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In my experience, an Ugly Stick with a Zebco 33 reel on it can't be beat for the price.
Alright, Let's see if any of you can be useful to me for a change.
I am in the market for a new fishing rod and reel. I'd like to get it all for as far under $100 as possible, but still to be a good product.
I'll mostly use it for fishing off a pier, though I could use it in some other locations....so I probably wont be catching anything over 20 lbs.
Any suggestions? Its been wayyyyy too long since I bought one and I dont want a piece of crap you find for 20 bucks with a rod/reel combo at some stores.
Also any good stores that you can purchase said items, either online or bricks and mortar.
Thanks!
In my experience, an Ugly Stick with a Zebco 33 reel on it can't be beat for the price.
anyone ever been to cabela's?
Yep. Pretty cool store. We went to the grand opening last year. There is a topic in here somewhere I believe.
lol reminds me of the first austin powers when he attacks bazzles mom
i might go check out the one in ft worth tomorrow evening.
try the Pro Angler 4000.
It's awesome
There is a real sweet spinning combo at Sportsmans Warehouse made by Penn. I t cost around $69.99 and the reel has 11 bearings for real smooth retrieval. Rod is medium action and 7ft long. This is perfect for what ur looking for. If not Pfluger President spinning combo for $75 is another sweet combo.
Great store they have a great website
if you go to Cabelas take your camera they have neat setups
http://www.cabelas.com/home.jsp;jses...equestid=12519
BTW
Where do you go fishing at?
The Bass Pro in Grapevine is excellent, too; I LOVE that place - you catch them when they are having a big sale and you can get some great stuff really cheap. I have never been to any Cabela's in Texas, but the one in Dundee, Michigan is very cool. I do think I prefer Bass Pro to Cabela's, though.
Also, try this place: http://www.sportsmansguide.com/
I have gotten some unbelievable fishing bargains at this website; they have great deals on clothes, too.
You need to be careful if you are planning to principally fish salt water...A lot of the cheaper products out there are subject to corrosion...spend just a little more and you can get a rig that will last you a lifetime...I only buy Shimano reels...they are great products, do well in salt and the warranty is suberb...I dunk mine (both baitcasters and spinning) all the time when wading/kayaking...you can get a great spinning reel for $50-$60 (the Sedona or Sahara). I also like All Star rods...they have good rod blanks and corrosion proof fuji guides and seats (again about $50-$65)...you should probably go with a medium/heavy or heavy action on the rod for pier fishing...if you are going to fish "inside" in the bay you might want to get a little lighter rod...I use a shimano sahara with a medium/fast action rod wading with croakers and load the reel with 20# fireline....no "stretch" on the line and superb "feel" for super light trout pickups....for other bay fishing (lures or plastics) I use shimano bait casters on appropriate weight rods but those are definitely out of your price range... the rig I reccomended will still work for those applications...
Last edited by CosmicCowboy; 06-14-2006 at 08:48 AM.
COOL SOMETHING ELSE FOR ME TO BOOKMARK
I check it every day. Things change pretty fast on there. They will also let you sign up for email alerts.
My favorite rod/reel combo is a Mitc 500/Browning rod setup I scored at the boat show for $30 bucks a few years back. The dude who ran the booth was at lunch and it didn't have a price on it so his wife just guessed $30. Needless to say, she guessed wrong!
I also picked up a heavy Shakespeare combo at the WalMart in Aransas Pass that hasn't let me down at Port A.
Let's Go Fishing!!!!!
just got back Sunday.
I'm ready! Where we goin'? Never mind, it don't matter...
speaking of going fishing...a friend of mine just bought one of these...(32' Fountain)...sucker runs 75mph...we will start going offshore next month...
speaking of going fishing...a friend of mine just bought one of these...(32' Fountain)...sucker runs 75mph...we will start going offshore next month...
Did it come with the chick in the bikini?
^^^^
Going fishing this weekend in Port Aransas/Corpus for Fathers Day. This is the first FD w/out Grandpa and he LOVED fishing so we're going for him.All of us girls know how to fish but as far as what rod/reel to get I can't help you. Gramps had a collection (there are about 30 of them in our garage right now) of rods/reels he would fix up and sell.
where is the mud bridge?
We went a week a go saturday and then again this past sunday to Calavaras Lake we just caught some channel cat's
I'm ready! Where we goin'? Never mind, it don't matter...
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