Pinnacle Dead Bolt Baitcaster

[tugsandpulls]

needed a reel was short on cash bought this what a junker i brought it back an hour later ill wait till i get more cash and buy better

[outdoorsman110]

It's a good reel if you know how to use it, can I have it?

[tugsandpulls]

brought it back it was grinding pure junk

[outdoorsman110]

Coulda fixed it

[The Guy]

You shouldn't have to fix a brand new reel

[outdoorsman110]

You shouldn't have to fix a brand new reel

No, but if you can, then your reel is good to go.

[Christian M]

Try the Pinnacle Slyder, a buddy of mine bought the deadbolt and had to replace the bearings after 1 season. The first baitcaster setup I ever bought was the slyder & a walmart quantum rod, which after 3 hard seasons of use I finally retired but is still in great working condition. The reel is awesome its just that the bearings go bad after a while, which is an easy fix if you know what you're doing & even easier to avoid if you maintain the reel properly. Out of curiousity are you fishing off land? I got a few grains of sand in my slyder one time & I had to break down the whole thing because it was grinding like crazy (these were back in my non boating days). After I broke it down, soaked it, & oiled it, I had a new reel on my hands. I always suggest reel covers for boaters & non boaters, they protect your investment from mud, sand, grass, slime & whatever other nasty stuff can get into those moving parts. I'm a big fan of Pinnacle, their products are hard to beat for the money. However over the years I find myself fishing higher end Quantum, Shimano & Abu Garcia reels. But you can never dismiss the old addage "you get what you pay for"

[berkleyfan81]

I was looking to buy this reel like last summer ago ,I talk to the pinnacle fishing manager and he told me that they drop the design and will be making a newer one later on in future , But for all my wait they sent me a new pinnacle slyder reel , a hat , and some stickers . This is my second pinnacle slyder, my first one I bought at walmart , and is still working hard , the second reel is still working hard as well . So I would recommanded buying one , I did some maintance on them with oil and grease , they still are working so I was kind of down on not getting the pinnacle deadbolt but now i have my 2 pinnacle slyder reel and a pinnacle PERFORMA XLT reel bought off amazon and love it . So don't put down pinnacle reel they are still good reel , My favorite companies to fish is abu garcia revo , Pflueger reels and pinnacle fishing . So sorry to hear what happen but please try the slyder reel .

[tugsandpulls]

im using 2 quantumns now no problems with them im happy