MeatHead wrote: ↑Sun Jul 18, 2021 2:12 pm
For those of you who have had quite a bit of time on the water with this reel now, would yall say it'd handle fishing in saltwater fine? Recently got a Steez ags bottom contact (previous model, not the new one) and trying to decide what reel to put on it. Will be getting used in South Louisiana for redfish and flounder.
After a lot of back and forth on whether I wanted to get the Zillion, I eventually emailed Daiwa asking if it'd be fine for inshore use. They replied saying it's fine for that, so after more back and forth I pulled the trigger recently. Got it in last Thursday, and finally got on the water with it today. Ended up putting it on a Steez ags 7'1 mh xf and the setup feels fantastic. Just floats in my hand.
First impressions were it feels a lot smaller than my other Daiwa reels (17 Tatula sv, 20 Tatula sv's and Coastal sv tw's). Palms much better than those reels as well, fits similar to my Shimano Chronarch G.
Spooled it with 20lb Tatsu, and with the brake dial set on 10 had absolutely no issues with overrun.
Once I started fishing it I realised I made a mistake buying it. It's completely ruined me now and has me wanting to buy more haha. Just insanely smooth compared to my other reels.
Had a slow days fishing, but got a few rat redfish to play with, and managed a 24.75 inch, roughly 5.5lb red as my first fish on it and it handled it perfectly.
Looking forward to more time on the water with it, and have a feeling I'll end up with more of them eventually.