Shimano Calcutta Conquest line up! What I use my baitcast combos for

[@jeffreylingo6878]

Thanks for posting this video. The best part, for me, was learning that the fish I grew up referring to as "Mangrove Snapper" in Florida is called a "jack" in Australia. Aside from that it was a very informative video. I've fished bait-casters a lot in the past but not so much for inshore saltwater fishing. I've mostly used spinning reels for this type of fishing but have been wanting to try a good casting setup. My purpose for even watching this video was to try to decide on which size Shimano casting reel to pair with a rod I recently picked up. It is 7 ft St. Croix Triumph Inshore Medium Fast rod (8-17 lbs). I'll use this combo for inshore saltwater fishing... mostly for Speckled Sea Trout and Puppy Drum in North Carolina. Based on this video, I'm pretty sure I'll go with a Conquest DC in the 100 size. Thanks again.

[@fishinjosh]

@@jeffreylingo6878 thanks for watching mate! Yer there are a few odd species names like that that make things confusing in the fishing world 😂 the 100dc is a great all rounder but still remaining a good palm size.

[@rustymarlin9998]

As you say these reels are addictive, I now have 4 , they are bullet proof. And cast very well

[@fishinjosh]

@@rustymarlin9998 definitely worth the investment!

[@V.a.n.d.e.r.s]

Thanks for doing this one mate, greatly appreciated. I'm about to take my new 201 Conquest DC and 742 Xstasy to Mondy tomorrow to hopefully christen it. Love my 101 DC as well on my DX702.

[@fishinjosh]

@@V.a.n.d.e.r.s awesome mate good luck!! Hopefully the fish have gotten over their little sulk after that rain and turn it on for you haha 🤞🏼

[@markspalding6092]

Brilliant Josh! Thanks for doing this. Great to get an insight for each reel & combo. Just what I’ve been looking for. Almost impossible to find believe it or not. I’ve still got the Calcutta TE’s that came out in about 2004 I think. Still beautiful strong, smooth reels that are still going strong! My favourite is a Calcutta 200 TE DC. Absolutely brilliant reel and am now looking at either a 100 conquest DC HG and maybe a Calcutta 200 HG both mainly for light & heavy vibing respectively. Once again many thanks mate!

[@fishinjosh]

@@markspalding6092 My pleasure Mark! Thanks heaps for watching, it’s surprising how few videos there are like this on KZbin really. That’s the beauty of something as well built at the calcuttas is they last forever if you look after them 👌🏽 you won’t be disappointed with either of the options you’re considering haha!

[@withouttheodour]

Exactly the video I was looking for. Thanks mate.

[@fishinjosh]

@@withouttheodour my pleasure mate! Thanks for watching 🙏🏼

[@wholybatman]

Legit watched this 5 times now. 😂 Got me a BFS, paired to a Yamaga Blue current III 7’8”. If you dont know, Yamaga is another one of those brands that’s so much cheaper getting directly from Japan. Needless to say, incredible brand and sick rods. Thanks for the video, love the channel, Josh!

[@fishinjosh]

Hahaha thanks heaps mate! I’ll jump online and have a look at the Yamaga stuff for sure 🙏🏼

[@wholybatman]

@Honestly your arsenal covers a lot of situations already, and Yamaga is not super strong in the bait casting segment for fresh water (compared to Megabass, Dobyns, Loomis etc). There are some very interesting light sticks though, as well as offshore jigging/bottom fishing rods. However I do use spinning gear a lot, so I’ve done something similar with Yamaga to what you’ve done here. Ultralight, docks, rocks, surf, estuary.. got myself covered pretty well for my land based fishing. Have not found a dud yet

[@brunomerlini4248]

Just bought a calcutta a couple months ago and after a trip to copeton Im not yet sure what why everyone loves it so much. Got a couple Tranx that work so much better in all fronts. Hopefully as I use it more, Ill end up changing my mind.

[@fishinjosh]

@@brunomerlini4248 was it the standard Calcutta or the conquest mate? You don’t hear too many bad things about the tranx, they’re super solid!

