Shimano Stradic or Penn Spinfisher V

[Fishing_Maniac]

Hi guys, I am planning to buy a decent reel which is capable of catching Kingies this summer. I am planning to fish off the rocks and on my boat. My budget is around $200. What would you guys recommend, the stradic or the spinfisher? Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Cheers, James

[Stradic]

Do you plan to use it for spinning lures or bait fishing

[Fishing_Maniac]

Do you plan to use it for spinning lures or bait fishing

Mainly bait. Sometimes lures.

[Crossfire63]

Pflueger Salt II. Its a Penn Battle in a different dress and about $50 cheaper.

You can pick them up for around $120 of the www

[reese]

Im doing the same thing, I personally am going to the stradic, 6000 using for jigging and baits, 6000 maybe over the top, but I'm happy to spend 50 extra for the slightly better reel. I tested the pen and Shimano on the rod and Shimano felt amazing.. I'm not a pro and haven't been doing boat fishing long, so this is just an opinion.

[Fishing_Maniac]

Thanks for the responses guys.

Im doing the same thing, I personally am going to the stradic, 6000 using for jigging and baits, 6000 maybe over the top, but I'm happy to spend 50 extra for the slightly better reel. I tested the pen and Shimano on the rod and Shimano felt amazing.. I'm not a pro and haven't been doing boat fishing long, so this is just an opinion.

What rod are you using mate?

[reese]

Rod from bcf I can't for the life of me find details, I'll be going past tomorrow I'll duck in and find out as I know where it is, two guys at the local bcf have the same set up, they had few other sets up in there boat as well, might need a job there lol

[reese]

Rod is, Shimano Bluewater signature Jin spin 200g Pe 3-5. Also says rated to 24kg

Ticket said exclusive to Bcf..

$149 matching it with the stradic fj 6000

[Fishing_Maniac]

Rod is, Shimano Bluewater signature Jin spin 200g Pe 3-5. Also says rated to 24kg

Ticket said exclusive to Bcf..

$149 matching it with the stradic fj 6000

Sounds good mate. I am going to head down to tackle world and check out the two. I am planning to spool the stradic 5000 with 30lb of braid

[reese]

sounds good - good luck

[OldMateJon]

There doing a Stradic for $149 for ya or that was the value of the rod you have???

Edited June 23, 2015 by OldMateJon

[Zacnoel]

Sounds too cheap for a 6000 stradic ?? But to answer your first question - Stradic , Stradic , Stradic. In my opinion there is no comparison between the two

Edited July 6, 2015 by Zacnoel

[finin]

Still have an original stradic, still use it, over 15years old.

[GreyNurse]

What about the Shimano Spheros 6000SW. A bit dearer than $200, but it's fully sealed. Alternatively if you're not worried about sealing, the Fin Nor Lethal 100 SP60 will give you a robust reel with plenty of change.

Edited July 7, 2015 by GreyNurse

[Guest Guest123456789]

i have both the spinfisher ssv 8500 and the stradic FJ5000. Both are excellent reels, you can't really go wrong.

The stradic I have skulldragged an 80cm Australian Salmon from the beach using 15lbs mono. I've since respooled 10lbs braid and use it to target bream/flathead from the rocks.

The SSV8500 I use as exclusively as an offshore reel, spooled with 30lbs braid.

I also have the Daiwa Exceler 6500T which I will use to target mulloway/kings from land.

Edited July 20, 2015 by Guest123456789

[Guest no one]

Hey guys, just a reminder to try and keep the tackle store names out of posts. I know it isn't easy but it's the rules.

My opinion, I love Penn, but both are fantastic reels!