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Kurt L wrote:I had one and it was a disappointment, it was the current JDM model 151HG, it was not as good in any respect as the Metanium 151HG, and not worth the money, I fished mine side by side with a Lew's Tourney Pro one day and was shocked to find the Lew's just worked better, the next day my Antares was on ebay.

Kurt

I actually do agree that Antares is not worth its full retail price. And I have many reels to compare to. And it is overkill for bass fishing. I bought my 12 Antareses used in mint condition for around $230-$250 and use them for pike fishing with lures from 15g (or 1/2oz) and up.

Finally took the plunge and purchased the Antares 100 to go on my G.Loomis CBR958C DD Crankbait stick. Feels beautiful, the Calcutta Conquest 100 was a wicked reel and sold it needed some cash replaced it with the Curado 200I PG. Curado was nice but that's sold too so can't wait to get some time in with the Antares!

You need "none" as a category up there.

I own one, one of the new DCs. I like it.

wbook01 wrote:You need "none" as a category up there.

I own one, one of the new DCs. I like it.

I agree. You need a "none" option in the poll.

I added the "none" option and it wiped out the responses

I added my data back into the poll - I'm at 14 right now, with plans to get about 7 or so more.

Zero.. I used to own some JDM reels (Antares AR, Metanniums, Pixy). But ultimately I kept going back to either Curado Es or now some different Lew's. The JDMs were nice, but the Curados and Lew's just seem to be more robust for my type of fishing.

I just added three more to my collection. I'm up to 17 Antares and 8 Calais (4 regular and 4 DC).

I fished a 12 model and was not impressed. I think the metanium mgl blows it away

bronzebacks wrote:I fished a 12 model and was not impressed. I think the metanium mgl blows it away

+1 on this it's not even close.

Kurt