[@brunomerlini4248]

@@fishinjosh Its the conquest mate.. I reckon I may just need to tweak it a bit more until I find the sweet spot.

[@fishinjosh]

@@brunomerlini4248 it definitely is different going from low profile to a round style baitcaster but worth sticking with it man! They are an epic reel

[@soulofalionhs]

This video inspired me to go bankrupt on Conquests. Thanks!

[@fishinjosh]

@@soulofalionhs 😂 how good! They’re definitely an addiction

[@Wonderbe0331]

Thank you for this video

[@fishinjosh]

Thanks for watching mate 🙏🏼

[@Wonderbe0331]

@ now just have to justify spending the money 🤣

[@fishinjosh]

@ it’s a slippery slope once you start 😂

[@jacobbanks9870]

I have a Calcutta bfs on a Dobyns sierra. And it’s awesome. I am wanting to get a jack setup now what do you recommend? I can only get one setup. 100dc or 200. I fish out of a kayak so shorter rods are better. Will probably use it for jigging Jew and threadys aswell. Thanks

[@fishinjosh]

@@jacobbanks9870 Such a great combo man! I’d be leaning towards the 200 if it was me, I use mine for Jack and threadys a fair bit and it’s unreal. If you like the sierras then have a look at the 682 or 683c 👌🏼

[@jacobbanks9870]

@ cool thanks heaps for the reply. I’ll start looking them up.

[@sorinstefan3415]

Hi, what is the minimum launch weight for Shimano 21 Calcutta Conquest 201 Left ? Thanks 🙏

[@fishinjosh]

It would depend on the rod aswell but I’ve cast 9gram lures on my 200

[@sorinstefan3415]

@ 🙏

[@michaelchapman1258]

I build custom rods, I use the same blanks that are in the edge.

[@fishinjosh]

They’re a great blank man!

[@alexmarti7684]

Awesome video, I played around with these BFS and 30 at AFTA. Amazing reels for sure. Where did you get the 30 SE from? Would love to upgrade my few for bass.

[@fishinjosh]

Thanks mate! I ordered the SE from Digitaka in Japan

[@alexmarti7684]

@@fishinjosh awesome! It should cast bass jerkbaits and cranks pretty easily then?

[@smithysfishing7296]

@@fishinjoshwhat’s the wait time on something that’s order still bit suss about spending that kind of money online on a store that not in Australia

[@wholybatman]

@@smithysfishing7296They are legit and super safe. I’ve made 4 orders this year, they ship with DHL which once shipped, usually arrives within 3-5 days to me in ACT. If you order a reel it’s always free shipping, so stock up on other stuff if ordering a reel. Lures, line, hooks, everything is so much cheaper over there than here mate. 100% recommend Digitaka. Plenty of videos out there of other guys using their service, too. Mind that shipping can take 3-7 days depending on how busy they are. It’s all in their terms of service. Personally, I bought a Vanquish, a new Twin power, Antares DC MD, Zillion TW HD, Conquest BFS… and these days looking at getting the Conquest 100. Go for it, you wont regret it!

[@jasonmorgan1923]

Hey Josh What's the ratio difference between Calcutta conquest 300XG & 300XGLHB. Going to buy for Cod & Barra from Digitaka

[@fishinjosh]

@@jasonmorgan1923 Nice mate! No difference in ratio there, the XGLH is the long handle version

[@languagelandandsea7754]

What's with you and Conquests & Jackall Swimbaits mate? 😂 Love ya work bro!

[@fishinjosh]

@@languagelandandsea7754 man you have no idea 😂 that’s just scratching the surface haha! Appreciate ya 🙏🏼

[@languagelandandsea7754]

@@fishinjosh Keep em coming! 😂🙌

[@kieranobrien4297]

What’s your thoughts on Calcutta vs conquest? Run a Daiwa millionaire 200 size for swimbaits cod/Barra and wanting to upgrade

[@fishinjosh]

@@kieranobrien4297 big difference between the standard calcuttas (Calcutta B I think they’re called??) and the conquests man! What model of millionaire are you running? I still use a Bay Area special millionaire on my heavy swimbait set up

[@kieranobrien4297]

@@fishinjosh oh Righto so definitely worth paying the extra for a conquest. Millionaire 203a CVX. Would love the cvz version

[@fishinjosh]

@@kieranobrien4297 yer 100% mate!

