What's the best ice fishing reel in your opinion?

[Boots270]

With the Winter sales here I need another reel.
I have a few and the best is a Pfluger president.
But I was told that Mitchell makes a better product.

What are your favorite reels and why?

Or does anyone have a good reel to sell?

[CanadianBadass]

I just bought an Abu Garcia C4 Reel for Big Pike or Lakers and I love It ,

The reel you choose is based on what type of fish you are after, I have a very small Reel and rod for Perch, Trout and whites, then I have a heavier combo with My C4 Reel....


Hope that helps

[crf250xtom]

The shimano Stella is the best in a 1000 series.

[The Reel Deal]

I have a quantum energy bait caster that I've has for 16 years that's been ok, still get backlash. But recently got a shimano chronarch that have yet to get backlash with - very impressed and would love to get my hands on another.

I had a pluegar supreme that was nice until it ended up on the bottom of Newell, hope to retrieve it this summer hahah

Don't buy a quantum smoke, that reel is junk.
I recommend shimano all day long

[Graffy91]

With the Winter sales here I need another reel.
I have a few and the best is a Pfluger president.
But I was told that Mitchell makes a better product.

What are your favorite reels and why?

Or does anyone have a good reel to sell?

X2 on the Pflueger presidents. Best reels.

On all my ice fishing rods I have Rapala F2 ultra light reels on my ice fishing rods.

They do the trick on the medium light rods I have. :) for 25 bucks I bought 4 and 4 fenwick elitech ice rods.

[The Reel Deal]

my bad
i didnt know this was an ice fishing reel conversation

Shimano 1000 series!

[AppleJax]

Shimano Sienna 500. Best reel out there for $30 or less.

[AppleJax]

X2 on the Pflueger presidents. Best reels.

On all my ice fishing rods I have Rapala F2 ultra light reels on my ice fishing rods.

They do the trick on the medium light rods I have. :) for 25 bucks I bought 4 and 4 fenwick elitech ice rods.

I like the Fenwick rods too. I had some F2 reels last year but found I was constantly tightening the handle all the time.

[Geezle]

I like the Fenwick rods too. I had some F2 reels last year but found I was constantly tightening the handle all the time.

Go figure...I have one F2 and if anything I have the opposite problem, when I have it tightened on good it almost sticks!

On the smaller rods the F2 is okay, but I love my Shimano Sahara's (1000 and 500).

For the big stuff I use a Shimano Corvalus and a couple of Abu C3's.

For the most part most of my reels get used in the summer as well as winter.

[EZM]

Abu C4 for deep water lakers or big pike.

Frabil single action for the rest of it - beauty reel - friken love it - great drag and cool looking

[Billy2017]

X2 on the Pflueger presidents. Best reels.

On all my ice fishing rods I have Rapala F2 ultra light reels on my ice fishing rods.

They do the trick on the medium light rods I have. :) for 25 bucks I bought 4 and 4 fenwick elitech ice rods.

X3 for the Pflueger/fenwick set up, my only beef is that the fenwick rods two end guides are a little on the small side which in turn will give you problems on a cold day when you get ice build up on you line. Been looking for the rapala r-type rod for the fact it has nice big guides but cant seem to find any with out it being a rod/reel combo. If anyone spots just the rod for sale give me a heads up..... Thanks

[TROLLER]

Not a fan of the Abu 50 have 2 of them and they both have drag issues. They now have become my tiny trout reels

Always been a believer in Shimano reels. Have 2 with 34" St Croix rods. Also like the Browning 50 also with a St Croix rod.

[azn_rice_man]

X3 for the Pflueger/fenwick set up, my only beef is that the fenwick rods two end guides are a little on the small side which in turn will give you problems on a cold day when you get ice build up on you line. Been looking for the rapala r-type rod for the fact it has nice big guides but cant seem to find any with out it being a rod/reel combo. If anyone spots just the rod for sale give me a heads up..... Thanks
Try going online to find the R-type rod only. I've been looking for the same thing, having bought the combo already, the reel really isn't that great. In my travels, I was lucky to find a store with a combo where reel was either broken or stolen, and they sold the rod only for $15. Picked that ip in a heart beat!

Le Baron in Ontario had it in stock for rod only and I know they do online orders. Good luck!

[Fil_Can_Yakker]

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[orangefreddie]

Shimano Sienna 1000 on a Fenwick Elite Rod. Very happy with both, and you can get the shimano reels on amazon for $29.99

I also use a shimano bait caster on one of my Fenwick rods... I like it as there is no curl in the line and your bait or lure falls down the hole without spinning.

[huntsfurfish]

prefer shimano spinning and abu bait casting.

[Fil_Can_Yakker]

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[Walleyedude]

Any Shimano 1000 size reel that fits your budget from a Sahara to a Stella. The CI4+ is available in a 1000FAML (Microline) model which is specifically designed for ultralite and ice fishing situations.

[SCHOOCH]

The one with a TANK on the other end :sign0161:

[BeeGuy]

I just bought an Abu Garcia C4 Reel for Big Pike or Lakers and I love It ,

The reel you choose is based on what type of fish you are after, I have a very small Reel and rod for Perch, Trout and whites, then I have a heavier combo with My C4 Reel....


Hope that helps

X2

I use the C4 or one of my 2 modded C3's. Even for small fish, drag is slick.

Tried out a new Abu Soron last weekend and boy were the fights smooth. Bearings for bearings for bearings!