Thread: PSA- Cheap baitcast reels on Amazon

I figured I'd give some of the $26 baitcast reels on Amazon a shot to see how they'd do as crappie reels for trolling and such. Sadly, they're just not up to snuff and they're going back to Amazon. Flimsy plastic, awkward handle that is way too far back on the reel, and casting marks all over the place.

I'll spend the extra couple of dollars for linecounters, I guess.

I won't say that it was any one thing that made me change my mind, but yes, the writing on the reels appears to be in Chinese. So there was that. But hey, I hit a home run with the $7 baitcast Shakespeare reels that fishing tackle liquidators had going on a few years ago, so I rolled the dice again.