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Hello everyone,

I was in Kmart the other day and why the Mrs was looking at clothes I thought I have a squiz at the fishing gear. While I was I came across these, $3 rod and reel setups!

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I couldn't believe how cheap these things were. Yes these setups are the most basic thing you could think of but it got me thinking. How about we start a bragging competition and see what fish we can catch with one of these rigs. Nothing serious, just an opened ended comp for people to really show how good of a fisher person they are.

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Ovington Newbie

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My mate bought one of these when we went fishing one day off the beach as he wasnt willing to pay any more than that. First cast with a 25gm metal and the top 10cm of the rod followed it into the surf and snapped the line in the process. In my mind it was worth the $5 I havent laughed that hard in years! :side: :woohoo: :P :evil:

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Im in, ill eftpos one on my way home,

Rule one is that nothing can be modified on the reel though, lets keep this basic chaps

Callum

So we can't retrofit a $300 reel handle and knob and add some $100 braid.

You are taking all the fun out of it now Callum. :P:P:P:P:P

You may get let off with a handle mod :whistle:

A situation is going.to occut where by the jig head is worth more than the combo :)

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I'm keen. Years ago I was determined to get a 80-90cm bully on one of those things, as I knew it could be done...

Just never got a bite :|

Can't wait to pick one up and take it offshore for some snapper. haha.

Wonder how it'll go against those 80cm snapps :unsure:

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That's it guys. I want to see these setups pushed to the limits but NO MODS. They are to be used as is. You can even use the float and hooks provided ;) .

Sorry Ellicat, sounds like you not allowed to play.....

Used to do this with Kmart specials when I was a teenager, spent friday nights down the river mouth with my mates. We used to need 3 or 4 of them to get through the night.

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So has anyone got one yet? Has anyone caught anything yet?

Uthrax, thanx for the update on the Loganholme store.

What do you need grease for? I would have though the reel would run like a dream with out it ;) .

As this can't really be monitored I'll leave it up to you guys on that one.

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when i lived in w.a i was on a forum (still am ) and a few of the boys had a pink durango comp.... fish had to be caught with a pink durango set up..... i think a nice dhu fish was caught and a lot of fun was had... some of the pics were hilarious!

im off to kmart tomorrow and fishin on Monday so ill post up a pic if i get lucky with it ! hahahaha

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Terry H Newbie

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Thanks for picking one up for me Josh.

Must have given me the dodgy one of the batch though! As:

1. None of the guides align

2. Bare threads, no epoxy (who am I kidding for thinking there would be epoxy?)

3. When you put the rod together, it looks more like this: ( than it does | (about a 15-20 degree change of direction at the split/joint

4. I can't even find the end of the fishing line.

Hopefully the weather gods play nice, I can knock out some work this week, and have some spare time to go for a fish next weekend! I'm sure if I go offshore there will be some snaps. I reckon there is a high chance the "Snapper" will live up to their name on this small $3 green fishing rod.

Who am I kidding? That's assuming I can set the hook with a Jighead suitable for a 5 or 6" plastic.

I used to regularly do it with my 4lbs spin outfit, but that was a quality braid out fit...

Josh; re the ballbearings. Not likely. Theres a very small (diameter) but thick plastic washer that would be considered the "drag" washer though!

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Gonna try and get one before Wintercamp. Should be able to pick up a bass using a shrimp. Not sure about the hooks in the packets though, might have to slightly upgrade. Hope to have something for you next week.

A

I had a look for this at a couple of local stores to take to wintercamp. Unfortunately could not find the right rod. Saw plenty of $12 - $15 rods which were absolute crap so shudder to think what the $3 one would be like!

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Sorry about the bump, but I just found these beauties at the local K Mart here in Darwin, can't wait till jamocarter comes up to do a $1 fishing challenge, I reckon even he would fork out for one the tight a$$ :P

FYI the price was reduced to $1 from the normal price of $1.87 hahaha.

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