Penn spinfisher v

[billthedrill]

Any feedback on this reel? It's my budget option to a saragosa at the moment. Primarily being used for live baiting or trolling. Should I opt for the baitfeeder option?

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[hhakan]

great reels, only downside i can think of is the weight. other than that well worth the price tag

[Tag117]

I absolutely love the reels, the baitfeeder option is really nice/practical for livebait fishing but definitely not necessary, the default works well.

[Guest Guest123456789]

I have a 3500ssv and 8500ssv. Had them both two years now and have gotten a lot of use.

Great reels and very durable. Spare parts are hard to come across, you can ship in from a Penn store in the US but it's not cheap. I foolishly didn't tighten the drag up enough on the 3500 and the drag cap needed replacing. Since learned the drag washers are carbon fibre so I don't mind if the drag is left a little tight after use.

havent taken massive fish with my reels though so can't comment on how they might work on a metre plus fish. Certainly for lure spinning and bottom bashing they're great.

why would you need a baitfeeder? Normally you could just leave the bail arm open if live baiting and then flip it to set the hook. I would be concerned with that live liner thing being a salt trap and clunky and also breaking early.

[Fishing_Maniac]

Alan Hawk does a review on both the Saragossa and the Spinfisher V. He seems to prefer the saragossa.

[tackleberry]

2 hours ago, Fishing_Maniac said:

Alan Hawk does a review on both the Saragossa and the Spinfisher V. He seems to prefer the saragossa.

this is because the penn has a weak rotor among other things like it isn't as water proof as they say