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Best 120 dollar reel for money inshore/freshwater

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Fishing for largemouth,small mouth,bluegill,crappie,redbreast sunfish,sea trout, rockfish(striped bass), white perch,

I fish saltwater almost every weekend  and try to sneak in a local pond hop for bass midweek.  I’ve have a pair of Shimano SLX XT‘a and a standard SLX and they still work like new.  The XT with infinity brakes with external are worth the $30 upgrade over the $99 SLX.  
ps.  I’m selling one of the left handed  xt’s since I’m upgrading.

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Casting, spinning, spincasting, or flyfishing?

 

No one reel is going to cover all those different species you listed unless the stripers are dink stripers the panfish are hand sized and larger.

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7 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Casting, spinning, spincasting, or flyfishing?

 

No one reel is going to cover all those different species you listed unless the stripers are dink stripers the panfish are hand sized and larger.

Sorry for the confusion I was aiming towards a spinning reel

Daiwa fuego 

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Anyone's 4000 size reel with 20# braid will work, but the it's not gonna be much fun with the fishes on the ends of size spectrum.  Balancing that out with a rod will be more tricky than picking a reel.

A Diawa BG 2500 you'll thank me later.

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Pick a 4000 sized reel from whatever company you like. It's going to be big and clunky for the smaller fish, but a smaller reel is going to be outmatched for most stripers (and a 4000 size will be for larger fish still).

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