[@Danielweijer]

A guy Fishing with drip 💧 new sub ✌️

[@fishinjosh]

Haha legend bro! Thank you 🙏🏼

[@samasimOFsh]

Bait tackle store underwood has some amazing bfs rods...

[@fishinjosh]

Good to hear someone here is stocking a few!

[@samasimOFsh]

@@fishinjosh They have tail walk rods which are Japanese made.. $280-$300 for a trout feerique. Have caught over 100 bass last season in shallow creeks on the 5'2. Biggest was 57cm... If you are looking for a rod for real tight places and heavy cover to flip frogs or lures under they have the right gear. Great to support our local Aussie tackle stores. Yes it's cheaper to buy on digitaka but that's money out of our economy and it's harder to get a replacement or refund. Ivan and Correy at the bait tackle store are really great with customers in that sense. You should also check out the craze joystick glass rods they sell. You will not break them...

[@fishinjosh]

@@samasimOFsh agree 100% mate! I buy all my rods here anyway, it’s just the reels I’ve brought in from digi and most of the reason behind that is those models aren’t in Aus anyway

[@samasimOFsh]

Definitely still ok to buy from digitaka brother and I definitely agree especially with the cost of living going through the roof. I still had to buy the vanquish and all the Calcuttas from there anyway 😎👍 Stupidly Shimano Australia will get sued if they bring in certain models. They will never be able to bring the vanquish to Australia because "vanquish" is a trademarked name in Australia. It's really shocking how we get the crumbs in Australia or whatever they can't sell over in America Asia or Europe. Hardly any range to go with the bfs when Shimano has the entire Cardiff range, I feel sorry for the Australian reps sometimes... I did however rub it in at AFTA this year when I showed the reps all the photos of trout and bass... I told them to bring in the Calcutta bfs when it first came out. After a year suddenly there is a market and still not sure why they aren't bringing the SE in.

[@fishinjosh]

@@samasimOFsh I thought for sure we would see the SE not long after the bfs but apparently not 🤷🏽‍♂️ I’m sure they would have been stoked to see all the fish photos 😂😂

[@yep.fishing]

The bluey gun metal is a sick colour. The dobyns has a lot of guides doesn’t it?

[@fishinjosh]

Sorry bro I think auto correct got the better of that question haha! The grey is a wicked colour ay 👌🏼

[@yep.fishing]

@@fishinjosh dobyns has a lot of guides :p that was the question

[@fishinjosh]

@@yep.fishing 😂 yer man they do compared to a lot of other rods

[@argolight9186]

Hey mate only thing that would have been nice in that video would have been what aftermarket handles you are running and where to look for them Still running factory standards untill i know what options are out there

[@fishinjosh]

@@argolight9186 you’re absolutely right man! I thought about that as I was editing the vid 🙄 all the aftermarket handles and knobs I use are Gomexus

[@wholybatman]

There’s the DRT handles as well, but much much more expensive than the Gomexus. Arguably much higher quality though

[@PredatorTechbaits]

I will get a Conquest eventually! what a collection mate.

[@fishinjosh]

It would have a killer Pike reel man! Thanks for the support as always 🙏🏼

[@Icecoldsteel]

😂 guys please use Digitaka if you wanna buy these the locals will never give you a good price on high end reels

[@fishinjosh]

It would be so hard for the local guys ay! They would probably be paying more to buy them from Shimano Aus than you would ordering from Japan 🙄

[@wholybatman]

@@fishinjoshI think the locals would absolutely love to do it, but somebody is holding somebody hostage there with policies, probably around warranty and repair. Not just Australia, but everywhere outside of Japan. Really stuck in the past, these companies… but no dramas, as long as Digitaka, Plat, JDM Tackle Heaven, Asian Lure shop etc are alive, we’re good.

[@yep.fishing]

Cuts to fishing footage “ahhh fk”

[@fishinjosh]

@@yep.fishing always 😂