Spooling Braided Line to Penn Battle II 8000 Size Spinning Reel How To 

Thanks for watching Alex! I did sell this already. The reel overall was a bit heavier than I could handle after a duration. Best to cast and have on a stand. I’ve changed over to Daiwa’s since and they’ve been working just as great and even lighter. Not sure if that brings down the durability in them. Tight lines 🤙

Thanks for watch bro, helped to pack it more tighter.

Awesome that’s a sweet reel. Tight lines!

Awesome that’s a sweet reel. Tight lines!

Thank you Bill, it was a better feeling than finding $100 on the ground lol

Thank you 🙌

Def a good beater rod🤙 Screwdriver will be better, keeping the line unspooling correctly. There’s a method with tennis balls on either end for tension that should help. The rag helps a lot to keep it taught. Thanks for watching 🙌

Did some research on it. Great looking reel for the price. Couldn’t find anyone that put it through the uses though. I’ve been sticking with trusted reels as of recent. Have added Daiwa Saltist 20p and Daiwa Lexa HD to my steed. Ive since sold this Penn Battle II 8000 and also returned a Penn Battle III 3000. Now replaced with 2 Daiwa BG 2500 and one 4500 that have been doing great so far.

@@Seastheday88 so the penn reels have out? I was thinking of pulling the trigger on either a spinfisher or penn slammer

@@Bobby59 hey Bobby, ended up selling all my Penn spinning reels and switched to Daiwa BG. The BG sizing is a bit different, but much lighter and after 2 seasons without maintenance has been still smooth. Using 2x BG2500 on beach sand shores for light casting and have a slightly larger 4000 that can pull double duty for bait and wait, and local islands. The only penns I have are all conventional types in Fathoms and International VISX models, which are beasts for the price. Thanks and hope that helps.

Good feed back. Appreciate it

I ended up selling that 8000, replaced it with a Daiwa BG4500. Much much lighter for my frame size. Paired it with a St Croix Mojo Inshore 15-30lb rod but this became a back burner setup. Honestly at this rate I’ve been trying every type of fishing and finding the sweet spot is coastal surf fishing on light setup or offshore jigstick setups to be more fun.

@@Seastheday88 I unfortunately just lost my fin nor 10500 I loved that real. I mainly do offshore fishing on my see doo. So im looking to replace the one I lost.

@@bobreichel oh man. Just looked up that model. Looked like a beast with stainless gears. Sorry to hear the lost, hopefully find a good replacement for it and def awesome you get to do that with a sea doo, next level fun right there 👍

I think it took my whole spool, I didn’t have any left over. 547yards of 40lb. But I did over spool it a bit. Hope that helps boss. Thanks for watching.

@@Seastheday88 thank you 🙏

@@arccibernardo22 you’re welcome boss! Also consider the Daiwa BG version reels. I sold all my Penn Battle and replaced them with the Daiwa models. Lighter to hold and still good without service to this day. Took my smaller BG2500 sizes to shore/sand beach for a full season. Had a BG4500 that I used on boat and from rock cliff that had strong drag. Less, line for 4500 size but I think you can upgrade to 5000 and be in still same drag class, just a bigger spool. Good luck 🙌

@@Seastheday88 yeah sir, i have one, daiwa BG MQ Ark but its only 4000 XG, hoping to have budget for higher series so i can experience to catch bigger fish, thats why im searching and asking for the right rig 🙏 thank you for responding sir, God bless 😇

@@arccibernardo22 Nice! The MQ has a big gear if I recall. There is a person on RU-vid by username Dirty Hookers that caught a really nice size tuna with BG4500. Very capable reel 🙌

I gripped on it as tight as my hands could handle. If it feels spongy in the middle or end, it’s way too loose and the line may dig into itself if you’re hooked on a fish. Hope that helps 🤙

@@Seastheday88 Will try this method. Im new to fishing and ive been using the Piscifun Spooler.

@@UnsulliedFishermann those should work well. Where you fishing from? It’s going to be fun, enjoy👍👍

@@Seastheday88 Should i continue using the Piscifun spooler? or the manual hand method is better? Im from Philippines :)

@@UnsulliedFishermann my friend has one similar. It allows you to apply and adjust tension from the tool, so it’ll be much easier than gripping with towel and hands. You’re good to go with the Picifsun🤙 Philippines will be amazing. So many species from your local shore I’ve read. Enjoy and tight lines 🤙

All of them are good. Also look at Daiwa BG series, very affordable and has been rock solid smooth for me since especially using in sand. I’m looking at Penn Slammer also for a bigger setup to chase tuna with.

@@Seastheday88 thanks buddy

Yes sir. 40lb braid on this. I think heavier would be better like 65lb for thicker diameter and how it would lay on the spool for this size reel. Side note, I sold the entire reel and replaced it with Daiwa BG/Saltist version that is slightly lighter to handle.

Hi, 9min mark is best indicator. Bought it because it was a closeout clearance to make way for their 3 line. I ended up selling it not too long after this video and bought a Daiwa BG 4500 which was way lighter in the hands. The Battle 3 3000 I did a video of before this one was returned to vendor as well, it couldn’t take surf fishing after a month feeling gritty to wind. Ended up with a Daiwa BG2500 that to this day hasn’t been serviced and still smooth as the day I bought it. Still a Penn fan with a bunch of Fathoms, International and a Slammer 3. Thanks for watching.

100% agree with you. I ended up selling this reel because it was too heavy weight wise and replaced with a Daiwa BG4500. Still good drag and more lighter weight. Had to take it to deep ocean and drop it down with a 8oz weight and reeled it back in tight. Much better packed now. Thanks for the suggestiins

Your welcome sir, i am from Indonesia, well daiwa bg is good reel, yes japanese reel is lighter 👍, keep what doing sir, hope this channel will be good in the future.

@@rianotrijaya246 thank you! I’ve watched YT vids of Indonesia sport fishing. Very big game and lots of jigging action. Super fun. You’re right about it being so much lighter. The penn feels like a tank, but all day fishing got me so tired after. All Japanese reels now and I can fish all day, still tired but in a good way, lol.

I used an Arbor Knot to start the braid The reel has a non slip rubber ring built in. Thanks for watching 🙌