Okuma Cavalla 5N-II Spool dont turn after breaking the line on a big fish

[steelfish]

So, I got this Cavalla 5N-II small reel with a problem on the spool, it wont turn anymore, that happened right after the person was figthing a pretty decent fish (probably a big YT) on 40# braid, the reel was paired with a shimano trevala S jigging rod and the line broke while fithing a fish, the guy just remembered head a Bang !! and the reel stopped working.

so, pretty chances were the spool got bent or something, check the next small video to see what I found out on that reel.

[steelfish]

ok, here some pictures of the problem of the reel.

somehow a bunch of fishing line found a way to slip between the spool lip and sideplate, it was enough line to fill the space there and block the spool from turning.
luckily that was the whole problem, so, I took the handle sideplate out as well as the spool and cleaned all the mess of the fishing line there, while there I put some grease here and there as well as some oil and done.
the reel is ready for fishing again as you can see in the video of the 1st post

[oc1]

can that gap be closed by tightening the spool tension knob?

[boon]

can that gap be closed by tightening the spool tension knob?

There is no spool tension knob, it's a lever drag

Based on the state of the line on that spool, this is an operator issue 

[MarkT]

can that gap be closed by tightening the spool tension knob?

There is no spool tension knob, it's a lever drag

Based on the state of the line on that spool, this is an operator issue 

Totally!

[steelfish]

user error and thin braid line 40#

I told him to switch at least to 50# braid

[Donnyboat]

maybe a shim on one side, or 2, could close the gap, good luck cheers Don.

[Gfish]

I use 40# braid on the same reel. So far no issues. But I never completely free-spool it. I never use it to "baitcast". Maybe that was the cause. A slight bit of lever tension when releasing line for jigging or whatever works better than my thumb.

[steelfish]

well, part of the problem was he carried a knife to a gun fight, He was trying to stop a 25 - 30# YT from going to the rocks in BOLA (bay of los Angeles, Baja) in that place YT can grow even bigger, well, it looks like 40# braid wasnt enough that fish

I dont imaging a small reel like that with 40# can stop a big YT like the ones in Bahia de los Angeles, like this one I caught few years ago.