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I purchased this along with an Okuma travel rod specifically for fishing trips that I have to travel by air for. I used it recently for two weeks in the gulf off southern Florida. This is my first Penn Reel and I would purchase it again tomorrow if I needed another one. It is extremely well built and very smooth. I caught a variety of fish including Snapper, Grouper, and Snook, it handled them all very well, you won't go wrong this reel.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I bought this to go as a pair to my other Penn Spinfisher, I have a 6500LL on an ugly stik tiger and wanted a slightly smaller reel for another ugly stik tiger I had. I got this reel and spooled it with 300 yards of 30 lb braid and I took it out on a fishing trip out of the keys. Regardless that it wan't the best fishing trip I have been on but the reel performed extremely well fighting a few monster Barracuda's. I own many Penn's and this one is definitely in my favorites, great reel, great performance and tough as a rock.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I purchased the Spinfisher 5500 model. The reel is heavy duty and is also heavy weight wise. I mounted the reel on a 7’ medium heavy rod for surf casting. The reel is very well made and casts wonderfully. The retrieve is very smooth. The spool is also capable. I loaded 300 yards of spider wire 30lb line and did not fill the reel. Very nice, smooth casting reel. Designed for surf fishing or stripers.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I have a Penn 6500 and used it to surf fish almost every day on a 7 week vacation in Mexico. I caught barracuda, pompano, and crevalle jack(one was 27.5 pounds) and the reel performed flawlessly, drag worked as intended and there was no sand or debris in the reel at all. I have not used "this" reel yet but I am assuming that it will perform as well.(That is the reason for 4 instead of 5 stars)
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
I paired this 5500 with my 9' TFO rod and it has held up perfectly fine. This reel was dunked and splashed. Cleaned the reel after use and opened it up to see if there were any water in the gear box....none what so ever.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New