plawren53202 Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 Last weekend I was in a Walmart out of town and like many other Walmarts right now they had a bunch of fishing stuff on clearance. Grabbed a few packages of $5.50 KVD Dream Shots for 80 cents apiece in the clearance aisle, but nothing else really excited me. I had to go back to the fishing section to grab a couple other things and back there they had a clearance cardboard rack with Mach 2 casting and spinning rods for $58. I had no real reason to buy a new casting rod other than that I'd be kicking myself later for not grabbing a $99 rod on sale for nearly half price. So I picked up a good all-arounder, a 7'0" MH/F. Fished all day yesterday with it and man am I glad I grabbed one. Despite good experience with other Lew's products, for some reason I have always been skeptical of the Mach lines (Mach, Mach 2, Mach Crush, etc.). I think because a few factors like the bright colors and graphite frames on the reels that are not cheaply priced gave me the impression that this line is targeted to the Googan type crowd. That may or may not be the case, but that Mach 2 rod I got is a great rod at regular price, and a colossal deal at $58. It surprised me right from first picking it up at how light it is. It balances nicely with a reel mounted on it. All of my other rods have cork grips, but I really like the Winn grip on a rod. And I found out that I like rods with a little slimmer profile main grip, the Mach 2 grip is a little slimmer than the grips on my Dobyns Furys and H20 Express rods. My hands are short and fat (Fred Flintstone hands). After 8 hours on the lake yesterday, my hands were noticeably less sore and fatigued at the end of the day, I'm certain because of gripping a slimmer grip. And the Mach 2 is very sensitive. Even fishing it yesterday with copolymer rather than braid, it was very sensitive. My biggest fish of the day, no monster but a solid 3.5 lber, the bite was just a barely perceptible tick that I had no problem feeling. 3 Quote
gall Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 Man I see all these walmart snags and I go to my local ones and nothing remotely good ha its sad 1 Quote
Super User NYWayfarer Posted September 3, 2020 Super User Posted September 3, 2020 Great find! Wish I could have snagged one. I need to replace my broken Mach2 rod. I accidentally snapped it high sticking a fish while netting him in my kayak. I loved that rod. The weight, balance and sensitivity were all just how I like my MH rods to feel. 1 Quote
Derek1 Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 The two Walmart’s by me are always a sad story. Always low end stuff. 1 Quote
plawren53202 Posted September 3, 2020 Author Posted September 3, 2020 4 hours ago, gall said: Man I see all these walmart snags and I go to my local ones and nothing remotely good ha its sad 22 minutes ago, Derek1 said: The two Walmart’s by me are always a sad story. Always low end stuff. I can totally relate, all of the Walmarts in my home area have terrible clearance sales when it comes to fishing gear. I was at Kentucky Lake over the weekend and apparently many of the Walmarts had great fishing gear in their clearance sales, like these rods, Red Eye Shads for 80 cents, etc. Quote
gall Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 50 minutes ago, Derek1 said: The two Walmart’s by me are always a sad story. Always low end stuff. You and me both bud and I live 10 minutes away from the susky you would think they would be stocked Quote
Super User Tywithay Posted September 3, 2020 Super User Posted September 3, 2020 I haven't found rods, but we have like 5 Walmarts within 20 minutes and I have absolutely wore out my debit card on lures this month. Bought a crapton of Strike King jigs for $1.10. Quote
Super User Spankey Posted September 4, 2020 Super User Posted September 4, 2020 18 hours ago, gall said: Man I see all these walmart snags and I go to my local ones and nothing remotely good ha its sad 14 hours ago, Derek1 said: The two Walmart’s by me are always a sad story. Always low end stuff. I’ve boycotted Wally World for some time now. The ones close to me are a sad state of affairs in outdoors dept. but it seems they are not all created equal. Some of you guys have well stocked with decent name brand stuff. I’m glad you guys can pull of some good deals there. Take that place for everything they have and resell it if you can. I don’t support DICKS either. Place is a sham and their sales are never a sale. Quote
Elkins45 Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 I picked up an Eagle Claw Skeet Reese drop shot rod for $13.50 at Walmart last week. Normally $89. It was in the clearance aisle and not the fishing section. I actually picked up 5 rods, including a couple of 7' Berkley Cherrywood casting rods for $6. I know they are normally only abut $25 but they make great cranking or musky trolling rods. 1 Quote
gall Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 6 hours ago, Elkins45 said: I picked up an Eagle Claw Skeet Reese drop shot rod for $13.50 at Walmart last week. Normally $89. It was in the clearance aisle and not the fishing section. I actually picked up 5 rods, including a couple of 7' Berkley Cherrywood casting rods for $6. I know they are normally only abut $25 but they make great cranking or musky trolling rods. Ah man cone on! I went to both the clearance and fishing isles with no luck Quote
Super User new2BC4bass Posted September 5, 2020 Super User Posted September 5, 2020 On 9/3/2020 at 4:37 PM, Derek1 said: The two Walmart’s by me are always a sad story. Always low end stuff. Same here. What really sucks is I can get a better price on lures when DSG's is having a sale. Quote
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