Picking me up some new gear they will be used in freshwater some but mostly surf,jetty,pier and rigs.I'm stuck between 2 reels! Penn Battle 8000 and Fin Nor Offshore 8500/9500. Does anyone have experience with these? I would like some good input on which way to go!

Well, I have one friend that just bought one of the penn fierces, and it seems like a great reel, especially for the price. And I have another friend that owns a penn sargus, and what do you know, its great too. BUT, my next reel will probably be a Fin Nor (just because I already own 3 penns)

You can't go wrong with either. My preference is Penn because it's very easy to break them down and get spares.

I myself ended up buying a Penn Battle 8000 its mated on a Penn Torque series surf rod casts smoothly reels in smoothly too i dont have much feed back to put lol only had it for about 3 weeks and used it once but from the reviews ive read and talking to various people from various bass pro shop and Fishing Tackle Unlimited its a really good reel for the price

Sorry for the not so valuable info

All information its greatly appreciated! I just haven't been in the salt enough to know what's good and what's not. I heard I should look at a Shimano Spheros as well but I see a lot of mixed reviews on them and the line capacity isn't as well as these other 2! I haven't decided for sure but I'm still leaning heavy on the Battle

You must look at DAIWA WHISKER SS TOURNAMENT (1300,1600,2600) super spinning reel for salt water (price/quality)

I have been thinking about the Battle series too, although have heard that the Fierce is a better bang for the buck.
Probably you will not go wrong with either one.
I have friends that use Fin-Nors and others who swear by the Penn SS series and any Penn... and Jean up above knows much more than I do, so I will look at the Daiwa too

I will also look at the daiwa. I'm looking to hold 500yds of 50lb braid. Will the daiwa come close to that?

That is a lot of line. What are you targeting?

I want Shark and kings! But I will take just about anything that bites lol

What part of the coast will you be fishing?

Gonna be at Port A.

I'm sure I will go other places but mostly Port A

Penns are made in China now. If you get one make sure you tighten all the parts up before you use it. Just got a 450 and lost the side cap the first day. They guy at the parts place told me it happens a lot. I have one thing to say about reels Shimano !

Penn Fierce 8000 would be best bang for the buck.
The reel is solid and the price is cheap ($~60).