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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1V3PbV ... 1a11c17db2


Here's more, but this probably won't work either since Jessica is barely wearing high-priced and over-rated Pelagic High Performance Gear.

SOLID - The NEW KastKing® Kodiak is a brute power spinning reel named after the bears that roam Alaska fishing for salmon! All zero-flex solid aluminum body, aluminum rotor and CNC machined aluminum spool.
•POWERFUL - Enhanced 15% thicker stainless steel main shaft, fortified brass gears, and a carbon fiber drag system that gives the Kodiak 39.5 lbs. / 18 Kg of massive power to fight the largest saltwater trophy fish.
•SMOOTH - Exact manufacturing tolerances and high quality 10 + 1 shielded stainless steel ball bearings make Kodiak incredibly smooth.
•SALTWATER TOUGH - New special design aluminum spool and rotor structure prevent water and sand from getting in and are exceptionally strong yet light weight. Saltwater ready.
•AWESOME - The exceptional Kodiak is KastKing's flagship of the heavy duty reel series. KastKing® Kodiak is the last spinning reel you will ever need.

KastKing® Kodiak all aluminum alloy spinning reels are strong, powerful, yet light weight. The Kodiak fishing reel available in 2000, 3000, 4000, and 5000 sizes offer you one spinning reel that can handle almost any specie in saltwater or fresh water.

Kodiak 3000 $83.00 (free shipping $20+)

http://www.eposeidon.com/kk-kodiak-reel

How many TROLLING reels do they make there, 2Salty?

silverking wrote:How many TROLLING reels do they make there, 2Salty?

Reviews found on Amazon.com:

KastKing Kodiak (starting at $80) overall 4.8 out of 5 stars

89% 5 star
8% 4 star
(97% 4 or 5 star)
1% 3 star
2% 1 star
(3% 3 or less star)

https://www.amazon.com/KastKing-Kodiak- ... ing+Kodiak

Shimano Stradic FK HG (starting at $157) overall 4.5 out of 5 stars

79% 5 star
8% 4 star
(87% 4 or 5 star)
10% 3 star
2% 2 star
1% 1 star
(13% 3 or less star)

https://www.amazon.com/Shimano-STC3000H ... Stradic+FK

Shimano Stradic C14+ (starting at $234) overall 4.6 out of 5 stars

88% 5 star
5% 4 star
(93% 4 or 5 star)
5% 2 star
2% 1 star
(7% 3 or less star)

https://www.amazon.com/Shimano-Stradic- ... dic+C14%2B

2Salty,so the Shimano reels you shared all significantly out rate the 4.0 rated 2017 Kingkast Mela on amazon that now has 14% 1 star reviews, huh? Notice you failed to mention that.

By the way can you speak to whether any of the reels in the clip are Kastkings? (trying to see yet again if we can end with Jessica )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwuxPsRGnDc[/video]

Keeping this bail rolling:

Not trying to convince anyone one way or the other but I'm still evaluating these reels and took a couple apart this morning to do a comparison. The first thing I noticed was the tolerance between the spool and the bearings is really tight and made the spool VERY hard to remove. Secondly, there wasn't a drop of grease or lube anywhere in the reel. Other than that, you can see a few obvious differences:



and there's a LOT fewer parts:

big bend gyrene wrote:2Salty,so the Shimano reels you shared all significantly out rate the 4.0 rated 2017 Kingkast Mela on amazon that now has 14% 1 star reviews, huh? Notice you failed to mention that...

No reason to mention the KastKing Mela - it sells for all of 30 buck$ and it is KastKing's "bottom" spinning reel (pretty much less or more of a "kiddie" or "starter" reel).

However, since you brought up the KK Mela's 14% 1 star reviews...

Shimano Sahara FD 3 out of 5 stars $80
11% 2 star reviews, 22% 1 star reviews
https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/ ... geNumber=1

But if/when all else fails, try the "deflection" to Jessica again. "Deflection" is what some people do when they have no logical or sensible rebuttal and/or have nothing of real substance to contribute to the subject matter at hand.

Redfish on a KastKing Sharky II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwiAvYacIic
(stout red at 5:51 in the video)

Shark on a KastKing Sharky II:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeXy4jXKSwU

Annnd there's 3000 views long gone.

In light of our new Administration, motion to LOCK THIS UP.

I 2nd it

MAN, WE HAVE HAD SOME RAIN IN THE LAST 36 HOURS. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 9 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS TIME PERIOD. HAD SOME FRIENDS UP NORTH OF CAMILLA THAT LOST EVERYTHING, THEY CAN NOT EVEN FIND ANY PARTS OR CLOTHING, HAD A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER, TIED DOWN WITH THE RECOMMENDED ANCHORS AND IT ALL IS GONE. IT IS A SHAME, THEY ARE TOO OLD TO DO ANYTHING, HOPE THEY HAD SOME TYPE OF INSURANCE.
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FUTCHCAIRO wrote:MAN, WE HAVE HAD SOME RAIN IN THE LAST 36 HOURS. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 9 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THIS TIME PERIOD. HAD SOME FRIENDS UP NORTH OF CAMILLA THAT LOST EVERYTHING, THEY CAN NOT EVEN FIND ANY PARTS OR CLOTHING, HAD A DOUBLE WIDE TRAILER, TIED DOWN WITH THE RECOMMENDED ANCHORS AND IT ALL IS GONE. IT IS A SHAME, THEY ARE TOO OLD TO DO ANYTHING, HOPE THEY HAD SOME TYPE OF INSURANCE.
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That's terrible. Hope the community helps them out.


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Can'tCatchAnything wrote:Annnd there's 3000 views long gone.

In light of our new Administration, motion to LOCK THIS UP.

3,400+ views...How many other threads here have recently experienced this level of exposure for bigbendfishing.net advertisers and sponsors? Why "lock this up"?