I’m looking for a quality fishing reel that will last a long time. I have used nearly a dozen of fishing reels over the years and I can’t seem to find a reel that does not break within a year!!!. I fished with a Penn reel and even that disastrous on me!!!. I don’t want to spend more than $65.00. Any suggestions?
What Are The Best Saltwater Fishing Reels?
January 21st, 2010 
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I Fish the Salt fill up surf real hard, nearly every day in season. I have been using 2 Cabelas Salt Picket Metal for 4 years now and they are still 100% mechanically and smooth, the paint is a small chipped but that’s normal. Here are some tips to keeping your reels working fantastic.
1. Unscrew the reel case(were the gears are) and pack it with red or blue bearing grease. I mean PACK IT. This helps keep most of the salt fill up and sand from getting to your gears and corroding them.
2.Try to rinse your reel with original fill up every-time or at least most of the times you restore from a trip, especially if it fall in the sand or fill up.
3. Clean out the reel grease once a year and pack it with new grease.
You won’t be disappointed with this reel, here it is, make sure its the METAL one, there are two models, the additional one has a plastic body and will not last. Oh by the way, if you don’t like the color of the SS Metal, I believe the Pfleugar Medalist is the same reel, I will try to post it. Excellent Luckhttp://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templa…http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/descpageR…
Don’t listen to Tbone you can get a shimmano 5000 for $20 or $30 I have had one since 1999 and have never had to grease or oil it, since shimmano builds their reels very tight with no leaks that will void the grease and oil.
P.S: a expensive reel wont catch you more fish
Excellent luck!
penn reels should last a lifetime if you take care of them you probably did not take excellent care of them if they broke in a year my dad has 3 penn reels that he has had for over 20 years and they are still in excellent condition and i have had my penn reel for 4 years in very excellent condition so give penn a additional chance and take real excellent care of it by taking it away from each additional and putting oil jelly in all the gears
you get the very most from your money with penn. just keep it clean and don’t use monofilament line on a plastic spool. the squidder will out cast any spiraling reel and the jigmaster has the balls to take on all but the very largest S/W species. they don’t come with all the bells and whistles but they come with the guts. l’m using my dad’s reels, some of which are nearly 30 years ancient. and if a penn did fail you, something was certainly …uh…fishy. P.S. squidders and jigmasters are right in your fee range.
You need to spend more money my friend. Sorry. Thats how it goes. You get what you pay for. I learned this a long time ago. If I don’t have the money to buy excellent gear I don’t waste my money. Don’t get me incorrect they could last if you follow up each fishing trip with lubrication and cleaning but who wants to do that? Spend an extra $40. It’s not like fishing for blue gill and crappie on the neighbors small pond. I’ve been using the same Penn reels for years without fail. They are all bought between $129 and $180.
Garcia Mitchell 302http://cgi.ebay.com/GARCIA-MITCHELL-SALT…
Penn reels hold up the best. Yet, they’re expensive. To check them out, go to http://www.pennreels.com
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