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Here's your host, Joe Simons, like diamonds.

Thank you. host, Joe Simons. Like Diamonds.

Hello, Salt Strong Nation, Joe Simons.

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Got Luke Simons?

What's up, dude?

And we're ready to have a debate on Reels?

Yep, Scott Ray is with us as well from Texas one of our our coaches there from the Texas area and we had a question in the community recently and it was something along the lines is it still even worth learning how to use a baitcaster in 2025 I know and I was like well, I have an opinion, which we'll talk about here in a second. And I was like, you know, it would be perfect to come on here because

this is essentially going to be bait casters versus spinning. This is for insured saltwater fishing,

not bass fishing. This is for intrasalt water fishing, redfish, pickle trout, snook, if you got

them, and flounder

they said let's get scott on here and talk about really the pros and cons of each and maybe by the

end we'll have an answer if you should learn how to use a baitcaster or not if you haven't already so

where do you guys want to start with this let me let me tell your story or more our story, but, you know, we only use baitcasters.

We came from bass fishing in Florida, right?

Luke, if you want to kind of tell that quick story.

Yeah, so for many years, like we were diehard bass fishermen growing up.

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