KastKing Sharky III Fishing Reel - New Spinning Reel - Carbon Fiber 39.5 LBs Max Drag - 10+1 Stainless BB for Saltwater or Freshwater - Oversize Shaft - Super Value!

Excellent! I love this reel, smooth casting, great craftmanship all around great value for the price!

This is a great reel that I would put up against a penn any day...Smooth casting, durable in saltwater, super light for a 5000 series reel. Looks badass.

After buying Penn reels I took a chance after reading reviews on the Kast King. I love my first Kast King so much I bought this second reel a week later after a week of fishing on my first Kast King. Great buy for the price and the quality speaks for itself. If you want smooth, search no further, you'll spend half the price of a Penn and be happier. Solid body and smooth action.

Good reel, good price. Not my favorite but perfectly functional. It casts well, retrieves well. No bail problems. I put 20# Spider Wire on it and mounted it on a 7’ medium pole. Held up pretty well for the short time I’ve used it. I have caught fish with it.

I love this little real on my ultra tight rod. I loaded it up with 10lb braid. Quality build, doesn't feel cheap. I have 4 sharky3 reels. This little guy puts in work, It looks awesome, casts far, reels smooth. Caught a ton of fish with it, drag works great and sounds good. The line spools up perfectly flat top to bottom, no high spots.. the image below is after the whole winter fishing, and it still looks like it was just spooled

I haven't used this reel for very long. Mid Atlantic weather has been up and down and conditions have limited use to four outs at this time. Reel arrived with an issue and I contacted customer service via email. The customer service representative, Winnie, was responsive and took care of my issue. Given the vastly different time zones and the inherent lag dealing with email, KastKing customer service came through very well. I think the reels are a little smaller in size than comparable reels. I needed a strong reel in about a 2500 size and the Sharkey 3000 fill that niche very well. The reel has more weight to it that a lightened carbon or hybrid metal alloy reel but balance out very well on a 7 foot spinning rod. This ten bearing reel is fairly smooth on the retrieve and the braid I spooled up with laid down nicely and casts smoothly. When fighting a nice largemouth bass, there was no flex in the frame and the cranking remained smooth. Line laydown on the spool was still good with no digging. Bail operation was smooth and consistent. The ball bearings are not high quality but at the price point are more than adequate for this reel. Drag is smooth and consistent. Only time and use as well as some rain, dunkings, and some mud will tell but overall the Sharkey reel is a winner. Now, about that name?

First of all this is about the lowest price point to hope for a decent reel and this one is very good.This is an awesome reel. It looked small for a 4000 series reel. In fact the spool diameter might be lacking there compared to other brands with the same size. It does cast just fine, but I would go to a different reel for surf fishing, or if I wanted extreme bomb casts for some reason.This is a great reel. What stands out most to me is cranking power and stability. For lure retrieval and fish fighting, it matches all my bass fishing bait casters, so the only downside compare to casting reels for bass fishing is having to use a bail in line management. Since, no matter what , I always take at least on spinning reel with me that is going to come with it anyway.The reel's compact size and extreme power make it pair up well with a large range of rods., huge advantage. This can go on a light , through the middler power, and up to a fairly heavy rod. It may look a little odd at the extremes, but it can definitely work with proper line sizes spooled on. It would be a great reel to get a few extra spools for.So back to the brute strength of this reel. I have half a dozen slightly below, or slightly above this price range and this one is stronger than any of them. Looks and fishes like it is as good on all other measures. The pflueger arbor 3500 at just $10 more, is good and has the advantage of the large diameter spool and comes with 2 spools , so these are my co-favorites for now.