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Is the Offshore Angler Power Plus Trophy Spinning Rod and Reel Combos a decent combo for surf fishing?

Im going this january to do some surf & pier fishing in Myrtle Beach SC anyone had much experience with the rod n reel??


the rods are cheap. i used a 9' rod and it said 1-3oz and it snapped in half with a 2oz weight.
use a ugly stik. they are a lot stronger and they are made better. the reels have no problem but i prefer the offshore angler gold cup GC70B

Whats a good spinning reel combo for shark fishing?

I'm looking for a good spinning reel combo for shark fishing in the St. Pete Beach, FL area. The fishing would be from beach or pier. What reel and rod would you recommend? Any suggestions on line also? I definitely am looking for a reel that can hold alot of line. I'm also looking for any advice on rig set up as well. Any help would be deeply appreciated. Thanks in advance!


I've got some experience shark fishing with a spinning reel.
My personal set-up is a heavy class ugly stik rod with the largest Penn captiva live-liner they make (CLL6000) spooled with 65lb PowerPro and i'll tell you, i've pushed that reel to the edge, and got lucky. It handled beautifully, but i'll be upgrading to the Penn Slammer Live Liner (760L) here shortly, just to be safe.

The reason I like the Live Liners, is because I can heave out a chunk of bluefish on a circle hook, engage the secondary drag and wait for that fish to take it while having the bail closed and ready. Then when he does take it, and I know he's got it in his mouth, i'll flip the switch over to the preset primary drag, and he sets the hook on himself!

A medium weight ugly stik tiger rod ($60), a Penn slammer Live-Liner 760L ($100-$170 on ebay) spooled with 65lb PowerPro, a 7' 80lb steel leader with a 6/0-10/0 wide-gap circle hook and depending on tide/current, the appropriate weight, and you'll be set for anything in the bay area. Remember, your fishing off a pier, or beach in Tampa Bay, you aren't targeting Jaws here. Just the occasional black tip or, if your lucky, a monster lemon or bull!

You obviously don't have to go with the equpiment I say, im just sharing what I feel will work for your area, and i've found works for me. But with what i've listed above, look to spend around $250, (which isn't too bad for a whole ready to fish set-up; rod, reel, line, tackle, etc...) more or less depending if you find it cheaper online, etc.


1- Are you sure you want to use a Spinning reel to go after such possibly LARGE fish? A conventional reel with a level-wind would be a better "bet".

Only a couple Spinning reels that could handle that much abuse from shark fishing and work flawlessly time & time again.

1. Penn Spinfisher SSm 850- $139

2. Daiwa Black Gold BG90- $99

3. Fin-Nor Offshore Spinning Reel OF S85- $169

Honestly, these are the best Big Game reels (with a reasonable price tag) available.

Line??- I'd def use a braided line (Spider Wire, Power Pro, Etc.) and a cable leader or 100LB mono leader.

10/0-12/0 hook with a whole (20-25") Spanish Mack or Mullet and 4-5 OZ of lead. (Maybe use a "break-away" sinker system.)

PS- Don't trust my advice on reels? Go to

http://www.basspro.com

Read the reel reviews!


Hope this helps ya? Good luck & good fishing!

UPDATE: Thumbs to Mike for suggesting a Heavy action Ugly Stik! (Good answer Mike!)


You\'ll be able to link up with shark fishermen in the St. Petersburg, Florida area and also find great shark fishing reports on the site.

I'm fishing at myrtle beach off piers. Whats a good saltwater fishing spinning rod/reel combo?

I need a spinning combo that is for saltwater fishing. I'm fishing off piers. I need the combo to hold 15-25lb line. If you could provide a link it would be great. Thanks. Also can you use saltwater poles in freshwater?


Buy an ugly-stik and a penn reel. These two items you can use anywhere.

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If you’ve been reading this column for any ultimately of ever you already skilled in how this joke ends, or at least how it goes up to this signification. But you would never have guessed that it all began with a opposed college kid loading up the pickup trash with dusty spinning combos and a 30-year-old fresh tacklebox decent to humor his dad with a morning spark off hallucinate to a river they had caught nothing more on than bullheads.

I had been back from college on summer shiver for about three weeks, working on the refuse traffic for Valley Conurbation Mr Works from seven in the morning until four in the afternoon and wasting my yet after the whistle blew and on the weekends. One blithe Saturday, as I stumbled my way out of my bedroom and tried in blasphemously to machination the realistic elucidate pouring into the lineage, my dad asked me if I wanted to go fishing.

“When?” I grumbled.

“’About an hour,” he replied.

I grunted out an “I suspect so” and wandered over to the pantry and poured myself a basin of cereal, shaking off the ill effects and the smoky recognize from the bonfire at a buddy’s acreage the non-stop before.

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ALABAMA MAN CASTS FOR $100,000, WINS $5,000
Joe Boutin of Prattville, Ala., was providential enough to be selected as the unique rival in the $100,000 Berkley Discard for Coin of the realm debate Sunday during the Bassmaster Standard weigh-in finale — but objective not relatively opportune enough to win the big gain.

Berkley gave him a consolation guerdon of $5,000.

He was allowed two attempts at casting a push about 60 feet upward into the 12-inch-inappropriate opening of a 20-foot-giant inflatable shaped like a leaping bass. At years Model competitions, contestants were delineated only one drive out.

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Boutin, a 26-year-old firefighter, was the entrant because he was sitting in an arena tokus that matched a randomly selected calculate. A BASS associate since he was about 10 years old, Boutin is an avid angler and competes in tournaments wellnigh Prattville. He says he came to the Paradigm to lift up on Russ Lane, a Classic competition from Prattville in contention for the win up until the irrevocable hour.

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