Penn Battle 8000

General Fishing Discussion
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Found a Battl 8000 online for $120 free shipping. Comes with a Penn t-shirt or a reel nice cover to keep the salt off :slight_smile: I’m planning to use it for my med-light tackle offshore trolling. I like to keep it fun…Has anyone gotten their hands on one yet? Personal opinions?

30’ Trophy
“Grand Slam”

Thats why they call it “fishing” and not “catching”!

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that’s a bad-ass reel…reely*

The Morris Island Lighthouse www.savethelight.org

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The battles are amazing reels, I love mine to death. Wouldnt trade it for nothing in the world…especially a Shimano :slight_smile:

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Haddell’s point has them and yoou won’t have to pay or wait for shipping

yella bote
black motor

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How much are they going for at Haddrells? $120 seems like a good price to me considering the Battle 5000 is about $100. Plus if I ordered it, I would also get the reel cover…check out the link.
http://www.islanddiscounttackle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=BTL8000&Category_Code=Penn_Battle_Spinning_Reels

30’ Trophy
“Grand Slam”

Thats why they call it “fishing” and not “catching”!

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I was looking at the Penn Battle 3000 for inshore fishing …it is only rated for 10lb braid…
can it be spooled with more like 15 or 20lb braid or should I stay at the recommeded rate of 10lb???..any suggestions??

livin life one day at a time!!!
2006 Seafox172
05 Mercury90hp(saltwater)

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Bugs, the 3000 Battle will be fine with 15 or 20 lb, you’ll obviously lose some line capacity but it will be a-ok.

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Thanks David.B

livin life one day at a time!!!
2006 Seafox172
05 Mercury90hp(saltwater)

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I bought one of these from the website, haven’t had a chance to use it yet. Reel cover came with it and you can get t-shirt or buff for p&h(can get up to two). Looking forward to breaking this bad boy in!

“Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Ronald Reagan

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quote:
Originally posted by NCFisher

The battles are amazing reels, I love mine to death. Wouldnt trade it for nothing in the world…especially a Shimano :slight_smile:

Blasphemy!!

“Think Quickly, Speak Slowly”

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They are $119.99 at Haddrells. You can actually put your hands on one before buying it. They are geat reels.

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they are 99.99 at charleston angler. I bought a 4000. The drag is silky smooth

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Bugs I got a 3000 at CA Summerville spooled with yellow powerpro 15lb. It is an AWESOME reel. I will buy these from now on.

2000 SeaPro 180CC w/ Yammy 115 2 stroke
1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”

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Used my 8000 this weekend fishing for sheeps. They were no match for it! Spooled up with 50# braid tipped with 50# mono leader. No lost terminal tackle, reel pulled it all back in. Had a moment when a 6’ shark that obviously didn’t get the memo about protected BSB’s, grabbed the one I had on my line and SIZZLED about 60 yards of line off. Battle jerked the unfortunate BSB from the jaws of certain death(do I get an attaboy for that?). He was shredded on both side when I got him in. Swam (don’t know an aquatic term for limped) slowly away on mandatory release. Any way…reel performed very well.

“Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Ronald Reagan

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I just got the 6000 spooled with 65# spectra 250yds paired up with a uglystick tigerlite jig rod
Hope to test it out Monday.
Ill know how good it is real quick after a couple deep drops on some grown reef donkeys and hopefully a blackfin or two
Anyways it seems to be well made