Home Forums Fishing Freshwater Recommend me a good heavy catfish rod and reel

Baitcast reel and good rod please. Line weight will be between 20-30 lbs. Fish might be from 5-60 lbs.

This will be for fishing Tennessee river cats. I'm thinking penn reel and Ugly stick reel.

I don't know which models to be looking at since I am mostly a bass fisherman and I live where I won't see one until I order it. I want it big enough to handle a huge fish if I happen on one but not too big since there will be many more in the 5-20 lb range.

Might go Abu Garcia big game if it is a much better reel.

I was going to post options but I can't get Cabela's info to copy and paste.

I could spend around $100 for combo if I go Penn or about $200 if Abu- Garcia. That's about my limit.