u/penfrizzle

I work on the coast in NH, and at work we have some piers, a jetty and a few spots where the grass pretty much runs into the river. I want to leave a rod at work for fishing, but i want to be able to change from a minnow to weighted chunks to whatever without having retie the line.

I have 20lb braid. Can i just put a barrel swivel on the end, and everything off of that? If so, what size?

For instance, can I run a sp minnow lure with off the swivel, or should i have a leader tied to the minnow?

I hope that makes sense, and thanks for any help.

I have two cheap 8’ Okuma combos that I let my kids use to fish for stripers at the beach and jetty. One obviously got put away with saltwater and sand in at the end of last year and now doesn’t work.

It was a TU-60 reel (6000).

I want to run 20lb braid but can I go smaller than a 6000?

would I be better off just buying another combo?

this reel will likely see the same abuse of 11-13 year olds, so I don’t want to spend a lot of money.