QUOTE(patienceGNR @ Feb 14 2018, 07:44 PM)
Where is this pay pond is this you're talking about?
I fish to spend my free time otherwise my gf is the one making noise that I'm sitting at home too much. She's OK if I go out to fish hahaha.
Also, my current setup is about the same as yours.
4000 reel with a 30 pounds line. Only thing is that the rod is a spinning rod. So if I were to use it like casting rods it'll wear me out

i go to ponds in semenyih but the only one i pay attention to is huge. from one end to another its about 150m to 200m.
my gf does that too but then complain sometimes that i go out and fish too much. sometimes 3-4 times a week.
so now i bring her and she loves it, competing with me on who gets the biggest fish or the most fishes.
i prefer to use spinners as bc is too tiring to cast and cast, never appealed to me.
either because you have to be really attentive to notice subtle changes in water surface or really lucky to simply throw and hope a fish takes the bait.
plus as i'm getting older, i no mood to walk around the edges and cast and if nothing move to different place. i rather just cast and wait for a bite.
i prefer using spinning compared to casting anyways. seem to have a better control of distance and accuracy than the latter. maybe because i'm a casting noob or just used to spinning reels for so long that i'm good with it.
but next time you wanna tag along, pm me and i can let you know.