Piscifun Alinox 400 Baitcaster Fishing Reel, 38Lbs Max Drag Aluminum Alloy Frame Baitcasting Reel, Available in 6.6:1/8.1:1 Gear Ratio, Freshwater and Saltwater Low Profile Casting Reel for Musky

I fish a lot. My whole life. Used to fish the tour. Own several boats, too many reels to count. Fished exclusively Penn (and a couple Newell) on saltwater and Shimano on fresh for last 30 years. Took this thing down to Cedros to see how one of these Chinese reels would hold up. I ended up fishing it the entire time. Casts better (not a single overrun), drag is better, and the ergonomics are better than any low-profile reel I own—many of which cost 4-5X this. Threw surface irons, top water, rip baits, yo-yo— whatever. Caught 20+ yellowtail on this up to 40lbs and countless Calico. 50lb braid 6:1 gears. This reel never missed a beat. Took South and caught wahoo and dogtooth on jigs with it, smooth drag for all runs, no heat. Good for pelagics up to 50+lbs. I can fish any reel I want- I now own 4 of these. One of my local captains is also fishing them now. If they fall apart within a year I’ll update. Their base is a little odd and didn’t fit one of my reel seats (it was a bit too wide) so check and make sure it fits the rod you want to fish it on.

I saw some reviews that were pretty sketchy. Made me wonder if I bought the right reel until I actually used it on my vacation here in the Bahamas. It works pretty Dan Awsome. I put line on it the night before I left and wasn't feeling to great about that but I had no choice my line didn't get to me until that evening. I put it on and just went fishing here in Bahamas and am very pleased with this purchase. The people that had bad reviews must not know how to setup the reel. I have had some backlashes but nothing that bad. And it casts a freaking mile !!!!!! I have even been casting in some pretty high wind conditions and it handles it pretty well.

Great reel

I find this reel nice overall, but the drag comes on very suddenly within 4 clicks. When loose, the first two turns basically doesn't change anything. I would be nice if they were able to give us a more gradual progression of drag. As the star wheel has comfortable shape to push, you do feel the drag tightening up through the star, which is a good thing. But if you like to use light tackle, your line might break because the drag is very strong and sudden. It holds a lot of braided line and has clicker. Although I have casted it, I can also use it for trolling because of the clicker. The price is getting up there and it is debatable to go Shimano or not. Shimano only use 4 bearings, the secrets of bearings is Shimano have precise manufacturing, which makes all parts fit together and spin without friction.. they are nice and very salt water resistant, but I don't know about Piscifun long term. Update: I've been using this for trolling, landed over 10 fish now and it is holding up well. This reel does not unwind left and right like a trolling reel, but the line goes out well it does not matter. With the clicker makes it more useful for trolling. The drag is pretty easy to use. I dropped it in lake water once, so far still works like new.

Very nice and smooth.

I bought the two different gear ratios and I love them. They are smooth and have plenty of power for big fish. I wish they were still $85.00.

What's bad to say? Been switching to these Piscifun reels on the catfish rods because I like the low profile and drag as compared to the round Penn Squalls. The drag is smooth and consistent even when set above 30 pounds. We don't need to cast super far in the small rivers we fish, but I've done it before just for the heck of it and these things will sling a 4 ounce weight a mile. Frame is solid and doesn't flex or torque at all. Between the wife and I, we have run ten of these reels now for two years, with zero issues.

I really like it but after a few cast an pulls from the bottom the retrieval started to feel heavy. it was definitely not retrieving 42 inches per turn I had an Abu Garcia with a 30 inch line retrieval rate an it was coming up a lot faster. an the thumb bar wouldn’t always completely disengage so it would make a grinding cracking noise so I had to return it an no I did not get any help from the seller so I have to wait for my refund but aside from that I still ordered another hoping it was just that one that was bad. Fingers crossed 🤞 hope it’s not junk got the new one a works like a charm . Ok so I go one sent by the seller it works, but I oreder the 6:6:1 purple violet one an it spools the line to the right I’ve reach out to piscifun but haven’t feedback from them

Lo e probado un poco y va espectacular nada que envidiar a carretes muchos más caros piscifun está haciendo un trabajo enorme este es mi 2 carrete de la misma marca y aún tengo el 1 y va como el 1 día

Belle qualité Satisfait

Works extremely well, as good as any higher end units that I own. Quality is excellent and they cast and retrieve smoothly.

This reel looks and feels great. It's great that it come with clicker built in. It's too bad a right hand version and lower gear ratio isn't available.

I was amaze by the performance of this reel out of the box. Super smooth easy to cast and does have a clicker. Perform better then my OKUMA Komodo ss and fits also better on my Mojo Musky reel. Cant be beat for the money