best fishing rod and reel combon under 50.00 Pursuit® IV Spinning & Combo and trout Make It A Combo: 7

But in reality, it's so much more

Make sure to downsize your rod and line for best performance

The Crush Combo is strong enough to throw big baits and pitch into the heavy cover, but still light and sensitive enough for more subtle approaches

Of course, your reel is 50-percent of the equation as well, but this rod does an excellent job when fishing in unfriendly casting conditions

I targeted those fish that were not far offshore, but all were around baitfish, and I was catching them with a 3.5-inch CrushCity Mooch Minnow in the green shad color on a 1/8-ounce VMC Tungsten jighead. When he wasnt minnowing, he went shallow with a 1/2-ounce, translucent shad-colored lipless crankbait