Does anyone have any experience with Abu Garcia's Silver Max reel? If so would you share you thoughts about it.

Thanks

Pretty nice reel for the price. Haven't had the chance to use it for a full season, so I can't comment on the durability, but it seems to be a pretty smooth reel and is well constructed (once again, for the price).

For the price its a good reel. If I wanted another 60 dollar reel I'd by that one. Been using it for about 3 years, it makes some noise on the cast but still works well.

I would consider bumping your budget up to 100 and looking at a low level lews or a Basspro Pro Qualifier. The PQ is 100 bucks and for the price i can't image a better reel for the price.

I have both the silver max & the pro qualifier reels. Bought the silver max as my first bait caster & so,far like it. It is kinda noisey but, does perform well. Then bought the PQ as my crankin' reel & noticed the difference between the two right away. PQ was much smoother reel. BPS is have their spring classic sale soon, which is when I bought my PQ. It was on sale for $79 & I did the reel trade-in & got it $49 or $59! Check out the sale its definitely worth it, you can trade-in any reel as long as it works. Good luck & tight lines!