C-Luck wrote:
Decided to try out my new rod in the mud hole in my RV Park. Used 6'6" medium OT(Ozark Trail) rod w/OT 3000 spinning reel spooled w/12lb Big Game line. Used #4 treble w/Magic Bait "King Kat" chicken blood fished weightless 18" under a bobber. Only my 2nd cast.
Impressive performance for a $30 combo rig, especially the drag. Very smooth and steady. Really good rig for the $.
Glad you like the Ozark trail rod and reel. I bought one of their rod and reel combos and it didn't last 1 season catching s.allmouth bass out of the river. About a month in the rod broke on the hook set, took it back, they gave .e a new one. Three weeks later, same thing. The reel started getting loose gear feeling about half way through the season and took it apart, it had plenty of grease in it, but there was a bunch of metal shavings in the grease. Cleaned everything up and put it back together. Maybe a month later I could not even reel in the cast I had just made. Threw them both in the trash. By the way, they were spinning rod and reel.