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| I was in Wal Mart today and seen they have an Abu Garcia Ambassadeur 6000 mated up with a medium heavy Berkeley Lightning rod for 69.95. The reel said "the original" and 3 bearings on it. My question is, is the 6500C3 that much better of a reel, and how do you think it would do for handling Muskies? Just playing with it at the store it seemed like a real nice setup for the price, even the reel felt pretty good. I'm doing this on a budget and really wanted your guys opinion if this would be ok, or would I be that much better off getting the 6500C3 with a heavier rod. I know I've landed 30# fish on medium weight rods before so thought this might be an interesting one.
Thanks for all help. Mark |
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Location: Kalamazoo, MI | Hey Rockin SV,
I was in the same boat last year, trying to find a nice budget setup. In the end I went with an Abu C4 and Bass Pro Shops combo. I went with a Medium Heavy power rod, and while it never failed me (and actually performed much better than anticipated) its not enough rod to pull in a big one. The biggest I caught on it was just shy of 20lb's, and I could feel the blank in the butt section bending. Needless to say, for this year ive decided to just bite the bullet and buy a few nice rods that are up to snuff. All I know is, I dont think I would have been able to land a fish much bigger than the ~20lb'r without lowering the drag way down and letting it wear itself out. |
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| Thanks for the reply Spieg. Do you get down to Webster at all? I'm from Indiana and thats where I end up going.
Mark |
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Location: Kalamazoo, MI | I live in southern michigan, so we fish most of the lakes around here (Bankson, Campau, Thornapple, Round). I live about 10 minutes from Bankson, so it gets most of my attention. That said, with the early season down there, I think me and a few friends are planning on heading down with the MMA on March 29th. Not sure what lake we will end up making it to, probably the closest one to Michigan. I cant wait to get back out on the water, winter is killing me! |
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| I hear ya, winter is killing me too. It's a little ways down here, but I don't think Webster is much more than an hour to hour and a half from there. That said it is a VERY busy lake, though there has been some very large fish pulled out of there in the last year. |
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