Daiwa Catalina 2012
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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Popper and Topwater Fishing
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Printed Date: 06 Jun 2026 at 3:27am
Topic: Daiwa Catalina 2012
Posted By: campbellc
Subject: Daiwa Catalina 2012
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2013 at 3:03pm
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Looking at upgrading the topwater reel from my current Stradic 8000 fj ( which is a fantastic value topwater reel if anyone's after one ) Saw the 2012 Catalina's on the over seas sites but haven't heard much about them here . Seem reasonably priced when brought in from over seas too $700 ish . Anyone got any experience with them? Cheerz |
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Posted By: ET487
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2013 at 4:04pm
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I am also looking at the New Catalina. Around $700+ from Japan. They are a copy of the more expensive Saltiga just a different colour and a plastic cover at bottom of the reel. Read Alan Taani's review of the two. Not sure why Daiwa NZ not bringing them in as not everyone can afford a Saltiga. I fish with the Catalina 6500 the slow speed one on my popper rod. Very good reel and less than half the price of the Saltigas. |
Posted By: rockz
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2013 at 7:59pm
| what are you after for the stradic? |
Posted By: campbellc
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2013 at 8:13pm
Was looking to flick it on for $250, it has 180m of 65lb powerpro on it . Won't be looking to flick it off for a few weeks , gotta save up the extra coin I need to upgrade . Nabbed this on it on friday. |
Posted By: jonocoogee
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2013 at 8:50pm
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Talk to Fishpimp on here, He really rates them, Apparently most of the same guts as the old saltigas but with half the pricetag. The 5000 high speed is on motackle.com.au for $699, but if you ship out of australia they take gst off (-10%). There is one in Hunting and fishing for $900, so atleast you can go in there and have a tutu in the flesh. ------------- TAS - Its a real disease |
Posted By: campbellc
Date Posted: 15 Sep 2013 at 9:00pm
| Cheers Jonno , I didn't realize they had one in Hunting and fishing. It's a toss up between the brand new catalina 5000h or a used stella 10k now |
Posted By: Aaron32987
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2013 at 10:09am
what's there to toss? stella is the only way...
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campbellc wrote:Posted By: brownie64
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2013 at 5:30pm
| I have not used the Catalina but have had a good play with one and they feel very good. I would read Alan Hawk's review first but if you are a Daiwa guy, then the Catalina represents virtually everything that a Saltiga does, if you are a Stella guy, you won't go wrong with a 2nd hand SW. I persoanly fish a Stella 10k and a Penn Torque 9 and would happily add a catalina to the arsenal. |
Posted By: Titahi
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2013 at 6:13pm
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I have a catalina, saltiga and a couple of stella's, I would choose anyone of them to use for casting and working lures all day, IMHO the Daiwa's are more robust, and for the money a catalina is hard to beat, compared to the saltiga's. I have added a second roller bearing to the catalina, as they only have one and a bushing. I didnt do this out of necessity, rather I ordered replacements for the saltiga and found only one was knackered, the good bearing from the saltiga replaced the bushing in the catalina. I think it makes economic sense to have your second tier reel modeled on your flagship reel, and the customer wins as a result. ------------- "I love standing by the ocean and just knowing what its for" |
Posted By: Eastender
Date Posted: 16 Sep 2013 at 7:42pm
| Dunno if this helps but I got a Twinpower 10k for $699 off marine deals the other day. |
Posted By: Stevoe
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2013 at 2:03pm
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Hi all, I got a 4500H new Catalina last year for topwater. Cant fault it, caught a few kings on it and like my little Certate is smooth as butter.  I reached the same conclusion that it made sense to go with the Catalina as Alan Tani's review suggests that Daiwa took lesson's learned from the 10'' model Saltigas (eg - magseel leak issues) and applied to the catalina. Never fished the Stella so cant comment. ------------- Fishing is the answer, what was the question? |
Posted By: atis
Date Posted: 19 Sep 2013 at 10:25pm
| Alan Hawk has done a full http://www.alanhawk.com/reviews/cat11.html" rel="nofollow - Catalina review . |
Posted By: Mr Plastic
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2013 at 4:41pm
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Ive got the 2009 saltiga blast 4500. Same reel as the old catalina shape. Just a dif handle. Caught loads of kings w it. Sweet reel and built super tough. Its a hard reel to fault for the money. Having pulled it apart after a tough years fishing it was perfect. Just cleaned everything, good quality grease and back together. Only thing ive done is put a carbon drag kit in it and a nice ball handle on it. Worth doing as it pulls 12kg smooth. Asually more than enough on a 150-200g rod. Looking foward to another year of trouble free fishing.. Cant comment on the new model but the mag seal is a plus for sure. Just my 5ยข.. ------------- Synit Prototype bender |