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Posted 11/14/2013 9:20 PM (#673513 - in reply to #672310)
Subject: Re: Boat and freezing temps





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Rods and Reels in Freezing Conditions 101

Based on my limited experience, you can get ice off the rod but you cannot stop a reel from freezing up. Ice crystals poking up thru the line on the spool at first, then the reel gets sluggish on releasing line and the drag system tightens up and then it gets really frozen. To the point you cannot reel at all. All I use are Abus and thumbars freeze up much faster than push buttons.

I never experimented with thawing reels. By the time everything is frozen its dark and I'm ready to get off the water.

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