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Ruby Red Lip
 
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| i just bought a penn 650ssm for king and cobia i know it will do good for kings! but im not sure bout cobia, will it work fine for cobia
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Grouper
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On the pier it might be a little too small for comfort but on the boat it should be fine...maybe put some braid on it.
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Ruby Red Lip
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| well i know how to manage the drag and reel and i have a gaff but thx for your opinion
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if you realy want to have faith in a real get a penn 706 but your going to have to spend some money.
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Ruby Red Lip
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| I agree with Tex, the reel is a little undersized for Cobia. You want something with the gears to handle a fish that pulls as hard as a cobia does. I agree with the 706 suggestion, a good all around reel for Cobia. If you want a SS with a bail the 750/7500 is the smallest I would consider with 850/8500 preferred. But that's just my opinion, fwiw.
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Snapper
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IMHO- As a boat reel it will be fine w/20lb mono... as a pier reel it will be fine w/20lb braid... If you hook 1 >75lbs, you'll wish it was a Stella 10K, but o/w you'll be fine...
Stamas 2550 Family Fisherman w/225F Hondas, Sport Craft 252 FishMaster w/a 6cyl. I/B V-P Diesel & a 22' Triton Seaflight w/200 Evinrude Ficht (b/c you need 3 boats, 1 to use & 2 to work on )
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Grouper
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| its a little small for ling i would get a 706 like said above reel stamas would you really use 20lb braid on the pier that dosent seem to smart
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Snapper
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kingling (7/6/2009)
its a little small for ling
i would get a 706 like said above
reel stamas would you really use 20lb braid on the pier
that dosent seem to smart
what's wrong with braid on the pier? seems like you'd need it for the extra line. tangles would suck though.
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Trigger
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what's wrong with braid on the pier? seems like you'd need it for the extra line. tangles would suck though.
I am almost 100% sure he is talking about 20lb braid. almost everybody on the pier uses 40-50lb braid for the extra strength when a ling is at the pier for pulling power to keep them out of the pilings. since ben uses braid himself im pretty sure he means 20lb braid.
oh and get a 706.
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Grouper
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Grouper
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| im saying 20lb braid is way to small to use on the pier and please please please dont fish for kings with braid
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Mingo
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i feel the 6500 is fine for these summer kings with 17 lb test mono, just don't lunk the fish. if flipper eats a couple then you will wished you had an overkill. under normal situations (rushing fish because of pour-pisses) there is no reason to use anything other than mono this time of year. i know some will not agree but these schoolies they are catching can be managed with what you have. worry about another reel this fall 704,706,302,402 etc,etc,etc. let the disagreements begin....
I don't need no stinking van staal
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Grouper
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| steve i agree with you completely most of these fish lately have been 10 or 15 lbs[most are not even that] if a van staal 100 with 10lb line can handle them im sure a 650 with 17 can get it done
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