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I love it!!’

chark bait always takes care of me I was so excited to get this lefty reel!!! Will always come back for more

It was a long wait but it arrived in perfect condition! Thanks.

Awesome, great product and fast delivery

Strong circle hooks

Great circle for catching YFT on live bait

If you can get them to swim right there gteat

Fast shipping, ready for long range!

Got these Salas jigs to me in a few days.

Love the reels. Customer service was great, recieved a call to confirm additional info I didnt include regarding line. Thank you.

Favorite jigging reel

This is my 2nd one
Great for BFT jigging all night … big spool means higher jig speed. Massive drag and 400+ yards of 80# braid. 2 speed and power handle when you need to grind. Butter smooth.

Great reel for bottom fishing!

This reel is great. It looks good and is super smooth. The gear ratio and high inches per handle turn are nice for deep California rockfishing to 600'. Just put the rod on the rail and wind them up! I got the 40 size and it is not too large or heavy and it holds a ton of braid. The handle gave me a blister after winding up from 600' multiple times. I will be getting the Gomexus replacement with the T bar handle. Thanks Mark and Sergey!

Okuma SP

Chark Bait is the best!! Will order again

Great looking reels, can’t wait to use them.

Thank you Mark for your time explaining the benefits of these reels. Will be using them soon.
Will be placing an order for 2 more after a couple more paydays.
Steve

Interesting design, very effective application

This is my second slow-pitch rod (earlier purchase is a Shimano) and I really enjoy this rod. The inline concept is interesting and I agree that it feels like it loads the entire blank better than a traditional rod with guides. One drawback to fishing this on a party boat .....is that everyone and their brother want to talk to you about it being that it "looks funny" without guides lol

Fluorocarbon leader

By far the best fluorocarbon leader for your money
(Come east the fishing is great)

Very strong hooks

Wish they had them in 6/0

Great Bearings

Very strong and smooth spinning...excellent value for the money

Excellent Braid

Very smooth for 4-strand...will be testing on beaches in Mexico

Great Jigs but excellent service

Bought these jigs because they run a little heavier than the salas 6x jr. Had an issue with my order and the Charkbait team stepped up and made it right and were able to get it resolve just in time for my trip and made my new PB yellowtail possible. Thank you all and please keep up the good work.

Been using these for a number of years. Always worked well. Just wish you had a better supply of the scrambled egg color.

This rod RGPXJ 6405 with 100# braid is easy to jig with 400 gr. slow pitch jig, caught 3 day limit of bluefins, thank you.

Nice Reel

Reel had small chip in paint out of the box.

Good 👍🏽

15T

Love how this reel is a smaller 16 without losing its square shape. Light, easily fits in your hand and has plenty of drag for 60-80#

Great Reel

What a great reel, Japanese Engineering at its finest... I haven't had an opportunity to fish with it yet, but the fit and finish is perfect, and it is incredibly smooth. I have used Daiwa reels for many years, and I'm Looking forward to many with this one.
I understand this is a reel review, but I have to say the folks at Chark Bait did an incredible job with the sale. Thanks, I really appreciate it...
Mel

Hooked on charkbait

Quality hooks are the key to success

Sealion 16d11

For my birthday my goid friend Jing and friends gave me a Sealion 16D 11 as a gift.

We had a charter together and upon my return my first call was to Charkbait to match up a rod for this fantastic reel.

They made my decision easy!