It's not even April yet and the night crawlers were out in full force last night. I could of picked up a bunch in a one block stretch on my way to work this morning.
This guy's have thousands of dollars worth of tackle and they put the same thing out every time just cause they have caught fish with it. I am guilty of it more than once.
I learned on cheep bait casters. It was tough. I picked up a ardent a couple years ago that is the smoothest one I have used. I haven't gotten to play with a 300$ dollar one tho.
No slots I don't personally keep many fish over 20 but if that's all I'm catching I'm going to take some home. Slots don't work just look at Mille lacs:;:stirthepot
I think they all have bad drag setups for the youth. Probably why they come with 20lb test. I would buy everything separate then just upgrade to rod as they get bigger.