Thread: questions about mitchell 306

ive looked on the internet about mitchell 306 and cant find to much about it i was wondering how much it weighed and its line capacity i want some thing that i can get a pretty good king in but not take all day to do it but light weight so i can through abunch of lures and jigs all day

My son's 407 weighs 27.3 pounds. with a manual roller, crosswind and full of mono. I was able to find capacities listed online, but the numbers seem to be far fetched to me. Regardless I do believe it will hold more than enough 12-16# test to get the job done. If I was going to use one of these reels, I'd opt for a 406 because of its higher gear ratio. I would also use braid backing, not for capacity as much as protecting the spool from blowing up. I haven't heard of any 306/307/406/407 spools exploding like the 302s and company, but these reels are from the same era and material. I simply wouldn't trust these reels with straight mono knowing the sort of pressure I put on a fish.

the 306's will explode when you stretch the line to far :violent,but will hold a tarpon if you back it with braid.
this was 14lb test and about a 60lb tarpon ,he was beat and on his side when i heard the spool pop.


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That is the first 306 spool I'd seen or heard of exploding. I only had a suspicion that a 306 spool was prone to exploding until now.

do you know the weight of it slanddeerhunter?

Its smaller than a 704,probably around a 4500 penn works good on kings and spanish

thanks

Get a 302 they work fine wonder how old guys caught fish before van staal come about oke1: