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Penn Fathom 40
« on: February 22, 2017, 09:51:00 AM »
I am considering the reel and found it on Amazon for $180. Any input on a rod to pair it with would be appreciated  :)

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2017, 11:53:23 AM »
Long rod for surf or boat rod?

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2017, 01:56:09 PM »
Surf rod , Bats and sharks.

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2017, 05:41:46 PM »
I have 2x Penn Fathom 30's and love the reels. It has great free spool stock out of the box and when I opened it up I found everything well lubed by the factory. I do believe the stock HT-100 carbon drags come ungreased though, so I greased mone with Cal's drag grease before buttoning them back up. Since I use straight 65lb on them (less forgiving to overruns than mono), I added static mag's to add more braking to the standard Centrifugal bakes. I recently decided to test the drags against a scale to see how accurate the specs were. Cranking the star down as hard as I could gave me 27lbs of drag with a full spool.

I fish them on a 12' Penn Prevail and Battalion respectively and am completely happy with both. I almost exclusively cast 6+bait on these rods with no issues. Using only squish, I feel 8+bait would be the upper limit.

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2017, 06:12:10 AM »
Thanks for the reply, Hopefully I can upgrade before the Bat fight  8)

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2017, 06:01:30 PM »
Well, I went to BPS today to upgrade my setup  :)  Pen Fathom 30 was the reel I got and paired it with a 12' Offshore Angler Breakwater casting rod.  They had a deal if you trade in a reel or buy a $5 reel, you get $40 off the price of the reel  :o  and $15 off the price of the rod  :o The rod was already on sale from $99 to $89 so I did the deal. The $5 reels got donated to The Boy Scouts. I hope I made the right choice with this setup, Looks like I will find out at the Bat Fight  ;)  I saved $45 and spent the day at a great place with the family  8) 8)






Oh yeah, I had a $25 gift card too.........more savings !! 8) 8)

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2017, 07:38:54 PM »
Great choice, Tim! I use the Fathom 30's and they are perfect for that rod. SNBF-X winning combo?
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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2017, 07:53:01 PM »
I am slowly becoming a donor to the fish gods !!! 8)

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2017, 08:08:28 PM »
Fancy schmancy!!! Great deal! You'll enjoy the reel, it's a workhorse that casts great!
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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2017, 08:10:16 PM »
The thirty is a good size. I think you done good.

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2017, 09:25:21 PM »
Thanks guys, I really appreciate the input   8) 8)

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2017, 10:30:49 PM »
How are you gonna spool it?
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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2017, 08:34:53 AM »
How are you gonna spoil it with?

Good question! I did 100lb braid and 100yds of 40lb mono for both of mine.
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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2017, 08:55:12 AM »
Never used braid before, looks like I need to do some homework  :-\

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Re: Penn Fathom 40
« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2017, 04:13:53 PM »
Oh boy, Tim is getting serious.  ;)
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