I have two Penn Slammer III 7500's paired with a Penn Carnage II medium/heavy 7 ft 50/100lb rods, both spooled with 65lb PowerPro braid. With 50lbs of drag, using the Dura-Drag system, the same silky smooth indestructible drag system as Penn International's, you will NOT find a better spinning reel combo for the money. This is an awesome general all purpose rig! Whether you are bottom fishing, high speed or slow pitch jigging, trolling, or casting, from Snapper, Cobia, Amber Jack, Kingfish, Mahi, to Grouper, Blackfin or Yellowfin, this rig won't disappoint! Infinitely better drag system and more line holding capacity then any other in this class such as the Daiwa BG. If you are looking for a general purpose, all around offshore spinning rod / reel combo, look no further!

Maybe a little soon to be writing a review, but I had my 8000 spooled with 80 lb. braid paired with a Shimano Trivala XH and hooked into a yellowfin tuna that had to be 40-50 lb.s while trolling a cobia lure. Sadly did not have the gear to get him up on deck, but he was fun. It took 10 minutes at most to get him to the side of the ship and I am on a Navy warship which not very accommodating. The reel handled that tuna like a champ. Could have handled something twice his size or better if we were sitting still. The photo is roughly from 15 ft above the water.