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IceShanty Main => General Ice Fishing Chit Chat => Topic started by: Mrpike1973 on Sep 15, 2020, 09:48 PM
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I would like to use a 2 Daiwa tournament reels for ice fishing this year do I just take the grease out and repack with what? or should I put them in the freezer and see what they do. I just don't want to ruin them. I'm upsizing to 1 bigger than an ultralight I think you get less line coil and less mess. Thanks
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i use my pfluegers year round and don't do a thing to them. some of them are on 10 years and work great. however ymmv and i know lots of guys like to use hot sauce instead of regular grease during the ice season.
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Dave Genz use to recommend taking the reels face plate off and poring hot kettle water into the reel to remove the factory grease then use a good winter oil/grease . I never tried this but do notice that some of my cheaper reels are sluggish/stiff while other reels not an issue .I would imagine that "greases" have improved over the years for a wider range of temperatures and conditions . Kicked across this video recently in my season preparation tasks.
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A reel is a reel. I swap out my reels from my fishing rod to my jigging sticks all the time, and have never had a problem.
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My reels have been doing double duty for years, no problems.
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My new fish line will be here Friday. HD, I will be check out a few videos before changing out my line, thanks!
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Some reels do become very sluggish and may actually start to bind up when there's a big change in temperatures. So one can always do the freezer test.
I use my reels all around, whenever. So when some reels becomes sluggish when it's frigid cold, I tend to not use them for ice fishing. It's usually the old worn out used reels that has seen good wear and tear.
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any synthetic reel lube will work, doesn't have to be ice specific - lucas, ardent, frabill, quantum, bps, etc all have good synthetic reel lube. grease sliding parts, oil spinning parts. The only exception would be gears not supported by a bushing or bearing. Make sure you open up the drag and oil all of the felts/carbon friction discs. Don't forget the line roller
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noooo problem. I don't own an 'ice reel'
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yeah as long as they are quality products, you should have no issue.
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Thanks guys!
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In my experience reels that aren't labelled 'ice' don't suffer mechanically even in extremely cold temperatures - it won't break them, I mean sure the metal might be a touch more brittle and therefore subject to breaking if you run over them accidentally, but that's getting a little too theoretical.
Drag performance changes significantly especially below 20C/0F. If you run your freezer that cold I definitely recommend testing. Some drags don't change at all, others perform so poorly they're unusable. I have had good luck with replacing with carbon drag washers to correct this.
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Never had a problem, I use presidents and shimano Sahara's they work fine in cold.
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i use Shimano Sienna's and no problem.
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I also use Presidents no trouble
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i use Shimano Sienna's and no problem.
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I tried the, Line-spooling hacks(no line twist), video. The hot water does work, no twists, relaxed. Any memory the line may have had was all erased!
I used a large bowl and placed a smaller tupperware container with the hot water in it, no splashing, no mess. Bring on the ice!