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How deos everyone clean there tackle when getting back to the dock?
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Zip Wax Car Wash on the boat and all Rods and Reels..............Everthing looks like new after many many years...............Lots of fresh water and then air dry for a few hours and then stored with the drags backed off to zero............
All rods and reels are sprayed with freshwater and wiped dry when the boat gets back to the dock (push the lever drags all the way up when hosing down...then back off to just above free spool when storing). After they are dry, we spray each rod and reel with penn reel cleaner....SALT is the enemy for your fishing gear especially the expensive offshore trolling set-ups that aren't easily replaceable.
Dawn Soap might be the boaters best friend however it sure as hell aint the guy that waxes your boat best friend.
Dawn dish will cut wax like a crack head smokes crack.
The first thing that happens when getting to the dock is they get a thorough fresh water rinse. Of-course don't forget to tighten the drag and tighten all bearing caps. Then I wash them with my wash mit and my wax safe boat wash. Then I let them them air dry. After that I will take a rag with corrosion protectant on it and wipe down the metal parts. Any graphite or handle gets a good coat of Aerospace 303.
This is how I keep my set ups clean. Now servicing them is a different issue.
Good Luck. JUST STAY AWAY FROM DAWN DISH!
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I used dawn and JOY with my favorite lemon smell for 10 years and just started using Ultra Pine made by Woody Wax There is a huge difference, in the way stuff sticks to the boat. I do 2 coats of woody wax on the deck thru the season and was with ultra pine and nothing sticks to the boat anymore. not even guts or bait dried by the sun.
as for the rods lock drags up little soap in a bucket, gentle wash with hose. I have shammied them but dont do it often. Then once or twice a season a little corrosion X or saltaway wd40 on the guides. I hold a rag behind the guide and shoot it. I think the quality of the guides matters to.
I have never had a problem with my Aftco's or my Winthrop Tool's. I have seen Pac bays and stuarts turn gren pretty quick if left unattended.
Ah, a little secret. Wiping the rod down with Pledge! I have done that for years but switched to that stuff they use to wipe down cars with at boat shows. Can't remember what it is called. I also used Pledge for years on the enclosures. The lemony smell is a bonus.
I use the Penn rod & reel cleaner. just spray on let set and rense with light spray. If not using in next day or 2 2nd light spray of cleaner and store. Also labeled as line conditioner, this sold me as alot of products may damage line. After 2 1/2 years all tackle look like new. Covers are always used when transporting on the road to and from fishing. Complete tear down and internal inspection annually including bearing cleaning and lube, drag cleaning and cal's gease, etc
I just use fresh water all season and at the end of the year soap & water never had a problem with rods or reels also i dont store any of my "good" set ups on the boat they all come home.
I also use dawn for just about anything on the boat soaps up great with cold water cleans better & is cheeper than most boat soaps.
I don't. I just put them away for next time without cleaning the rod or reel at all. I fish at least once a week. Once every few months, I give the rods & reels I'm using that day a good spray with WD40 all over but especially in the side plates so the WD40 gets into the gears while turning the handle. The WD40 will be dripping out of the reel. Then I wip'em down. Been doing this on my reels for over 40 years. Got about 30 reels in most sizes and brands. Never have had a corrosion problem on any reel. I mainly use vintage 1980s Newell G229/235s and Shamano TLD10 & 15s reels. Also have Penn Internationals 16, 30 & 50 but do not use them much but maintain them the same.
I use water on both the rods and reels. I will spray the roller guides, but not the reels. I just use a wet rag to wipe them down. After they dry I use Pledge; no WD-40, no dish soap, nothing to remove lubrication. The reel repair shop hates me.
Can't understand why anyone would use soap at all on their reels, soap is intended to remove grease, oil, dirt, etc. It has no effect on salt which is what you are wanting to remove from the reel. Lock everything down, through fresh water rinse with some pressure, allow to air dry and spray down with a corrosion inhibitor. As others have stated above do not use soap, it only removes what you need on your reels.
Light mist on the reels with drags dogged down, hose down with car soap for the rods. Turtle Wax spray wax on the rods a couple of times a year, dacron and lube trick on the rollers. Reels get a protective mist of WD-40 a couple of times per year. The reels should always travel with the drags in full, or covered. It amazes me how a person could let a several hundred dollar reel sit on a gunwale rod holder and get blasted with salt water while under way. Reel covers and stored up top will give them the protection so heavy duty cleaners are not needed.
Dawn will take the wax, oils and greese out of anything, would you use it to wash your car?
I like the Pledge idea, it is used my many small plane pilots as a windshield cleaner and paint cleaner/protectant.
I use the same thing on my rods and reels as the boat. Drags engaged and water only. I then put the rod/reels in my garage overnight to air dry. Then spray with WD40 before putting them in my rod racks. I hit the reels and guides with WD. All my roller rods are over ten years old and I have never had to work on one roller. My rod / reels have never ever seen soap once for over ten years and none have a ounce of corrosion that I see on virtually everyone elses reels. My boat does get the soap treatment occasionally, when the wind keeps me at the dock. A days worth of soap, scrubbing, and bleach here and there. Shammy? What's that? Isn't that what payed mates get payed to do? Work! Water only works fine as long as you know what your doing. Hit an area and get it wet, move on to to other areas while that first areas wettiing soaks in. Come back and rinse thoroughly and move onto areas you weeted earier to now give then a second rinse ets.... . Concentrate on all metal, as metal pits if salt is not washed away (aluminum or stainless). No pitting on my 9 year old boat! Soap and Shammies are for payed employees on millionaires boats to compete in the marina boatshow. That's work!
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