Electric fishing reel

An electric fishing reel, comprising:

• a reel main body that comprises a left frame and a right frame and side plates covering the left and right frames;
• an operating part that is on a side of the left frame or a side of the right frame of the reel main body and is rotatable;
• a handle shaft of the operating part;
• a drive gear that comprises a cylindrical portion and a tooth surface on an outer periphery of the cylindrical portion and is rotatably frictionally coupled to the handle shaft;
• a drag washer that is non-rotatably fitted to the handle shaft and is at an end of the drive gear on a side in a direction of the handle shaft, and
• a protruding portion protruding in a direction of the drive gear from an inside of the side plate covering the left frame or the right frame, wherein
• an end of the protruding portion is separated by a distance equal to or less than 3.0 mm with respect to an upper surface of a tooth surface of the drive gear as viewed in the direction of the handle shaft, and
• the protruding portion is in areas excluding an area of a pinion when viewed in the direction of the handle shaft.