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Old 10-26-2007, 01:39 PM   #1
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Gear vs. Saltwater

Figured I'd throw this out to the wise and experienced masses and maybe someone could offer me some advice.

How do you all protect and preserve the reels you use for saltwater? I'm new to the world of serious saltwater fishing and 3 of my reels are now shot- 2 Abu 5500c's and a Shimano Curado. I religiously rinse and clean them when I get home and then hang them to dry in my garage but after only a few months, 3 reels are now almost completely toast.

Any suggestions? I did a lot of inshore fishing back in NY but back then I was only using spinning reels and they never rotted away like this.

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Old 10-26-2007, 02:37 PM   #2
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Don't rinse them,big mistake, fresh water forces salt into reels. Just wipe down with damp cloth. Store reels on side with handle side up, any water inside will rest on" less important" componets. Have reels cleaned and inspected every so often at a tackle shop, anotherwords you will need rotating reels!
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Old 10-26-2007, 03:48 PM   #3
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Depends on the reels. Some high end stuff will hold up with a quick rinse and an annual regreasing. With midrange and lower stuff it's usually a matter of postponing the inevitable, with the exception being the seemingly indestructible Daiwa Sealines. Reel-X can help a bit but not much.
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Old 10-26-2007, 04:49 PM   #4
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The Sealines have stayed in my car for weeks and still work, year after year. I occasionally rinse them if I'm not going to fish for awhile and not one has ever been apart or needed new drags. For $100 they are a steal.
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Old 10-26-2007, 04:52 PM   #5
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yeah thu abu garcia 5500 would get toasted fast but the curado should hold up b very mindful about not doin the dunk in saltwater on the yak & when cleaning w/fresh water use a mister with a couple parts salt-x
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Old 10-26-2007, 06:03 PM   #6
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Great, I sure got some bunk info. A guy who I assumed knew what he was talking about said to be sure to thoroughly (sp?) rinse my reels when I got home. You know what they say about assumptions- they will make an ass of one of us. You all can just call me donkey from now on.

Shit. Now to convince the wife I need 3 new baitcasters. How the hell am I going to pull that off???
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Old 10-26-2007, 08:14 PM   #7
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Hey Hookfin,

Just get a Sealine 30XHA and that will be versatile enough to do everything. You can get more later. Bait, iron, you name it.

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Old 11-03-2007, 11:54 PM   #8
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....a guy said to be sure to thoroughly rinse my reels when I got home....
i have heard the same thing, and have done so to all my reels after SW fishing for years now.

i have several Abu 5500 models. and have used many of them in SW for 3-4 years now.

i do have to clean/lubricate the Abu reels every 3-4 months or so, but this keeps them working well.

HOOKFYNN- the Abu's are actually fairly easy to completely disassemble, clean, and put back together.

you might try it with one of yours.

the manuals are online at Abu Garcia website, if you want to look at them first.
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Old 11-03-2007, 11:45 PM   #9
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.....Don't rinse them,big mistake, fresh water forces salt into reels. Just wipe down with damp cloth.....
is this accurate ?

what are other's opinion on this ????

just as HookFynn said, i have previously heard to always rinse SW reels.
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Old 11-06-2007, 12:53 PM   #10
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Reel Care.

After a day of fishing, i usually button down the drags and hose em off. I don't open the drags back up untill i shake the fresh water off. I always store them with the drag completely open.

Mostly have Daiwa and Shimano reels, have also had Newell and Penn in the past. Always cared for them the same, never had a breakdown becasue of corrosion.

I used to spray em with salt x, but found that was a waste of time and money.
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