PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a fishing electric reel having an operation member excellent in the operability of the output adjustment of a drive motor and an operation member for the fishing electric reel, which can perform the output adjusting operation of the drive motor.SOLUTION: In a fishing electric reel 1 according to the invention, an operation member 40 for adjusting the output of a drive motor has a rotationally operated operation part 45, and the position of the operation part 45 can be displaced between right and left side plates 5A and 5B.