I'm looking at the Zebco hawgseeker

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My girlfriend has the hawgseeker. Apparently it's supposed to beep when you have something on the line...the only time it ever beeped for her is when she sat in the chair that it was propped on and it fell down. I think she spent $30 on it. So if you were gonna buy the hawgseeker just because of the strike alert, I wouldn't worry about it, it doesn't really work that well. But my girlfriend has had good success with it despite the little alert not working, so if you want to try it, its really up to you. I think it comes with 20-25lb line on it.

I, on the other hand, have a berkely big game rod, which I believe I got for around $20-27 bucks, and a Shakespeare Alpha spinning reel that holds up to 20lb line, and I got it for $20. I don't know the model number right now because I keep my fishing gear at my girl's house since we fish together and she has a pond. But I'll find out for you if you want. Anyway, $50 tops, and its an extremely sturdy combo. Well worth the money laid down. It's handled everything I've thrown at it, including dragging huge tree branches all the way across the pond ( [mad] )...

I hope I helped in some way. It basically falls down to a basic combo and a basic combo that has a few bells and whistles that from my experience haven't worked well.
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