WdyCrankbait

I can part with my Curado 200E7. Send me a PM if you are interested.

This reel did get mentioned in the latest edition of Bassmaster Magazine, page 48, little paragraph at the bottom center. So, it will get exposure from this for sure. 1/11/2015 I checked and the article starts on 48, the reel is mentioned on page 52

That is not a trout. That is a football painted like a trout! Very nice catch!!!!!

^^ Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. PM coming Everything My guess maybe the Smith River.

yeah, I have not fished the Lonestar Lakes in over 10 years so, I would take Brayberry's advice above.

yes, Pinnacle should have more placement in fishing stores. That would help get them recognized a lot more, they make a good reel!

I have 4 Powell Endurance rods, they have not let me down one bit. Go get yourself one and come join "Team Awesome!" hahaha

Hahah, I see someone pays attention to my posts on here, and I guess when you saw $250, you thought Quantum. The EXO 100PT, that is the one. Quantum fits my bigger hands, more reel on my palm and I love the longer handle on it, I think there is more power in the Quantum personally, plus, the Quantum casts incredibly far, too far, outside my hook setting range. But, distance is not everything and I did have a harder time being accurate with lures. I want to be accurate vs. have another 15 feet, or more on my cast. Having the Pinnacle and using it during this cold front coming in, it is difficult to guess and speculating would be it. I believe the reel can really cast far. Smaller, lighter reels in my past have given me both distance and good accuracy. I have a gift card to TW that will let me get the Quantum, but I have not gotten it. I set a $200 ceiling on reels for myself. One to consider costs, and two, if I can not buy a reel for $200 or less that will last me something is wrong. So, honestly, I think the Quantum is a great reel, but not worth that $$ to me. But, if they go on close out, yeah I will be lurking.

