you clean the handles on the veritas rod I have one and it NEEDS to be cleaned
I use a little Dawn dish soap and some warm water!
I love this channel been binge watching older videos keep up the content
Great content, I wonder how many rod and reels you have got now? Or what did you get new? Keep it up bud
I just picked up a Revo STX on sale from tackle warehouse and it definitely has made me a fan of Abu. It feels just as solid as my Lews pro ti with an even more smooth retrieve.
Nice collection bro. Also I was the one who spoke to you at Walmart Tonight 😅
Would love one of those rods bro, first baitcaster I’ve gotten used to was black max on the Berkeley cherrywood all because of you brotha
My first was a old Shimano 1000 I think it was my dad from years ago
My first combo was a BASS outdoor America baitcast combo from k-mart, found out real quick at the age of 11 baitcasters were not for me 😂, several years advanced and I have a few baitcasters and I have my eye on the zata combo.
my 1st was a ugly stix Gx2 spinning reel , i then owned Lew's 6 foot 10 Medium action rod and a spinning reel comboination and both rods and reels are still going guns a blazing. My ugly stik has been put through hell and to this day she's still going guns blazing stong
Have u did a 2022 vid yet. I really wanna see what u got now
Not yet! Will definitely make one in December!
@@LarryMeltonJr Ok bet. Thanks
My first bass fishing combo was a zebco slingshot spinning reel. Still don't have many poles but as long as I'm catching fish I love it.
Catching fish is all that matters man! It could be on a stick! 👊🏾
How do those Abu Garcia virtual rods compare to the vendetta or veritas rods? Those rods are discontinued are being sold at an amazing price right now. I just scored a 7’3 medium heavy for 60 ish bucks. I don’t care about the app as I find FISHBRAIN IS A BETTER app than Anglr. But if it performs good grab it now when its cheap and on clearance.
I honestly haven’t used it in a while. I would definitely go Vendetta or Veritas route now!!
My first was the ugly stick gx2 spinning 6.5 light. Then I tried out my first baitcaster from Walmart, the Shakespeare alpha now I can’t stop
I was actually really bass fishing with a zebco 33 with traps and t rigs
Yessir 🔥🔥🔥 from and live in Oxford also
Started with a bluemax for baitcasting and a zebco when I was little. Whew that veritas plx would be awesome I need a new spinning rod!!!!
I don't remember my very 1st combo but im sure it wasn't anything grand. When i got back into bass fishing 10 ish yrs ago I just picked up a spinning combo from walmart for like $30. And then it got stolen and I got a black max combo for Christmas 5ish yrs ago and still use it today. Hopefully that will change this Christmas not that the black max isn't a good combo. I've caught some of my biggest fish on it and it's still holding strong. Love Abu Garcia gear..🎣🇺🇸🎣
Zebco 33 for the beginning. Abu blue max for the first bait cast, quantum snapshot with a trigger for my first spinning back in the 90's
Black max was my 1st. Tatula elite my current favorite
First fishing setup was black Zebco combo. First bait caster was an all star rod paired with a low end shimano reel.
First combo, a lightning McQueen push button 💪
My first Abu Garcia Black Max 7’ medium heavy. This baby catch.
Nice bro..
You dont need fancy set ups to catch big fish ..
I'm 65 and use nothing but abu garcia bait casters...have 5 different combos...and i have shimano and diawa. My first was a black zebco 202...
First combo was a Penn pursuit 3 that I used for saltwater fishing
You r the Coolest fishermen on TH-cam 👍👍👍 i would love to be your neighbor. Lol
First fishing combo was a zebco 202 and first bass combo was a Abu Garcia’s with a Walmart rode
i see the fritside on the second combo it is heat
My first ever setup was an eagle claw when my dad taught me to fish years ago. Now I just started baitcasting earlier this year and my current combo Is a Shakespeare Excursion rod and kalex xl3 reel, served me well getting into baitcasting but its trash hope to upgrade Christmas and plan on getting a slxdc when I can start fishing again ❄ 😠 😡 also there is a giant tube next to the Christmas tree I asked for a lews laser sg1
My first rod and reel was in 1982 it was a zebco 202 after that I bought a Target two-piece spinning rod and reel then I got my first Shakespeare rod and reel spinning didn't get my first baitcaster until 1994 I graduated into a lot of open face reels
I remember when the only thing you used to use was the black max lol
first combo was gx2 Shakespeare like 4000 size I got 50lb line. I had no clue what I was doing
80 $ quantiam casting combo🤣
Could you do a tackle arsenal 2022 video?
Zebco 33!! FACTS
Shakespeare spin cast 😆
My favorite combo right now is a daiwa tatula sv tw 103 limited and a favorite white bird my first was also a black max 😋
Bro I had to click on this video because just the other day I was out fishing and ran into another nice fishermen that looked just like u 😭😂😂 but other then saying that, What are your tips on beginner bait caster users
I started with a $15 Shakespeare spinning combo from Walmart !
Started fishing with a piscifun torrent and an uglystik gx2
My first setup was a raffle winner Shakespeare combo but my first bait caster is the Lew's speedspool Walmart combo and it's actually pretty nice
fist rod i had was a branch with some 30lbs test tied on lol
just started fishing this year with a $30 daiwa spinning combo lol that thing could bomb tho no lie
comrade as a fishing angler myself i want to point out and inform you that some baits work best with the spinning reels , some baits work best on a bait caster , then some baits work best with both and either bait caster or spinning reel. 100% personal prefrence meaning its 100% what you prefer.
Hoping to get one of the veritas plx rods for christmas
First rod and reel was a zebco 202 and a Shakespeare spinner.
I dont remember what tod and reel I had when I was a kid, but my first baitcaster when I got back into fishing truly was a diawa pro caster
H20 XPRESS! yessir
living like larry and fishing like larry
My first ever Bass rod and reel was a 7foot ugly stik and a all black and silver new peen spinning reel size 3000
Gotta put the Revo STX on the Ike Series.....
Dam this is quite the arsenal merry Christmas my friend
Sick video love this video
You should get that on a shit “ Tournament Pond Angler”!😀😀
Great video I subscribed💯
Absolutely love the white jerk bait combo so so sick definitely jelly ha ha!!
My rod and reel combo was zebco 33.
Shimano sienna 2500 ugly stick elite. Was great honestly
Mine was the less mach 2 baitcaster
🔥🔥🔥🔥
Abu Garcia black max
“I'm not superstitious, but I am a little stitious” - Larry
Great vids you are amazing
Awesome video love the rods and reels!!
Zebco 202 combo, and a spinner bait
Bill dance Spincast
My first bass setup was a Shakespeare ugly stick spinning combo
I started with a abu garcia maxx
Do a tackle tour
My wife found me a black max at a garage sale for $10 , one of my favorites
Shimano curado/ googan green series
Blackmaxx baitcaster combo
abu garcia blue max
Black max with a Daiwa rod
Bro he lives so close to me and I hold at cider ridge
Parabolic snap
Who else remembers when he had under 10k subscribers
13 fishing ambition, my dad bought it for me when I was 6.
My first fishing setup was a Spider-Man rod
Zebco spinning reel
My first rod and real was a 33
Gx2
U nailed it bro zebco 33
Zebco 6 foot slingshot
lews mach 2 spinning