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Old 05-22-2014, 04:10 PM   #7
William Novotny
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Originally Posted by socal.beach.bum View Post
I've landed rat yellows with my old 300EJ with no problem, but honestly if I ran into models 25#+ I would have probably had one hell of a fight on my hand. Keep in mind most bait casters are too small for the typical conventional rod so you would either have to have a custom rod with a little backbone, or you will have to deal with typical bait caster style rods so in the end your back will probably pay the price...just my .02.
My dobyns 807mag h is rated 20-50# and i could wrench an anchor of the bottom with that swimbait rod. Don't think the rod will have a problem with yellows. It's all backbone
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