Question about Catch Reels
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Printed Date: 27 Jan 2026 at 6:03pm
Topic: Question about Catch Reels
Posted By: NewbFisher
Subject: Question about Catch Reels
Date Posted: 31 May 2020 at 6:47pm
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Hey guys, Tried searching on Google and the Forum. Didn’t find anything (admittedly the term “catch reel” returned unrelated posts). I’ve felt the rods in store and like them but how do the reels hold up? Say against something like Accurate or Ocea Jiggers? I don’t really want to spend another 800 dollars for a reel when I could buy a heavy jig set up for the same amount from Catch. Any good/bad experiences? Cheers. |
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Posted By: BananaBoat
Date Posted: 26 Jun 2020 at 8:09pm
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bump this post up any answers on the bros question ? I'm looking at getting either the 2000 or 3000 size reel for a kingi setup on my kayak No info online. Anyone got anything to say on these reels They are a nice small size reel with a stack of drag on em… just no review on them that I could find Where they are selling, sales dude says get one of these Means nothing to me without a online review |
Posted By: smelli
Date Posted: 18 Jul 2020 at 7:35pm
Contact irwoody on the forum here and ask him about them as I saw him post about how happy he was with his catch rod and reel so he can give you some info about it.
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Posted By: BananaBoat
Date Posted: 19 Jul 2020 at 10:08pm
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Thanks mate I gave up looking for a review, which should have been easy to find Similar budget allows me to choose between the Andros or Metaloid, both close enough specs plus first choice has 10yr warranty, other is 5yr... pretty good to me |
Posted By: OuttaHere
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:03am
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What size Metaloid? The 5's are only reliable up to about 6kg of drag, still plenty for 99% of rods that "match" them nicely though. I dunno about the Catch reels. I'm fairly certain they're a chinese copy/clone/variation of the Taiwanese jigging reels (JM/Maxel) which makes them quite expensive for what they are. I'm kinda stuck for high-end lever drags nowadays. I have gone off the Talica; we have a couple of them and they perform really well but they corrode like nobody's business if you put the tiniest nick in the anodising, especially as compared to my Metaloid which has literally been to the bottom of the sea and back and doesn't have a spot of corrosion on it. The Okuma Makaira and Penn Torques are tough but agricultural. Accurates kinda in this category as well. Honestly my pick of the bunch these days would probably be Maxel, but they are pretty damn pricey. If you go for an Andros make sure it's an Andros-A; the revised version. |
Posted By: kaveman
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 11:45am
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Dont forget Poseidon reels, true dual drag and silky smooth. Full servicing here in NZ and half price of some Shimano, Accurate, Daiwa models -------------  www.kavemantackle.co.nz
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Posted By: Muppet
Date Posted: 20 Jul 2020 at 4:58pm
| Get a Penn leverdrag for livebait |
Posted By: BananaBoat
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 4:11pm
To paint the picture Inner Waitemata harbour & Manukau over summer, a good king would be tops around 15kg mark, give or take (never caught a king in my kayak yet) Alot of that ground is basically muddy banks So really looking for something small & light weight Thanks for heads up on the Andros - A, didn't know about that, thought the latest builds might have been that version anyway, unless theres old stock flicked off as good value by not advertising the A version |
Rozboon wrote:Posted By: BananaBoat
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 4:16pm
Thought about that mate.... What's your go to setup for kings in your yak |
Posted By: OuttaHere
Date Posted: 21 Jul 2020 at 5:01pm
They turn into a pepper grinder if you go too high above that level of drag. I pulled one apart and wrote lots about it a few years back, here: https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/reelguts-okuma-metaloid-5ns-a-c-bearing-mod_topic117194_post1632743.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.fishing.net.nz/forum/reelguts-okuma-metaloid-5ns-a-c-bearing-mod_topic117194_post1632743.html Basically the pinion bearing can't handle the lateral load. In a kayak over a muddy bottom though 6kg might be plenty of workable drag. Presumably you're limited in how much hurt you can put on a fish anyway. I run my Kingfish setups around 12kg of drag but that's often over a pretty gnarly bottom, and most fish (10-15kg kinda thing) will only make one run at that level of drag. Yes, many of the "cheap" Andros' are the originals, which are nice reels but also fundamentally the same as a Metaloid, just with an instant anti-reverse and better gear tolerances. Off the top of my head the "A" has twin drag arrangement. |
Posted By: BananaBoat
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2020 at 8:48pm
curious - are you running mono on your livie setup in the old days, a tld15 was the go-to reel of choice for a light weight kingi setup |
Posted By: ChrisW
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2020 at 2:47pm
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some Auck stores have the Jig Star Ninja combo with Maxel Sea Lion reel for under $1000. The Sea Lion reel is a genuine twin drag with same internal guts as the more expensive Transformer reels and the Ninja rod needs no introduction. This sub $1000 combo is about as good as it gets for a fraction of the cost of more exotic combos. PM me for more info. ------------- give it death! |
Posted By: Chutneykiwi
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2020 at 8:38am
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few months late but check out Glen Cox you tube channel for catch gear mate and in particular his latest videos. He also sells catch gear. his youtube channel is GC jetski Fishing. He has caught a few fish and put them through their paces as well. Ive only just bought the SP3000 catch reel and soft bait rod. Had no issues at all and had some good sized snapper on them, however still early days. I fish off a ski
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Posted By: smudge
Date Posted: 28 Dec 2020 at 1:16pm
Glen is a regular poster on these forums, his username is Coxie ------------- Best gurnard fisherman in my street |