Hey everyone, I was loaned a Pnnacle Primmus Xi-HS Hand-Tuned reel to try out and the following is my thoughts/opinions review I wanted to share. Quick Bio on the reel weight = 5.9oz 11 bearings, 10 + 1 roller bearing six-pin cent. brake 10# @ 120 yards is the line rating For the people that really dont feel like reading all of this, here is my brief subnopsis. Great little reel! Really, not much, if anything wrong with it, or I did not like about it. About the size of a Shimano Curado 50E reel, feels very solid, I know it has the potential to cast a mile, but doing this review a nasty cold front is moving through VA and the winds are gusting! Get curious about these reels. Ok, longer review time. First, let me emphasize what reels I have to compare this to, Lew's Tournament Lite SS, and Shimano Curado 50E. (I have many others, but I am restricting my comparison to those two because of similar qualities, size, weight, applications.) Second, I have to state my Lew's is my baby so, in real terms, that will be the yardstick. The Lew's is lighter, casts further then the 50E so, with the Pinnacle seeming to be more direct competition considering the specs and size. Both Lew's and Pinnacle are under 6.0 ounces. The 50E is about 6.9 ounces and from my initial tests, both Lew's and Pinnacle will outcast it, and also gives me more accuracy casting. I am going to try and keep this review to comparison of attributes of the reels and not really performance based (unless the difference is drastic and something I notice immediately). I feel because I have had the 50E and Lew's for awhile, naturally I can get more performance out of it vs. fishing a new reel in 10-20 mph wind with gusts to 30 mph. For my field testing, I fished with a Yamamoto Flappin hog with a 3/16 oz bullet weight, KVD 1.5, and weightless 5" senko. We all have KVD 1.5s, and use weightless senkos. The rod used is a Powell Endurance 723, Medium-heavy. Ok, now for the meat and potatoes, the Pinnacle does feel very solid in my hands! Certainly more then my Lew's (and I love my Lew's) and actually just as solid, if not more then a 50E. (Yes, I know that is blasphemy to some Shimano people.) Compared to the Lew's, the Pinnacle definitely gives me more confidence to use the reel with the feel of it. My Lew's has the new C45 side plate material. Yes, it does make the light, I am sure it allows for that hollow feel, and echoing sound in the reel when using it. (But, no problems with the Lew's to date, owned it since mid-September and caught a 4.5lb on it, and hooked and lost another big fish. I think it is a new attribute to reels that use this type of material to get used to.) The Pinnacle definitely has more torque when reeling in a KVD 1.5 squarebill, I have to work harder when using the Lew's (ugh, my poor beloved Lew's). I believe that has to do with the handle length (will be addressed later). Both Lew's and Pinnacle reels have a clicking drag and tension knob. The Pinnacle is an INCREDIBLY smooth reel. The handle is very well connected to the reel. No play in the handle, forward and back, or in and out. (and this reel has been used by someone that fishes a lot.) Casting was great with the Pinnacle, but limited, with all the wind blowing, gusting, it made it a little difficult to get confident with a new reel, open up the reel and really let her shine. Personally, I think this reel has great potential in casting distance. When I did get backlashes do to a gust of wind, the spool over ran quite easily which tells me the spool is very free, and distance is there in the reel. Let me address some things I really like about the Pinnacle. First, the handle, for me it is a great length! My Lew's handle just feels too short to me (picture below), like I'm pedaling in too low a gear up a mountain. Also, the tension knob seems to have a good amount of input to the reel/casting. The Lew's has that quality and I like reels with centrifugal brakes that have tension knobs that have a good envelope of performance. A 1/2 turn on the Pinacle knob changes noticeably the casting. I like that fine tuning precision, it gives me confidence the reel can provide the performance I want. Also, the thumb bar on the Pinnacle is slanted down a little, which ergonomically does wonders for me. The reason I say that is my Lew's thumbar is always fouling with my thumb on the spool when I engage the reel. I rest my thumb on the spool, and because I have big hands, my thumb rests on the depressed thumb bar as well. So, when I engaged the spool, my thumb usually fights it. Next, the weight, at 5.9 oz., yeah to me that is a big selling point. I have a connective tissue disorder which is leading to early arthritis in my hands so, that is why I am buying lighter reels, and starting to sell off my Curado E series.). Little ergo things like that go a long way for me. It makes it comfortable for me to fish, and therefore I will use it more. I really did not find much I did not like about this reel. People might not like the gun metal gray on the racecar red. Personally, colors do not affect me too much. I have a family of Curado E sereis reels, dark green sitting on Powell Endurance, neon purple and black rods. It really does not get much uglier as a combo then that. Some things that will hinder this reel. The price point, ($224.99; source TW @ the time of writing this) with all the competition in the price range from $175-$250 (I choose that price range for two reasons, one to include the Curado I, it is a proven reel that everyone is somewhat familiar with, two, the $250 to allow for a 10% off sale somewhere that will drop a $250 reel down to $225.) There are a lot of other, "sexier looking," new reels that are grabbing fishermen's eyes, and the less mentioned name Pinnacle. It is a name that, well I dont see a lot on here mentioned. Ok, another minor thing or two. Now for the real nit picking, I would like to have this reel in a 7+ speed as well, and for all you south paws out there, guess what? You will have to learn to fish with your right hand reeling, or by-pass this reel. So, I am not going to say buy this reel, I feel if I say that, this review will turn into an infomerical, but I would say definitely look at this reel if in the market at this price range. Personally, to me, I think this would be a fantastic smallmouth reel, squarebill reel, heavier shakey head reel, etc. I am sure it will handle bigger baits, but at the time of me writing of this, I am on a smallie kick! (Trying to get a casting set up for that.) I hope this was worth your time, Wdy

here is the review for the Pinnacle, it is a Producer LTE, not Optimus LTE. I was just loaned a Primmus and about to post my review of it. http://www.bassresource.com/fishing_lures/review-pinnacle-producer.html PS, I used to live in Alexandria, LA. Ugh, I miss Louisiana.

Mmmm, that is not news I was hoping to hear.

