Penn vs Shimano

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

Post by frozenpod » Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:19 am

Penn overheads are great and the Penn Egg beaters are ok IMO.

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

Post by smile0784 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:29 am

Kimtown wrote:
smile0784 wrote:Do you have other penns or shimamos?
Are you ocd and need them all to match?

Is there much price difference between the reels?

I dont know much about penns but shimano are pretty dam good in my opinion.
Well I'm buying 4 new rods/reels, why wouldn't I match them with whatever I find Is the best value for money? Lol

As for Shimano reels, I have 2 2500 Sienna's and regularly use 4500 Sedonas. They are very nice indeed for their value. But my cousin seems to think the penns are even better. Only penns I have are my 320gt overhead (old me clunky now but does the job for heavy stuff) and a very, very expensive 2500 spin reel that's about 10 years old, don't know what the model is but it's really nice. Obviously penn has changed a lot since then though.
I ment to match then up with what you already have.

Something to consider
Is there a price difference on service or parts for either brand.
Just a thought

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

Post by purple5ive » Thu Sep 14, 2017 11:58 am

Thats news to me, very interesting..

cheers

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

Post by Kimtown » Thu Sep 14, 2017 12:41 pm

purple5ive wrote:If your only fishing for pinkies then get the cheapest reels you can buy mate, they are not that destructive on gear.
The spinfishers are a lot heavier and bulkier compared to their equivalent other brands.
But they certainly are built like a tank.

I would just buy some sienna 2500 sized reels and be done with it, in fact the $99 BCF promotion sienna reel, sonic pro rod and karikai braid would have been perfect for these applications but too late now, the reel and rod can still be purchased for $79 on the current special.
Not for pinkies, I already have my 2500 siennas for that (whiting rods used for small pinkies)

These will be predominantly be for mid size snapper (5ish kilo) and decent sized gummys (10ish kilos) and whatever else western poet has to offer. Basically just an all round setup. So will have either 4500 or 5500 and 4x Abu Garcia veritas either 4-8 kilo or 6-10kilo not sure yet but something along these lines

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

Post by Mattblack » Thu Sep 14, 2017 1:12 pm

I've got 4000 and 6000 baitrunners for Westernport Snapper (I prefer using the 4000)

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

Post by Kimtown » Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:28 pm

Mattblack wrote:I've got 4000 and 6000 baitrunners for Westernport Snapper (I prefer using the 4000)
I have a 6000 bait runner too

Bit too big for what I need (and I have no idea what I'm doing with the bait runner feature lol)

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

Post by smile0784 » Thu Sep 14, 2017 2:40 pm

4000 size reel hadles most things in westenport except big rays. I cought 70cm kingfish and 4kg salmon with 4000 stradic. Handle fines

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

Post by Nude up » Thu Sep 14, 2017 5:05 pm

For westernport I prefer overheads less line twist and can handle the big leads. If you want something that's cheap and is reasonably good look at fin nor rampage I bought one for my surf rod 6000 size it gets abused never cleaned from one year to the next no corrosion still works great.

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Re: Penn vs Shimano

Post by frozenpod » Thu Sep 14, 2017 5:09 pm

Yep Nude up, WPB overheads all the way.

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