You make a amazing points, its about target species and gear accordingly. I don't have a lot of expensive gear but my expensive gear i have is exactly as you pointed out for bigger hard pulling fish. I fish with sienna's 4000, they are a fantastic cheap reel that handles heaps of fish but are 320g for the reel alone. Paired with 10 and 15lb line and a cheap glass fiber rod they catch 90% of what i fish for from flathead, whiting, and snapper. I have some more expensive setups like a legalis lt 2500 and it has more drag than a 4000 and is 250g total combo weight. Its a much nicer setup for soft plastics and casting all day but also more expensive, from $100 to $200 price difference. My heavy setups for tuna/ kingfish/ shark are $300-500. These setups i use are fairly budget friendly considering what you can spend on fishing gear.

You summed up everything that can be said with the Ferrari example Good point master 👌👍

Nice topic Master Kit. Just sharing my experience on jigging using inexpensive gear. Reel price is 2.3k pesos, rod price is 1.5k pesos and mainline is PE 2 worth 800pesos. But I was able land a 61kg Dogtooth Tuna.

I just bought a 25$ spinning reel 20$ rod 20$ line and love it catches fish.. and I out fish my friends that have mid range price gear.. but I also do have 1k$+ set ups because I been fishing for over 30 years and I like a very nice reel because I've earned them as in earned and learned how to fish and want very nice gear

very good content, when it comes to reels for small lure fishing with high ratio needed i use a penn pursuit vi 2500,for high ratio meduim size lure i use noeby 4000 lightweight 238g, for low ratio winter soft plastics i used dawia light weight prorex x lt 4000 (2018) then for my heavy lure fast work i use penn pursuit vi 6500 all really good value for money reels that are very good at each of there jobs without breaking the bank, i hope this helps someone i look forward to your next uploads tightlines

I 100% agree with all this. I only have top end reels for when I fish for big, strong and fast fish for the size of the reel I use that can put a lot of strain on the reel and specially the break. Then a top end and extremely reliable reel can be of insane value. Losing the fish of your lifetime because you skimped on the gear, is something you NEVER forget. It will eat on your mind for the rest of your life. You need to do some very special fishing to need to have smaller Stella than a 6000 in my opinion and even a 6000 Stella is somethin most don't need at all. For those sizes a mid range to top mid range is plenty good enough for most fishing. But if you prefer to use a spinning reel for jigging and bait fishing, then a 6000 Stella can still be the right choice for you. My largest Stella reels are a 14000 XG that I use for casting and a 20000 PG that I use for fishing with live and dead bait. I don't like to cast a lot with a larger reel than 14000 as I find them to become to heavy and not enjoyable to fish with. I am 6"2, 200 pounds and rather strong, but I still find casting a lot with heavy reels ruins the fun of fishing rather quickly. And I don't like to use heavier gear than I need to use.

Mate, i loved and agree with your perspective. To answer your question, Expensive gear doesn't make you a better angler but you would appreciate it if you are. From my personal experience cheaper gear can make you a better angler since you learn how to land what ever the sea hummers you, with considering the weakness of your gear and that takes you to different ways of fighting. May lose some time but definitely may lose with high end gear too. Appreciate very much your channel mate👍🎣💪 Thank you♥️

My prefer spinning gears is stella 4000 combine with evergreen spin jekker power 2 light and well balance

I have this running joke when I take inexperienced friends fishing with me on the boat. When they arent catching any fish and start getting restless, I sometimes offer to switch rods...and lo and behold, I still keep catching fish and they still don't. Moral of the story: You can have the best gear, but if you dont know how to use it; you've just wasted money... That being said, the more you do understand and know how to fish, the more specialised your tastes and needs invariably get. Do I NEED an expensive Daiwa Kohga Air rod with a Saltiga IC reel to fish with sliders? No! But do I like the overall tightness and effectiveness of this setup for this specific technique? Yes ! So did I spend money for nothing? Most probably, No !

OMG this is a very controversial topic bro!😂😂😂😂

Spend money on a rod not reel since you only work the jig mostly with the reel specially if spinning was used.. High end gear is only recommended for big fish like yft because you need that extra drag

but i think the more its expensive the more it will last compared to the cheaper ones... but you are totally right it will not get you any better.

Always remember … buy the best you can afford and forget the rest

Fishing for 20 years. I aquired/developed a lot of respect for fish, a lot of knowledge about fish and experience how to catch it. Believe me or not, gear is almost irrelevant and just a tax for those who are addicted. With 1000 euros, you can cover all inshore techniques, and another 1000 for offshore. Some would say 2000 is a lot, but they have no idea that average sport fisherman spends over 5000 euros and buys probably some junk. This guy from video probably spent 10000 euros before aquiring/developing amazing knowledge he has today

Hello kit I say no that expensive fishing 🎣 gear does not make you a better angler I'm a bugget person my max I will spend is maby $100 or $150 at my local swap meets or at my local fishing tackle shops i like to bargain and shop Smart

Good video, but an old topic in the fishing world. Been fishing for over 40 years. Looking back, I've always said/felt it's about the person's skill/knowledge, and their ability to be consistent first. If you do not have these first and develop these then gear has no effect. The gear and the quality and innovation (if any) will be the second influencing factor to help and allow you to develop better skills and tap into the gear. Unfortunately the opposite is not true. You can reverse this and say the person can have the best gear but are not consistent, have no skill/knowledge how to use the gear it to their advantage. In both scenarios the person has the larger influence on their ability given all else is equal as the fish are hungry, day, location, etc. On another side note, the innovation of gear has not improved or made leaps and bounds enough to allow a child to outfish an experienced angler, whereas the opposite is true.

Very few rods worth pay extra, on spec. sensitivity, when you know what u doing, u get more success