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Topic: Good saltwater casting reel for around $200.00  (Read 7031 times)

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goldendog

  • Salmon
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  • Location: Florence, Oregon
  • Date Registered: Jul 2008
  • Posts: 959
My Penn 350 leveline has served me well for both salmon and bottom fish. I love this reel! Bought it at a garage sale for $5. Really, the quality of the old Penn's is very good.
Fishing is much more than fish.  It is the great occasion when we may return to the fine simplicity of our forefathers.  ~Herbert Hoover


demonick

  • Sturgeon
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  • Domenick Venezia, Author
  • Date Registered: Apr 2009
  • Posts: 2835
For ling, sturgeon, and halibut I use a 7' 2 piece Ugly Stik Tiger (BWC 2201-2 270).  On it I have an Abu Garcia BG7001HS (I prefer left-hand crank).  You can find them used on eBay.  I own 3.  Abu reels are easy to self-maintain.  I cast it ONCE and NEVER again.  :)  I've used it with leadheads 2-10oz.

For casting, say for those pinks that will be running this year, I have a couple of Berkley Air 8'6" IM8 Xtra Heavy rods (A92-8-6XH) with Abu Ambassadeur 6601C4 reels.  These are not bad all-around rigs.  For the pinks and freshwater I also carry a lighter spinning rig, a Berkley Air IM7 Medium rod (A94-8-6M) with a Shimano Spheros SP4000FA reel.
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