Shimano Talica Snapper

It will definitely get the job done.

Talica’s are fantastic reels, about top of the line. If you are in Louisiana fishing steel then a 20 maybe best but generally I’d say that size is overkill for snapper.

I love spinners but the one issue with a spinner is they are high speed and if you are fishing for big sows over steel it’s really nice to have a low speed reel/ 2 speed option to gain some line by just winching them in on that first bite.

Give that, if you have a larger spinner with 30-45+ lbs of drag it’s rare snapper will take much drag

Get tanacom 1000s/or banax and never look back. Run 2 off the back no way id be fishing at a rig with a spinner in 300 foot LOL unless mangrove fising or casting for cobia. Some times the current is so bad off venice you need well over a pound of weight just to get down to the bottom. What most ppl dont understand especially the bay boat crowd using 2 egg weights and not catching crap. While were burning them up on electrics with heavy weight. Its definitely a cheat code I will never go back to conventional for bottom fishing. Unless dropping for warsaw or AJS your toast on a spinner if you hook a Warsaw. Save energy for tuna fishing at the floaters catch a limit and roll south.

Talica’s are top of the line shimano. Overkill for snapper IMO. You could easily get away with a 16 if you wanted. 20 would be fine. If ya got the cash go for it. I have a combo on Penn fathoms and shimano tekatos and have been happy with either. Have caught several AJs on the fathoms

I’ll second what was mentioned about electrics although I do feel like it’s cheating

TAC 20 is definitely overkill for snapper lol, but yeah it will work. You could also tuna fish and wahoo fish with it.

Thanks for the suggestions.
I know people complain about sharks every year but last year was noticeably worse. Lost count of the number of big snapper that we lost to sharks.
That is why I am upgrading so I can get the snapper up quickly.