Okuma Classic Levelwind Star Drag Lightweight Round Trolling Reel

Best bang for your buck for a decent catfishing reel. But I purchased at $43 a piece and not even a week later they are now $53💩 for 3 dollars more I would recommend the piscifun chaos reel iver these. If they drop back to the $40's it's a deal.

Bought two of these and they work great. The drag is extremely strong and they hold a substantial amount of line for. For the price I’d say these are some of the best levelwind you can buy for any type of fishing.

Great reels out of the box, super large line capacity and super loud clicker/bait alarm too. One thing that could be better is that the free spool doesn't engage when you crank the reel handle, and it doesn't cast under 2-3 ounces/free lines very well.

Great reel have had many of these and still do never had a issue with them

Very nice reel for the price

They cast great and handle big fish just as good as an Abu, I run guides on the Yadkin river and use these reel’s several times a week all year long. I’ve had them for 3+ years and absolutely no issues! So if you’re considering purchasing these it’s a no brainer for me and fit the budget well!

I paired the CLX200 with a 4' 6" Medium Heavy, Medium Fast action (20-40lb rated) rod using 30 lbs braidfor ~ 200 ft of bottom fishing. I selected the reel base on the weight of the reel (12oz) and whole reel and rod length seems to work quite well for our 5 yr son. The drag even at 12lbs which seems a bit on the light side to mewas sufficient to pull in a lot of keeper seabass (2 keepers at a time) using a 2 hook squid bait jig setup. I don't know what drag setting he used; I think he just max it out; and not worry about proper fishing techniques. The gear ratio was good enough for our son to reel in the catch at 100ft on his own without getting tired and needing help.

Best real ever have had some 10 years no problems