I havent really ever got into bass fishing to the piont of haveing different rods and reals for different baits. What would be a good rod and real in the 75 dollar range to get started with?

Shimano makes a decent rod in that price range but Falcon has a great reputation.

the 6'6" med. heavy would be a good choice for most applications.

You didn't specify spinning or baitcasting, but as a beginner I suspect you mean spinning.

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good luck and have fun;

Shimano makes a decent rod in that price range but Falcon has a great reputation.

the 6'6" med. heavy would be a good choice for most applications.

You didn't specify spinning or baitcasting, but as a beginner I suspect you mean spinning.

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good luck and have fun;

He wants a combination rod AND reel for $75.

I am not really a begginer as for as useing the reals I can use a bait caster in fact I prefer a bait caster I am just not sure what to use for what.

For a baitcaster a Falcon Original seven feet MH action. For a spinning rod I like BPS Bionic blade seven feet medium action. I have limited space on my boat so I set out a few years ago to find the rods I could do everything with even though there are better rods out there for specifics. You can start with these two and cover most anything with them. If you add a third rod get a Falcon Original seven foot medium action baitcasting rod. I use these three rods and a swimbait rod for 99% of my fishing because I can do everything with these rods although I own over twenty rods. If you find a seven foot rod a little long you can downsize to six foot six inch rods with no problem. I just like longer rods personally. All these rods are in the seventy five dollar range at regular price.

I dont mind paying a little more but I half to ease my way into this I have the reputation for jumping hobbies and my wife gets tired of me spending alot of money on something and it sitting in the closet. I cant convence her this one is here to stay.

Even on sale, you will have to spend at least $70 on a bitcasting reel or deal with a lot of headaches.

What do you mean by headaches

Find a BPS combo for that amount. They have decent quality for the price you pay.

Mainly backlash, but over time the whole reel will give you problems. Lower priced baitcasters are (generally) fragile, made with inferior components and tend to breakdown or fall apart.

what about the daiwa baitcaster

megaforce

I see thanks like the old saying goes you get what you pay for

Quantum used to make some quality reels for the price at $40. I am not sure if these are still in their line up but I have a few of them that are six or more years old and still get everyday use from them with no problems. The name they used to be called was the Profile series but I think they are almost the same reel as the Quantum pulse. They may or may not be as good as they once were though since many companies are not making good low end reels any more and I havent tried one.  

more then u wanted to spend but this is a good start

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