Thread: Greenie 706 vs 8500SSV vs 7500SSV

Originally Posted by slanddeerhunter

Get a 710 penn or 306 mitchell both have bails if you want or can be converted to a pum if you want. They are considerably lighter and will handle a king .Attachment 740

Anybody want to trade a 714z for a 710. I got two and could use some variation.

Went to BPS to give all these rods a shake, I will say the Mojo and Crucial are some dang fine rods, I'm talking real fine. Then I saw sitting on the end a Diawa Coastal same rating as the Ms and the Cs, but only in 7', not 7'6" like the other two.. It seemed to be just as fine a rod. It has the one piece handle instead of split but still very lite. It's is $40 less than the Mojo and nearly $100 less than the Crucial. Any disadvtages to this Coastal. I'm thinking of getting it with my BPS gift card I'd be looking at only about $50 for the rod. Any thoughts?

Got a stradic fj 5000 for $150 if you're interested.

And to answer your question it's 6" short so you cast will not be as far. I rather over pay for a setup that I love than getting something I don't like for a great deal. And the stradic I mentioned above was mounted on a 24' ul st croix ice rod for shits and giggle mackerel fishing on the boat. It never got much use since I never really have time to fish anymore. I believe I still have the bag and the warrenty card and everything it came with. Reel only, no ice rod.

My thought on the rods is kind of like the difference between buying a yugo and a cadillac they both are cars and will get you where you are going but you know the rest of the story........... You get what you pay for. BTW that Stratic Sammy has is a good buy.

Originally Posted by Jbearden

My thought on the rods is kind of like the difference between buying a yugo and a cadillac they both are cars and will get you where you are going but you know the rest of the story........... You get what you pay for. BTW that Stratic Sammy has is a good buy.

I guess I'll bite the bullet and get the mojo. Should last me a good while and I believe they have a LTW.

Thanks!

Have you thought about going the custom route?

in the long run you probably wont be satisfied with a 710 especially if you want to use it for jigging. i suited mine all up and dont even use it anymore go with the stradic

Nostalgia or Technology, that is the question!

Originally Posted by noah

in the long run you probably wont be satisfied with a 710 especially if you want to use it for jigging. i suited mine all up and dont even use it anymore go with the stradic

Yea, I'm thinking about it. I got to get rid of one rig before I can get the stradic though.