7 Best Saltwater Spinning Reels

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[FishingPax]

Our price range guide (below) can help you determine the best fishing products to fit your budget and needs.

Price Range: $ -

1. Penn Slammer III - $$$$
2. Okuma Cedros - $$$
3. Shimano Baitrunner D BTR8000D - $$$
4. Daiwa Saltist 6500 - $$$
5. Penn Spinfisher VI 9500 - $$$
6. KastKing Sharky III 1000 - $
7. Piscifun Flame - $

[JuanRamirez-olpc]

I have a Piscifun Viper X 4000, Piscifun Honor 3000 and Piscifun Honor XT 4000 reel.

I have submerged the three reels in saltwater and also when a wave passes it stirs sand and it enters the reels.
My personal experience with Piscifun Viper X 4000 after two years the reel is still working perfectly.
With Piscifun Honor 3000 after three years it works perfectly too.
I can recommend the Viper X as the Honor is discontinued.
In the other hand the Piscifun Honor XT, the main bearing broke and I had to change it and I can't recommend it.
I understand that the Piscifun Flame is just for freshwater.
At this moment i'm using a Penn Spinfisher VI 3500 which I also fully submerge and when I open it for maintenance I find no water and sand inside.

[AndrewjhWhite]

Nice one. The flame looks great for me as a beginner angler

[jimquantic]

Thanks, surprised to not see the Shimano Thunnus.

[TheHungryFisherman]

I know these are your reel opinion but personally I think your missing out on a bunch of different options. The spheros and Saragossa are awesome reels especially for the price point. and the fierce and pursuit by Penn are way better than the kast king. I’m not a brand loyal kinda fisherman but Okuma has better and stronger reels like the Azores also. Do a updated review and I’m sure you will get way better results from that video. Tight lines!!!!

[jeffreybabino]

Ok let's go through the high end stuff and see the normal price stuff you heardly see them in stores wish I could find them thanks

[Jasminelovesthenumder]

Penn Slammer and Penn SpinFisher r the best in my opinion.

[ivansusnjara]

Shimano saragosa, daiwa bg magsealed?

[jimbo]

Number of bearings means nothing, placement means everything. You could have 3 perfectly placed bearing do better than 10 off placed.

[stripervince]

Uh no no no. Daiwa saltiga dogfight best spinning reel ever made, $1200, then a van staal, (any model) then slammer 3, then a saltist mq, then a shimano saragosa, then a daiwa bgmq. That's a much better and accurate list. The daiwa saltiga in any capacity (especially the dogfight model) will blow every other reel away. Honorable mention as number one also is a Stella. Also a $1000 reel, too many parts tho, saltiga better. Then there are the accurate reels....

[tornagawn]

Yeah, nah, I’ve got a Saragossa 10000 from Shimano for stickbaits and Spheros for surfcasting. The Thunnus series from Shimano is better built than the Baitrunner, if you’re after a baitrunner! These and Daiwa are sealed for salt water use

[thevernonposse]

Dawa huh rear drag spinfisher 4 settings

[rayantakeda]

i do not think that the penn slammer is the best reel its either the saltiga or the stella

[jimbo]

You can get a Penn slammer 111 in multiple sizes 3500-10500 and with more than 40lbs of drag or bigger line capacity . $$$$ prices also does not reflect the market in relationship to whats on the market like the Stella FJ. from Shimano. Maybe this list should be 7 reasonable priced saltwater fishing reels vs best and lose the Krap King (Kast King) there complete garbage.

[duriansalad-bsgm]

Penn have any problem .Shimano and daiwa are the best reel in the world.,

[Nsxlovers]

The Penn, shimano, daiwa not even on my list and u only paying for the name and they don’t even put enough ball bearings on it lol
The best 3 reel on my list is
Kastking kapstan Elite5000 $130
Tempo Persist6000 $21
Ozark Trail OTSR5000 $32
All of this reel r sealed and save you a lot of money lol

[jimbo]

Putting a Sharky Krap king in the same group with a Penn Slammer lll makes gives very little confidence to viewers who know reels. Yes the KK is cheap but its exactly that cheap . The Sharky has nothing to align the gears to keep them in place during a fight so the gears will chip and pit as they wobble under pressure. The sharky also has no salt protection other than a layer of grease.
The reel handle is a flimsy piece of junk that can snap off and the reels foot can snap right off the rod under pressure. KK is a knock off company that makes cheap Chinese knockoffs of traditionally name brand reels and will fail just a matter of when like when your fish a lifetime come alongs

[wheelieking]

Sounds like your getting payments for promoting certain brands.

[thedude]

$45 sharky won’t last kast king shouldn’t be in this top 5

[alfondopreciado]

I love fishing Tackle by penn 1960 2022