Wtb: shimano tranx or avet raptor - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

YakDout · 04-22-2015, 03:53 AM

Avet raptor is overkill. You would do fine with a regular avet. The reels are better at different things. I would want the tranx for jigs and the Avet for bait. But if I had to choose one of them I would go avet and save your self about $300. You could probably get 3 non-raptor avets for the price of the tranx. Or 2 Daiwa lexa 400's which are close in size to the tranx. Both of these more cost efficient reels would handle anything you will ever catch from a kayak.

northeast1942 · 04-22-2015, 05:59 PM

I went on a three day trip back in august and half the guys on that boat were fishing Tranx and Revo Toros. Handled everything... YT, YFT, Dodos. They only switched out when we got into some big BFT. I fished my AVET JX and it was total overkill.

04-22-2015, 03:53 AM	#1
YakDout Brandon Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: San Diego Posts: 2,345	Avet raptor is overkill. You would do fine with a regular avet. The reels are better at different things. I would want the tranx for jigs and the Avet for bait. But if I had to choose one of them I would go avet and save your self about $300. You could probably get 3 non-raptor avets for the price of the tranx. Or 2 Daiwa lexa 400's which are close in size to the tranx. Both of these more cost efficient reels would handle anything you will ever catch from a kayak.

04-22-2015, 05:59 PM	#2
northeast1942 Junior Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 14	I went on a three day trip back in august and half the guys on that boat were fishing Tranx and Revo Toros. Handled everything... YT, YFT, Dodos. They only switched out when we got into some big BFT. I fished my AVET JX and it was total overkill.