Sougayilang Baitcasting Fishing Reel High Speed Baitcaster with 9+1 Ball Bearings, Gear Ratio 8.0:1, Magnetic Brake System Power Handle Casting Reels

So far this reel is a great bang for my buck. I've used it one time it can cast a wacky rig worm no weight. which not easy for most baitcasters. The drag is very smooth and knobs for spool control is as well.the handle is sturdy and well designed. the color is a show stopper. just need a 7 lb large mouth bass to test guts of this reel. when I catch one pics and and a follow up. 🤪 This is a great product.....I recommend it for all type fisherman. Thanks 😊

The media could not be loaded. I have four of these identical reels. I can't even guess how many stripers I've caught with them, easily over 1,000. I regularly maintain and abuse my equipment. These reels have been battle tested and have won. My only complaint is the knob breaks off the handle on all of them in the exact same spot as noted in the picture. The drag washers could be improved as well, but for under $40, it's a good reel.

Looks niceThe shells is cheap plastic but for the money o wasn’t expecting aluminum or high quality materialsThe handle however feels super niceAnd the looks are a plusI’m gonna be using this reel as a back of the car throw around reel and still have a decent looking reel to fish withThe smoothness is very good compared to my high priced reels but obviously not shimanno quality. But great for the money

This reel has amazing cast ability and smooth when new. I always rinse my reels and dry them after every use. I do use the reel in saltwater for calico and sand bass. I use many name brand reels so I know how long a $45 reel should last. I have owned four of these reels. You will be lucky if this reel last you a year. Also the power handle knob will fail after a few fishing trips.

I purchased this reel on August 10,2024. I'm a Professional Angler of 50+ years. I'm very sad to say that I experienced a complete failure while fishing yesterday. As I was reeling in a large mouth bass halfway to the shoreline the real completely failed and I was unable to real in my catch. It seems that the main gearing had completely stripped out there by making the reel completely useless. I had to literally pull in the fish by hand. I weighed the fish and it came in at 10 lb 11oz. The real states that it has 25 lb of drag which is well below the weight of the fish. I have purchased several items from Sougayling over The last year or so and I actually highly recommend their products for their styling and performance. However I am extremely disappointed in the failure of this reel. I'll be reaching out to Sougayling today to see if they are willing to send me a replacement reel which I hope they do because I am a loyal and devoted customer of their products. I get a lot of praises went out fishing about my gear and I highly recommend them to all my fellow anglers. I'll be disassembling the real later today and I will post a video if I have the time. Ideally I would like a replacement real sent to me ASAP as this setup is my go to for largemouth bass 👍💯‼️

Before winter became too much of a problem I used this reel several times with 14lb fluorocarbon line. Once I got it dialed in it had good casting range and is very smooth on retrieve. I had a couple of times when I thought I heard an odd noise when first turning the handle after the cast, but it did not cause a problem. I did have a problem with the handle right out of the box. The knob had a lot of play on the handle lever so it wobbled. I finally decided that this should be corrected and made the reel not feel as good overall as it should. I first tried to contact Sougayilang via the email address on the website I found. I discovered this did not work so I found a different email address in the info sheet that came with the reel. That is the "real" support address and a woman responded very quickly. I sent her a short video and description of the issue and she promptly sent me a new one, which was fine and made a huge difference. Not only that, she offered some handle options if I was interested, and some of them were more expensive than the original. I am impressed with Sougayilang customer service! So I would give the reel a 4.5 star at least, but that service pushed it to 5.

I bought this reel intending on steelhead drift fishing, because I noticed someone who purchased this reel left a review with a picture of a salmon he caught with this reel. I haven't caught one fish with it and it's got a grinding in the gears. I haven't used but a 12 gram float with 9 grams of weight and it shouldn't be acting up.

Good little baitcaster. I use it for throwing swimbaits in saltwater. Only wish it was alittle larger as spool capacity isn't great.