I have two Mitchels and 2 Lews, growing up in the Keys we did a lot of fishing for money fish, my dad was a big fan of Mitchel 300s, we used them with 12 pound test and landed everything from Yellowtail snapper, Grouper, Dolphin and other fish, once caught a 35 pound barracuda on a mitchel 300 medium rod and 12 pound test so I am particular to Mitchel but as other things the quality has went down since then.
Right now I have a Mitchel 300 with 8 bearings and a 5:1 gear ratio and an older 300x , I believe I can land just about any fish I come across with either reel, also have 2 Lews which have 10 bearings and 6.2:1 ratios.
That being said some schlep with shitty tackle and a better sense of fishing could outfish me lol
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