Shimano Baitrunner D Spinning Reel - Perfect for Lightweight Fishing and Long-Distance Casting

RainRain: This is my 3rd use and got my 1st BIG catch with Dog tooth tuna.

United States on Oct 29, 2023

LT: Love it

United States on Sep 22, 2023

MJHeil: I've had two of these over the years and have used them for both light salt water surf fishing and freshwater. On the shoreline I use a light action 12' surf rod, but have also used it to catch small bait fish on the salt water as well. I always have a second spool with light fresh water line and a smaller rod for stream and lake fishing. If you maintain this reel well by cleaning and oiling it, especially after salt water use, it will last forever. I bought the last one on Amazon 10 years ago.

United States on Apr 01, 2023

stephen gallacher: Best baitrunner style reel i,ve ever used.Will never need another.

United Kingdom on Apr 06, 2022

Rolli: Ich besitze mehrere dieser Rollen und sie haben mich noch nie im Stich gelassen

Germany on Dec 20, 2021

Amazon Customer: reel has performed beyond expectations

Canada on Oct 02, 2020

Amazon Customer: My dream reel, and works like a dream

Canada on Aug 24, 2020

BenBen: It works well and it cast smoothly, but I don't like the weight of it and the baitrunner switch design. This thing is heavy in comparison to okuma. It's too heavy to be used holding it while surf fishing, I fatigued much faster with this reel than my lighter Okuma avengers baitrunner 55 series. People say it's heavy because of the built quality, but it's not practical for surf fishing with the rod in your hands for a long time, it's just too heavy. I also didn't like how big and sharp the baitfeed switch is designed, it doesn't leave a lot of clearance between your fingers and the switch. It digs and poked into my grip fingers while reeling in heavy fish, but I guess it's ok if you have small hands. I switched back to my Okuma and I am more happy with my okuma. The Okuma design is much more practical for how I surf fish, it's lighter and more comfortable to use. To me the Shimano baitfeeder performance is not that huge of a difference compared to Okuma avenger baitfeeder. I prefer my reel to be lighter in weight and not have the baitfeeder switch digging and poking into your grip fingers while reeling. In the end, I chose comfort in the okuma avengers baitfeeder over a slightly...

United States on Jun 30, 2019

guy: After reading many reviews in favour of this reel I decided ask my fishing Buddy for his take whether I should buy it over the penn spinfisher 6500ll and the answer was yes and I did I was so excited to hold the reel when it arrived and it was love at first spin it was so smooth I couldn't wait to show this beautiful machine to my fishing Buddy until about five minutes later the reel started feeling like it has a broken bearing I hadn't a chance to fish with it as yet. As I turn the handle at times it's smooth and other times not. Oh how I want to love this reel but I'm not allowed to because of the fault it is the last thing I expected from a shimano baitrunner d that is so popular and have such good reviews. I must say that this reel deserves one more 🌟 and it's because of the wonderful experience of fishing with it despite the aforementioned problem this reel is a gem it trumped the penn 6500ll by far I fished with both for same time and same conditions and the penn is no match.

United States on Jun 08, 2018

jamjc27: Top notch reel. I have always used Baitrunners but my others left me feeling like the fish was playing me rather than the other way round if I got a 30lb+ carp hooked. I now use three of these as my night fishing set up and have been reliably informed by a friend of mine that these could be used for sea fishing up to a point.

United Kingdom on Feb 24, 2015