How to get into the place where the line is stored on a Johnson maximum fishing reel

SOURCE: How to reel in a fish

To reel out push on Z on the nunchuk and continue to rotate nunchuk or push on B and Z

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put line through ur spreader on the multi[plier then tie a loop not cut off the little bit after tying knot then wind up slowly till it starts to get tight then speed up ur process till u are happy with the amount on ur reel

SOURCE: Cannot open Shakespeare Synergy Steele 2001s fishing reel

alright man......i had the same problem. it just takes a little bit of elbow grease, bot it does twist open, it's just harder than hell to get it to twist off. I took a towel and laid it over the reel, and lightly tapped on it with a hammer to loosen it up a bit.

SOURCE: shakespeare 2660 coarse fishing reel,cant remove spool cover

According to the intructions and I quote "Take off the cowling that covers the spool, twist off the pick up mechanism clockwise and a half turn anti clockwise will remove the spool"

SOURCE: ladyfish fishing pole by shakespeare

try switching sides of the handle by holding the bell and reeling then screw it in on the other side of the real by just reeling in. If that doesn't work then take all the line out and reel in some new line the opposite way.