salt water reel

My time on the salt is very little compaired to the time i put on the delta. So im on the fence as to wether gt a good reel that i will use about 5-10 times on the salt a year to a cheap one.  I can say its nice to have the fancy toys but if they are going to sit 355 days a year no bueno.

Thanks again for the suggestions and life lessons.

Chuwy

Hey bro, the Revos and other higher end reels work fine freshwater too.
My Revos and Calcutta are great for freshwater jigging, toplining for trout, carolina rigging a minnow for bass or striper, or on the downrigger.
Plus I think they are more durable and just feel better when battling a decent sized fish.
I just slap them on a salt water stick before an ocean trip (about 6 times/year)

Bottom line is this.  If money is not an issue buy the top end stuff.  If cost is a consideration and funds are limited you won't be disappointed with a non bank breaking reel. I have two shimano cardiff,  a Calcutta a Citica an abu ambassador and a couple Penns that I got used from a friend when I was just starting out.  All are still going strong and have never let me down.  Could I tell the difference if I had a high end reel?  Maybe, but I have never failed to land a fish due to a reel issue and I don't think a high end reel would make my grin any bigger when I land a nice fish. Not to mention my equipment tends to do a little underwater exploring on occasion and it's nice not to have to worry about losing or breaking high dollar gear.

I will never use Cardiff ever!! 1st time I bought one cause of the price crap on me after a few trips. I'd rather use Daiwa Millionaire. Now im using calcutta never had issue. It got dunk in the sand open and flush it with hot water and re grease fixed like brand new.

My 401A Cardiff is in the center of all of my fishing needs and goes out with me on practically  every trip.  It's cheap, effective, easy to service, holds a ton of line, has a clicker, comes left handed, and is low profile.  I love it for fishing lings/rocks, butts and WSB, drifting or jigging, also on my Trevala MH rod.  But I also love my new Abu Garcia C4, which is smaller, but has a faster retrieve for when I want to us swimbaits like DC does in SC.  I also love my Avet SX's, but I only use them for the larger fish like Salmon, WSB and Halibut.

The graphite Shimano 100/200 reel is an older reel but is very simple and very corrosion resistant.  Alan Tani has a handle for it. Switch that and upgrade the drags and you have a very good reel that does a lot , that costs a little.

I have fished the Penn Surfmaster 100 for a number of years and like it more so then the Squidder.

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=6391.0   is a link to Alan's site and a nice Surfmaster 100.

Drawbacks to old Penn's, size and weight.   After you paddle out there, you are going to bouncing something for hours, and that extra few ounces adds up over time. I love my Penn's when I am trolling, but for jigging from the yak, I prefer the lighter reels. with a trevela rod

I just got done losing my poles a couple of weeks ago after being wiped out in the surf.   I ended up going out and buying 2 SHimano 100g . I have bought this reel before and found it to be the best bargain for the salt. Never lets me done unless you lose it but then again they  only cost 69 each. I was more sad about losing my trevala rod.

http://www.tackledirect.com/trn100g.html

The graphite Shimano 100/200 reel is an older reel but is very simple and very corrosion resistant.  Alan Tani has a handle for it. Switch that and upgrade the drags and you have a very good reel that does a lot , that costs a little.

I have fished the Penn Surfmaster 100 for a number of years and like it more so then the Squidder.

http://alantani.com/index.php?topic=6391.0   is a link to Alan's site and a nice Surfmaster 100.

Drawbacks to old Penn's, size and weight.   After you paddle out there, you are going to bouncing something for hours, and that extra few ounces adds up over time. I love my Penn's when I am trolling, but for jigging from the yak, I prefer the lighter reels. with a trevela rod

SurfmasterK?

My Lexa 100 barely lasted a month in the ocean. Abu 5500 on an ugly stick and call it a day!!

Yak fishing made me rethink Jigmaster/Sealine addiction.  If I  am standing at the rail fighting a yellowtail or an albie they are my go to's.  But on a yak the low profile Abu, Daiwa, and Shimano reels make it much easier.