Thread: Help selecting new king reel

[quote author=Peaches link=topic=884.msg8715#msg8715 date=1334235092]
IMHO its something else to break, and you can just as easily open the bail and close it to free spool a fish while feeding, heading under the pier, etc
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That's what I though to had a chance to buy either for a awesome price and went with the regular model

[quote author=Peaches link=topic=884.msg8715#msg8715 date=1334235092]
IMHO its something else to break, and you can just as easily open the bail and close it to free spool a fish while feeding, heading under the pier, etc
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I was a bit skeptical of the whole LiverLiner thing at first, but after fishing with my 5600L for the past 8 years and studying how the feature works during a tear down, I will say the likelihood of failure is slim. One would have to abuse the reel to break it and even then there are other parts which are common with a regular Slammer that might fail first.

Good to hear,

I guess i'd rather just open a bail to feed a fish while pier fishing...

although i have two shimano thunnus ci4 reels with the baitrunner feature, and i love the secondary drag for kayak fishing

[quote author=DRH link=topic=884.msg8733#msg8733 date=1334242929]
[quote author=Peaches link=topic=884.msg8715#msg8715 date=1334235092]
IMHO its something else to break, and you can just as easily open the bail and close it to free spool a fish while feeding, heading under the pier, etc
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I was a bit skeptical of the whole LiverLiner thing at first, but after fishing with my 5600L for the past 8 years and studying how the feature works during a tear down, I will say the likelihood of failure is slim. One would have to abuse the reel to break it and even then there are other parts which are common with a regular Slammer that might fail first.
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Thanks for that info. Kind of firms up everything I read before making the decision to order one. You are the longest term user I've heard from and 8 years is reassuring

When you get your reel in dive, may want to consider a modification I made to my new 560L. The 5600L doesn't disengage automatically the way the 560L does. Penn caved into the pressure from consumer demand for automatic disengagement of the bait drag (actually it is the engagement of the main main drag) with a partial turn of the handle. The fact most use these reels for weight-n-bait-then-wait style fishing (boring) means that the automatic engagement is better for them since most of them aren't bright enough to reach down and flip a switch. When it comes to freelining a live bait or snobbling a bait the ability to reel in without having to constantly flip the switch to where you want it is a plus in my opinion. It only requires the removal of two parts and less than 10 minutes to open the reel, remove the parts and close her up. Let me know when you'll be on the peir with your new reel and I'll let you test drive my modified reel and you can compare it to the unmodified auto engagement reel.

Thanks. I'll be there during the week leading up to picnic day and probably till that Suday or Monday afterwards