Thanks to Keta & johntuttle for the advise with my Penn Fathom 15LW. I finally got around to taking it for a test drive with a 3/4 day trip on the Victory out of PeirPoint landing in Long Beach, CA.
Caught some good rockfish and a wolf eel. The reel performed flawless, in fact its my new favorite rockfish reel.
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