I have heard plenty of bad reviews and testimonials on the Bass Pro Prowler TM's. Most say they are under powered. Most people that I have heard from said that the deal was just too good to be true and now they are finding that indeed it was too good to be true because the Prowlers are weak.

here are some links to threads discussing them.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/fishi...3-prowler.html

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/fishi...ler-55-lb.html

It was actually the same guy psoting but the responses are different. The site went down after he posted it the first time.

Hope this helps.