I will add my observation about the Penn Pursuit IV. Last Wednesday my buddy and I went over to Tomales targeting leopard sharks from shore. He was using pursuit IV 4000 on an 8' medium heavy rod. He hooked in a large bat ray and he couldn't get it turned. It totally stripped the gears on his reel and completely trashed it. Brand new reel, first time on the water. Granted, a 4000 is a bit on the light side for big Mud Marlin but geez. I landed 4 good sized rays, largest was 54" across and a good 75lbs at least, using my Pursuit IV 5000 reel. So there ya go...
@@humbugvideos My friend was using 30lb braid with a 40lb mono shock/casting leader on an Ugly Stick medium heavy 9 footer. The rod held up fine but the reel didn't have enough drag to control the fish. It ended up stripping the gears in the reel body. Completely destroyed. But as you know those bat rays have no pound for pound equal as far as brute force. A 4000 is great for rock and jetty fishing, but the big rays are in another class. They will put your gear to the test.
Hey Casey! Once again I’m the kid that picked up some stuff from scheels and I just wanted to say that dworshak trip went great! The new spinning reel held up to a 4.85 lb smallie. And later that day I got a 3.59 lber on a topwater spook! With many 1 and 2lbers in between, Those were my 2 biggest fish. On Saturday, our group (3 people) caught 35+ fish with some big ones in between. With all my big fish I finished with a 17 pound bag! Great gear, great trip!
I have the Pursuit IV 8000 for spoonbill. That reel definitely puts work in.
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I will add my observation about the Penn Pursuit IV.
Last Wednesday my buddy and I went over to Tomales targeting leopard sharks from shore. He was using pursuit IV 4000 on an 8' medium heavy rod. He hooked in a large bat ray and he couldn't get it turned. It totally stripped the gears on his reel and completely trashed it. Brand new reel, first time on the water. Granted, a 4000 is a bit on the light side for big Mud Marlin but geez. I landed 4 good sized rays, largest was 54" across and a good 75lbs at least, using my Pursuit IV 5000 reel. So there ya go...
Interesting, so the 4000 didn’t hold up as well as the 5000 did then?
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My friend was using 30lb braid with a 40lb mono shock/casting leader on an Ugly Stick medium heavy 9 footer. The rod held up fine but the reel didn't have enough drag to control the fish. It ended up stripping the gears in the reel body. Completely destroyed. But as you know those bat rays have no pound for pound equal as far as brute force. A 4000 is great for rock and jetty fishing, but the big rays are in another class. They will put your gear to the test.
@@rickforrest6675 Yes they will! They destroyed my Okuma Avengers
Hey Casey! Once again I’m the kid that picked up some stuff from scheels and I just wanted to say that dworshak trip went great! The new spinning reel held up to a 4.85 lb smallie. And later that day I got a 3.59 lber on a topwater spook! With many 1 and 2lbers in between, Those were my 2 biggest fish. On Saturday, our group (3 people) caught 35+ fish with some big ones in between. With all my big fish I finished with a 17 pound bag! Great gear, great trip!
Dang! 4.85, that's a tank dude. Congrats!
@@humbugvideos thanks! It was still on a bed way way north in a cove pretty crazy!
to compare penn persuit to daiwa bg is a joke🤣
Penn fierce is no bueno ran threw them always something busting but can't say nothing about that one
Lies SMH typical clown 🤡🤡🤡
I have 2 penn fierce iv and it's doing great. I caught a lot of big fish with it and never have a problem.