Hey guys I found an old Penn Pursuit from 2009 at walmart. I played with it a little and I really like it. It was $150 but they said they could give me a deal. if I got a good enough deal would it be worth it?

Pursuit was it a spinning combo ? If so they should only run 69$ spinning reels alone are 39$

Really need a little more information, what size and what do you plan on using it for?  Seeing as you haven't bought yet I'll give an opinion, I wouldn't want it for free.  The newer ones are not that good and the older ones are worse.  For just a few bucks more there is a host of reels much better, if you like Penn the fierce is pretty decent for the money.

As Maxximus and Sirsnook have stated, it doesn't seem like a very good deal. You can buy the Pursuit rod and reel combo from the Penn Fishing Store for $60 to $80 depending on the size.

 

My experiences with the cheaper Penn reels was not too favorable. My son had a $60 or $70 Penn spinning reel (Captiva I think) that was a piece of junk. In less than a year it was in the trash can. I gave him a Daiwa BG30 that I had used for a number of years surf fishing on Cape Cod. He is still using it 5 or 6 years later. The BG30's are a great buy for an $80 or so reel.

 

The Penn Battle is a very nice reel for under $100. I've used one for sometime now. It has performed admirably in saltwater. The only issue I've had was with wind loops. When I reduced the amount of line on the reel, that problem disappeared. An employee at BPS told me to only fill the spool up to the gold rim and that solved the wind loop problem. The line capacity that Penn states on the reels is rather "generous". The 3000 sized reel is supposed to hold over 200 yards of 15# braid. It holds about 125 yards. The 5000 sized reel that I have also has similar capacity issues.

 

Overall the Battle is a good solid reel that is reasonably priced. Several other guys that I regularly ran into fishing here locally also use and like this reel.

 

So I would recommend other options over the Pursuit.

Alright sorry I haven't had internet for a little bit. I forgot to add that it is a baitcast reel.