Piscifun Alijoz 300 Baitcaster Fishing Reel,Aluminum Frame Baitcasting Reel, 33Lbs Max Drag, Freshwater & Saltwater Low Profile Casting Reel for Musky, Available in 6.6:1/8.1:1 Gear Ratio

Love the reel, have bought more since, amazing quality for the price. Quiet, smooth, and casts further than any $300 bait casters I have owned such as Tranx, Tatula, etc.

What a great reel at a bargain pricepoint ! Smooth and with an incredibly powerful drag !

I’m surprised by the quality out of the box…seems to be a really solid reel for the money. I don’t have a lot of casts in on it yet so time will tell for durability. I will be putting heavy use on it for musky fishing but I think most musky guys could agree that even the high end reels have less than desired durability. I have and still do fish with Shimano and Abu. Bought a piscifun 400 last year just to try and was impressed enough to order the 300 this year.

Spent many years tournament bass fishing and was pretty successful at it, I tried many baitcasters and always went back to Shimano my favourite being the older Chronarch CH100B, I even found the Curado 200D wanting (I've never fished with the newer versions). I tried the other brands and could never get consistent casting with them like the Chronarchs. I was what is classed as a power fisherman and would make in excess of 2000 casts in a day. A few years ago I got bored of bass fishing and started Saltwater fishing (can't say I'm any good at it yet), so switched to spinning reels but I miss fishing with baitcasters when spending hours slinging lures off the boat. Was very keen on getting a Shimano Tranx 300 but they are just too expensive for me at the moment. So I got my new Alijos 300 just after Xmas and went out yesterday to give it a good run. I spooled it with 300m of 20lb braid mounted on an old Shimano Compre 7ft MH Extra fast action and so far I am pretty impressed. Had a 5/8 oz or 18g spoon/jig rigged up and I was very pleased with how well the reel performs. Gets good distance and I had no overruns with the brakes set on 4 (I do control the spool with my thumb though). The reel pitches nicely too. Just caught a bunch of small 1lb to 2lb Bluefish yesterday so nothing to really test the drag but it seems pretty smooth with lots of fine adjustment, certainly seems to have a pretty serious drag as advertised. Reel looks lovely and feels like its put together very well. The power handle and larger frame size will take a bit of getting used to but for it's intended purpose is required. The high speed retrieve works well for burning saltwater lures. Considering it's large spool it casts very well and feels robust, I give it a 5 star rating for now but have dropped it to 4 until it shows how well it stands up to the saltwater environment. Once it's fought a few drag burners and seen a bit more saltwater I will update the review. If it stands the test of time then the $90 after discount price tag is a no brainer if you're looking for a heavy duty low profile baitcaster.

Ok, I’ve had this reel for 2 years now and use it exclusively fishing in saltwater in the backwaters of the Florida Everglades. Caught numerous speckled trout and it performed beautifully. Casting is wonderful with no backlashes. Have it spooled with 30 pound braid and a 20 pound mono top shot. It is paired with an Ugly Stik Tiger Lite pistol grip rod, med heavy action. Last week was seeing barracuda in the area and put on a wire leader. Hooked up on a 6 ft lemon shark. The 33 pounds of drag worked flawless and was able to stop and slowly bring the fish to the boat. Totally impressed with this reel.

Seems like a quality reel, pretty light, and just playing with it in house drag seems pretty smooth, haven't had the chance to test on the water yet as we're still iced in but, shipped quickly and priced well below comparable reels, will probably purchase the 400 for SERIOUS musky fishing later this spring

aluminum body,wide spool,gotta get some line on it to try casting.Very well built,easily worth the money,smoother than my team diawa,could possibly be my new favorite reel.

Mounted a couple of these on a 8 1/2 foot Okuma Medium rods. I use them on my powerdrifter boat on a greatlakes river that has salmon and steelhead runs. I cast large diving swim baits or I back troll various plugs and swimming bodies. Reels performed excellent. Smooth casting and nice drag. Handles salmon just fine.

Tiene un buen freno, os dejo una foto de el último pez, me ha costado confiar que es un carrete de buena calidad pero hasta este momento si que me gusta mucho, lo uso con una caña de 1,95m en pesca de embarcacion float tube

Aun esta a prueba, pero el carrete está robusto tal como se describe

Great

The bairn is over the moon with it

I'm a Baitcaster user from way back and had two when I bought the #300 being a larger capacity reel. Have got rid of both existing Baitcasters I had as the #300 Alijos is just so much better in every possible way. When adjusted correctly this reel will cast 40 plus meters and stop without feathering the line, and will NOT cause birds-nest either, the magnetic brake works just so much better than any other reel I've used. Can't recommend this reel highly enough. (have since bought the lower gear ratio reel for off shore fishing) Paul