Ok, many points here. Yeah, the distance is terrible when I use it as a frogging reel. I am almost sure there is something fouled up in the reel. Sad part is, the reel has not been used 5 times. I bought it a year ago and do to various reasons, she got moth balled. Jezi, I am not to familiar with Revos, but there mention of Gen 3 on some of the rows on that website. I might not understand the models sighted though. Distance would be nice, but my goal is to free the reel up for pitching/flippiing. But, my 50E just kills it for predictably of pitching, which in turn, gives me a lot more confidence to use the Shimano. But that reel is no where near stock and only 7 to 1 gear ratio. (I think the speed of the Rocket is really worth it in fishing, that is the selling point of this reel, until the new Diawa Zillion drops.) I might go ahead and send it off to DVT sooner vs. later, just to figure out what is going on. I'll probably put some Bocas in, which i really dont want to do considering it is a $300 reel and should be more then adequate at that price.

He should have been wearing a PFD.

All of my brakes are off and the tension knob is about to fall off the reel. I should be able to throw a lure into the next state, but it actually is the least capable casting reel I have. I took it apart and cleaned it yesterday, but it is going to Mike at DVT in May. ( I have a surgery coming up next month and probably will not be able to fish till May). http://www.japantackle.com/Tuning_parts/tuning_spools_abu.htm I found the spool on another website, but it seems 3rd gen Revo spools are out.

Here it is in case some people have not seen this. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11225895

Yeah, I really liked him at ESPN. Tough loss, great speech accepting the Jimmy V award though!

yeah, I got a $250 gift card for TW burning a hole in my wallet. I am not sure if I need what I am thinking about, but I know I am getting something. I guess I can add 2015 to years I have been a bait monkey victim.

yeah, I thought I was. I just can not get that real to caste well. It is going to DVT in May or so. I have a surgery coming up in Feb. or March and the recovery time is long so.......... just kind of disappointed in the reel.

yeah, for the $150 range to say $220, there are just to many options with reels, so many likes/dislikes of each reel. Companies it seems have to be initiative and bring something new to the market not there before to attract and keep followers. Diawa with the TWS, Shimano it seems to really boost on their X-ship, Lew's with the LFS reels, *** being the new "hot girl," that just moved onto the block, etc. I dont own any Diawas, but I do know the Tatulas are very popular. I try to stick with the same brand/model reel so, when I fish a tournament, there is no difference when I put down one rod/reel and pick up another. Just personal preference to eliminate variables. PS, I am getting my hands on a Pinnacle this week to play with. I'll shoot you a PM of what I think of it.

Hey everyone, Got a quick question. I have a Revo Rocket and I am thinking about putting a shallow spool on it after send it to DVT for a proper cleaning and lube. I am assuming this mod will free up the spool to dispense line faster, correct? Has anyone done this modification? Thanks, Wdy

yeah, I have a Tournament Lite SS and love it. Shimanos have been good to me, but I feel I get a lot more bang for the buck out of a Lew's. PM coming as well

Ugh, wish I could make it. Post some pictures please! But, of fish 4 lbs and less, so, there should be like 4 pictures. Take 20# line and a wide-angle lens. You guys are going to wreck them! Try both suggestions of spinning rod/reel mentioned and go with what you feel comfortable with. I use spinning gear for weightless 4" senkos like Sam, (he's a friend), but I prefer 7'+ MH casting with at least 14#. Spend a couple hours feeling out rods and reels and go with what feels best to you.

yeah, a 7' with (some change) MH casting rod for 5" senkos, with a fast, or extra fast tip and I like a 6.4 to 1 reel, I know a lot of people are going to say 7 to 1, but I have just caught more bass on senkos using a 6 gear ratio. But, since you're in Louisiana, bass will chase lures down so the faster reel will probably be better for you. Get you some 7" senkos and go out to Valentine lake.

I'm glad I graduated VT. Good win for OSU, I thought they could do it, given enough prep time. It looks like this playoff system is going to work.

There are two Lews reels for sale in the Flea market, to help make this decision more difficult. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/148873-wts-lews-reels/