Rods Reels

Is there a difference between salt water fishing rods and reels and fresh water?

I just got a Shakespeare Microspin Spinning Combo and intend to use it in the ocean. I am not looking to catch big fish, just small fish. Will this rod work in the salt water?

The main difference these days is size and strength. When I was a kid back in the 1970’s, I had a friend who had a Garcia Mitchell 300 reel which rusted up after one use in the salt (which turned me off that brand for life), while my Penn spinning reels never had a problem.

However, I haven’t heard of any problems like that recently, especially not with real name brand equipment, so I think manufacturers are making all their reels basically rust-resistant. There are a lot of people these days who use “freshwater” equipment for saltwater fishing.

In general, you should just spray the rod and reel with fresh water at the end of the day to get the salt off, and at the end of the season (or if it gets dunked in salt water), open up the reel and clean it out and re-lube it. This isn’t so much for the rust, but more to get dried salt and other junk out of the reel (you should do this even for saltwater reels).

The main difference between the fresh and the salt is you’ll have to replace your line more frequently, as the salt water breaks it down more quickly. Once the line loses its new, shiny look, it’s also losing strength, which can make a big difference with very light line.

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