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Pros & Cons
Pros
Baitrunner feature is great, leave the line open and listen for the bite. Great baitrunning feature is a must for fishing croakers. Works great for live bait fishing for medium size striper and cobia in the chesapeake bay.
Great retrieve rate and drag. The rear to front drag transition is really a great feature.
The lightweight, smooth operation for surf casting has enough drag for fish up to 40 lbs. Just bought two of these in the last year to add to my surf fishing arsenal. Plenty powerful for pulling in gator trout and redfish.
This is the nicest reel i've ever purchased. My stradic (16 years old) was sent in for rebuild and only needed a new roller bearing.
Kast king 30# braided line casts the best. Wait fishing in the bay for stripers, bluefish, big rays sometimes, dogfish.
Highlights
Quality
Decent room for line, baitrunner works good, reels in relatively fast, feels sturdy.
It's just a matter of habit with the older models.
Although the okuma bait feeders are cheaper and work well, the quality is lacking like crazy.
If i would happen to use a pole it wouldnt be the one with the baitrunner on it.
Price
A purchase that will continue to perform and exceed the cost for years to come.
Shipping
I gave 4 stars only because of delayed shipping.
Competitiveness
I have used shimano baitrunner reels for years.
Purchased this one to retire an 10year old 3500 salt water class bait-runner, best reels in the world!
I over filled trying to fit 505 yards of 50lbs braided since it said the reel would fit it all.
Casting - mines on a 10ft tsunami trophy series surf rod, really liked how stiff that one is and really throws the weight out.
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- This product had a total of 492 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 6 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I over filled trying to fit 505 yards of 50lbs braided since it said the reel would fit it all
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
From my experience was only able to get about 450 yards
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Bet if you had your shop spool the reel 505 yards of 50lbs braid would fit
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I tried a penn liveliner in between and it failed on the second time i used it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Go with shimano as they always build high quality products
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Lost my beast combo in sacramento river at garcia bend it was a ugly stik tiger 2050lb that i trimmed the eva foam on the bottom grip to lighten the weight and it had a shimano 8000d with 50lb power pro
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Although the okuma bait feeders are cheaper and work well the quality is lacking like crazy
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