Good to hear about their products getting better!Īs always, this is an opinion post.take it or leave it I think I'm in the process of letting go of my Senator Narrow to move up to the Maxel, I've heard nothing but good things for the past year or so. He recommended the Maxel 10 or an Accurate 600 Narrow as two reel options. He said if he had known about the Maxels before the Jigging Masters he would have gone that route, but he still loves his Jigging Masters even though they are about twice as much as the Maxel's. On this trip I discussed reels with the Godfather of Tilefish here in the Northeast (some of you may know him, but I'll leave his name off). Also, you would need to add a power handle to the Torque ($36 for Alan's) so that puts you right around $550 (Penn) compared to $420 (Maxel). I have become a Penn fanatic, but other than bumping up to a 2 speed Torque 40NLD I can't see another reel in their lineup that can match the Maxel. We fished in water between 320 ft - 950 ft and the first guys up were ALWAYS these Maxels.I always came up soon after, but the last were the electric's! (But those guys weren't as tired, haha!) The nice long handle arm was about 1" longer than mine and you could tell the difference. These things were beasts.the gent I fished next to had one and the ratio is 4.5:1 whereas my Narrow Senator is 4:1.he was reeling with ease and always beat me up by about 15-20 cranks. I just got back from a 24 Hour Tile Deep drop (pictures and positive report to follow, I promise ) and the most common reel on the boat.Maxel OceanMaster 10 (there were a few 8's and 9's mixed in as well). Just wanted to follow up this thread with some Maxel positivity! haha.
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