Avet SX

[mrfishy]

One of my buddies has four of them for sale so I was planning on maybe buying 2 of them. but the avets seem like good reels. Id love to get one of those 50's with 100lbs drag at strike for a planer rod

[gradyfish265]

The 80 might be better suited for a planer reel, more capacity, but I think that 50TRX-W would do, just make sure you reglass those holders in your boat, they could do a bit of damage. I've thought about using the 50TRX for a planer reel as well. We had some fun with blue sharks early this season, locking the 30W's down to about 40+lb of drag and using the gunnel, those fish were sooooo over matched. The SX's are great reels, I've landed over 200 bass over 30lbs on them in the last 2 seasons and never had a failure and maintenance is far less then my other reels.

[mrfishy]

Sweet, Thats what I want to hear I think I'm gonna pick 2 up tomarrow

[dman25]

I can't find a single reason to get an Sx over and MX. I sold my SX's to buy Mx's.

[bobadrift]

I have a blue SX with 300yd of braid and 100yd topshot mono. Works great for Yellowtail here is Southern California.
I've also used it for Rock fish just fine. I am planning on getting an MX and possibly another SX down the line.
So far the Avet has been the best bang for the buck. Cast's far and is very smooth.

[mrfishy]

I ended up gettin 2 of them and put them on 50-100lb trevala rods.they are awsome I cant wait to try them out soon.

[alantani]

Originally Posted by mrfishy

I'm thinking about getting one of these for drum fishing and casting to mahi ect. I was also wondering if these can hold up to grouper fishing? My saltist gets 9lbs max drag and according to the specs this reel gets 14lbs max at full and 9lbs at strike.(with freespool) What are your overall opinions on these reels? Thanks for any input, michael

mike, the saltist 30t will deliver an easy 15#'s of drag if you switch to greased carbontex. you can actually get more, as much as 25#'s, but the anti-reverse system may fail at drag settings higher then 15#'s.

the sx will deliver a maximum of 9#'s of drag (strike or full) before you start seeing too much pressure on the right main side plate bearing. i could probably hot rod the sx to get nearly 20#'s of drag at strike with good freespool. once you pass 9#'s, though, you see increasing resistance when you try to turn the handle. at 20#'s the handle is nearly impossible to turn and you ruin the right main side plate bearing.

for grouper fishing, you need a minimum 20#'s of drag, right? maybe more like 25 or 30#'s ???? in a small pocket rocket, you are looking at an accurate or a penn torque. these are true third generation reels that can deliver enough drag to take full advantage of the new spectras.

[mrfishy]

AlanTani,

I got 2 of the avets and like it says I'm getting around 9lbs at strike with freespool but there is considerable resistance when I turn the handle. I think these reels had alot of use before I got them, but I got a good deal. I may be sendin them off to you in the future for some better/smoother drag. I have 30lb PP on there now so I dont want to go much over 9lbs. Ive caught alot of grouper on my saltist back when the drag was failing and I had 9lbs max. but with the carbonex drag I'm now gettin 18-20lbs