I have 3 of these reels, they are decent inexpensive catfish reels with drag rated at 20 lbs. If they had counter balanced power handles they would be really good for the money. I used the old Shakespeare Tidewater 30 Ls and LAs for decades and caught many 50+ pound cats with them.
We have about 4 of these reels and the only thing we found wrong with it was, like you said, the release catch will sometimes click back in place when you throw it. Thanks for the tip on tightening up the screw!! Gonna try it and see if it helps!!! Great review video, brother!!! #REAPERCATFISHINGCREW
Did that help yaw out? only thing is you jus have to keep checking it, i got one that will come untighten after few cast, and you have to flip the lever up, just cant reel to engage it
Awesome video man! Thank you I was having trouble with it casting. I tightened that screw up and it cast with no problem now. I have mine for years. No need for these expensive reels these are good and cheap reels
thanks, big jack. i appreciate seeing the inside without having to pull my new reel apart. and i didnt know about the clicker part until you "clicked" it. i thought it was a knob where you somehow lubed it. the thing about these inexpensive reels is that they use the same technologies as the tournament ones but with less expensive parts; and they are made for the common man and dont come with detailed instructions with "about" info. so thanks, brother. taking it to lake degray for the weekend and hopeful to find a nice 400ft deep area to drop my line in and see what happens.
It takes some pretty fine tuning to use as a casting reel. The bigger your weight it seems the easier it is to dial in because unlike a $100+ trolling reel, the tension adjustment isn't the easiest to tune for decent casts.
just bought this joker today, I feel the same about it as you do, the hard plastic frame is my only con. awesome vid. though kept me from taking mine apart to see the guts
