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What is a good flats fishing spinning reel?
Looking for a nice spinning reel to use in the flats. I will be targeting redfish and spotted sea trout.
Don’t want to spend more than $140. Preferable a little bit less.
Any recommendations of good reels that can take salt-water abuse every weekend?
Here’s my picks:
#1. Shimano “Symetre” ($79.99)
#2. Daiwa “Black Gold” ($79.99)
#3. Daiwa “Whisker SS Tournament” ($89.99)
#4. Quantum “Boca” ($129)
#5. Quantum “Cabo” ($189)
#6. Shimano “Stella” ($499)
Out of these, (which are all excellent reels), I would “zero-in” on the Shimano, “Symetre”, Daiwa “Whisker SS” & both Quantum series.
The Boca is currently on sale at Cabelas.com
For durability the Black Gold is #1 but weighs more & doesn’t have all the “bells & whistles” the Shimano Symetre/Daiwa SS has.
The Boca at $129 might be your best bet in your price range.
Although MORE than $140 the Q Cabo is an excellent reel and has been compared to the Shimano “Stella” at less than half the price!
Go to Basspro.com & cabelas.com for reviews of reels.
Hope this helps ya? Good luck!
UPDATE: Although RW has a point about “washing off your reels” it’s usually the “internal” prts of a “saltwater reel” (& perhaps the Bail/Bail mech/”Sealed system”) that designate it “saltwater” approved. You CAN use ANY freshwater reel in a saltwater environment, (and if you take extra care), it will work fine for years!
However, if you don’t keep a freshwater combo “greased & washed off” it will only take 4 trips before you will notice corrosion, ball-bearing failure, & general “salt-ware”. At least with a “saltwater designated reel” if you decide to “blow off” washing them down once in a while you’ve got a “chance” they won’t be “froze” on ya the next day!
“Dunk” a freshwater reel and a saltwater designated reel in the ocean/flats, SEE which one “makes it” EVEN AFTER a wash down! (lol)
How do you fix the locking mechanism on a spinning fishing reel?
I went on a fishing trip recently and 2 of my spinning reels stopped locking. I was told to take it apart and clean it, but how do you actually fix it?
Sounds like the anti-reverse failed on you. It could be sticky, old reel grease gumming up, it could be debris build up inside the reel, it could be weakened spring, or it could be worn out parts. Since the reel failed to work properly already, you mind as well take the reel apart and try to fix it yourself. I think most people could fix a fishing reel most of the time. Don’t pop everything apart at once. Do it step by step and try to memorize where each part goes. You’ll need to remember the orders of the washers as well. Taking notes will really help because you can’t always remember everything. Fishing reels aren’t that complicated. There’s only one correct way to put them back together. If you study the parts a little, you should be able to figure out how anti-reverse mechanism worked. Usually, there’s only one spring and one lever biting onto one gear. Once you figured out how everything worked, disassemble and clean all internal parts. If its weakened springs, you could bend (leaf spring) or pull the (coil) spring to squeeze a little more life out of it; you could use the old spring until you found replacement parts. Check you reel’s gears for wears and damages while you’re at it. Put the reel back together and check for function. If the reel is working properly, take it apart and grease the gears. Apply grease to gears and light oil to other parts. Keep in mind too much grease in the reel might not be good in the long run because debris will stick to grease and excess grease could gum up internal parts. Check for function again after the grease and oil. If you couldn’t put the reel back together after several attempts and everything appeared hopeless, you could always bring the reel in for service inside a plastic bag; just make sure you don’t loose any parts.
I clean and service all my reels myself. Some reels are very easy and some reels are absolutely painful to put back together. So far, I’ve not killed any of my reels yet and all reels were put back together without too much problem. I’m able to put most reels back within 15min. There’s only 1 reel which took me over two hours and many attempts to put it back together properly for the very fist time.
PS: Try to download the schematics for your reel before you take it apart really helps.
What are the top spinning reels for inshore salwater fishing?
Put in a factor of smoothness, casting, and strength. When i say inshore i don’t necesarily mean light taclke(FLA fishing gives great oppurtunities for bull reds, monster snook, and migrating grouper)!
It mainly depends on how much you’re willing to spend. Assuming you don’t want to spend an arm and a leg, check out Daiwa Emblem Pro, shimano Spheros, and the Penn SS series reels. I personally use liveliner type reels, like Shimano Baitrunner, Daiwa Sealine Black, Penn live liner.
Good luck, tight lines and Happy Holidays.
How can i fix my spinning fishing reel?
I have a problem with my spinning reel. I havent used it for months. I was testing it out. When I loosen the drag (helps in you battle the fish) it doesnt do it correctly. Its been acting very weird on me and i have vacation in a few days and my parents told me to try to fix it, meaning they dont want to just buy me a new reel. Anyone know how i can fix this problem?
Take it apart. Clean it up. there will be nasty jelly type of stuff in it. it is grease. that is suppost to be there. make sure that your reel goes only one direction, like you can’t turn the handle in the opposite direction that it needs to go to reel in.
How do you use a spinning reel fishing rod properly?
I recently started using a spinning reel fishing rod. How do I use it? The guy at the store explained it kinda vaguely since he didn’t know exactly how to. I flip over the spinning part and grab hold of the line with my finger. When I cast I let go of the line. But when I cast it, it goes forward, and then comes back or stops letting out line. I haven’t been able to cast it more than 15 feet.
Another thing is I repeatedly get bird nests the line on the reel always gets tangled. What am I doing wrong?
Jumbo, you problem sounds like you do not have enough line on the reel. The line needs to come all the way to the top of the reel, if it does not, it hangs up on the reel edge. You can cast very light weights when it is working properly. It sounds also that you were informed correctly about casting. There is another thing, when installing line on a spinning reel ,this is IMPORTANT follow the instructions on the fishing line instructions, on a spinning reel one can actually install the line backwards,, If that does not help, e-mail me ,,,I can help you !!!!