05-08-2012, 12:34 AM
I had the older version. There is nothing wrong with retrievers I just prefer spinners. With a retriever it's hard to play fish with the reel unless they are small. Any decent size fish you have to set the bow down and play the fish by hand. I do all my shooting off a boat so setting the bow down on the deck is hard with 2 other people in the boat. Good way to get it stepped on or kicked into the lake. With a spinner setup you can fight the fish off the bow and have a drag. It cost about the same to do either set up.
With a retriever it's nice to just knock and arrow and shoot and not have to worry about pressing any buttons. The only fish that you can shoot in nv is carp. Not sure about stripers since it is legal to spearfish them.
If you are ever in the Reno area let me know and I'll take you out. Last weekend we shot 156 in 4 hours between my wife and I
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With a retriever it's nice to just knock and arrow and shoot and not have to worry about pressing any buttons. The only fish that you can shoot in nv is carp. Not sure about stripers since it is legal to spearfish them.
If you are ever in the Reno area let me know and I'll take you out. Last weekend we shot 156 in 4 hours between my wife and I
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