How To Fix It, I Dropped My Spinning Reel In Saltwater 

Such a helpful video. I just did my dawai bg. Which I abused all over cape cod for 3 seasons. I got the grindy, sandy feeling last night. Just cleaned and lubricated and it works like new again! Thank you, you just saved my false albacore & bonito season!

I have a relatively new (less than one year old) pen battle II that gets stuck every once in a while for no foreseeable reason. I was handling a fish the other day and dropped it right into the water. It was pretty messed up but this video completely saved my behind. It’s a new reel now, thanks

I used Vaseline to grease one of my spinning reels today, after being inspired by this video to try it. Very happy with the results, thanks again for posting this. It will help people save money on buying unnecessary reel grease that is overpriced. A few weeks back I did this method on one of my conventional reels..flushed it out with WD 40 and lubed the gears with Vaseline..a few days after I landed a 115-125 lb tarpon on that reel and noticed how much smoother the crank was. I will recommend your method to others from now on.

Hi buddy. I realise this video isn't new,but just wanted to thankyou for sharing your advice. I dunked my Daiwa NJ3000BG reel in the sea and the next day it was fine in anti-reverse mode. However,as soon as I flicked the lever into reverse mode it would jam and slip and was pretty much useless. I followed your instructions as I figured I couldn't break it any more than it already was. Today the reel performed as good as the day i purchased it. Thankyou soooooo much Tight lines buddy!

That’s the first time I’ve heard of anyone using petroleum jelly like that. Very interesting JC, thanks for that.

I have the same reel you have. Now I know how to clean them now. Thanks for the video.

Thank you! I was untangling some line out in the harbor and my reel was just sitting in the water. Never really worked the same. Watched your vid and now it’s like butta!

You get what us amateurs wonder about and want to do....well done :) thanks

Yeeeeeep! This'll be the 3 time I'm recommending ya leash your gear bro! Least ya got it back! You can get the diagrams for just about any reel online if needed. Great vid bro! Hopefully everyone is as grateful for the info ya share as I am! Catch em up bro!

Literally the video I’ve been looking for. Went wading and my whole pole went under water. Haven’t known what to do since then and it has bad corrosion :(

Worked like a charm! Thank you

Love love love this guys attitude lol.

I do the same thing except when I drop it in the water I soak it overnight in fresh water then spray it out with corosion block scrub the 2 main gears then grease with Penn grease works great every time.

I mainly use conventional reels since they hold up better with heavy use but I’ve got a 5 year old 4000 penn pursuit II spinner that has been fully submerged twice..once while releasing a snook on the beach, and again while leadering a juvenile tarpon off a sea wall..the reel is still totally functional and I never even broke it down to rinse it out. So when one of my older spinners finally bit the dust I went and got a 4000 penn pursuit iii to go with the ii since I couldn’t find the ii anywhere. These will be the only spinning reels I ever buy again because they’re less than 50 bucks and hold up very well. Might sound crazy but I also find that my spinning reels seem to perform better when I never rinse them off, probably because it ends up driving saltwater and sand particles into the reel. Same for my conventionals. But every now and then I’ll break down the reels and wipe off any old grease and other junk that gets inside. Other than that I just wipe a layer of grease over the reels to help drive out any saltwater that gets on em.

Thanks JC, I’ve done the same thing many times. I had an old Penn 750 SS that I bought in 1974, I was fishing the railroad trussle in Placida and my buddy accidentally kicked my rod and reel into the water. I thought it was a goner because it’s about 20’ deep there close to the old draw. Anyway, 3 weeks later I accidentally caught it and did almost exactly what you did. I did strip it down and little further and used penn lube instead of Vaseline. But that old reel never missed a beat until someone stole it out of my garage in 2012. Thanks for all that you do!

Thanks! That was easier than I thought

Good job man, very good!

Good video was really helpful I dropped my Shimano fx in salt water 😂

Hey JC... what about opening the the bail screw and cleaning out that mechanism... I always had problems with the bail binding up from salt corrosion.... thanx for the vid my good man... gw

Cool vid brother!! The pursuits are bad ass!

thanks brother, this helped me out!

Thank you very much sir Much love from 🇮🇷 iran

do you do anything with the clutch bearing?? behind the rotor..

thanks man this worked awesome!

oh yeah man thanks for the info just dropped my rarenium 1000fa in the salt, dang.

The tip on just flushing out the reel with wd40 was a life saver for someone like me since stuff usually falls out, and the result is worse than before I started🙂

Thanks man. I tried wading in ocean and got dunked by a big wave. Now I know what to do.

How did u get all that wd 40 off the reel body?

What rod was that when you took the reel of?

Thank you the Vaseline still works on Daiwa aird x and there really expensive

Did you dry off the wd-40 before you put the petroleum jelly on it?

We are all still waiting on the kayaking videos, I've lost so many things to Charlotte Harbor I have lost count, two or three fishing poles, two pairs of eyeglasses, and umbrella, two anchors, excetera. You would think I would get kayak leashes but the one time I've tried I hated them so I quit using them I guess I will just continue to replace my crap that I lose. LOL

Thank you

Thank you so much you saved me $50

awesome man! ty

I'm having a problem with both by fierce 8000 and 6000 dropped them in the water while surfishing and they wont spin so I used this method but they still dont work any suggestions on what it can be.

Hi jc never Heard of that useing vasaleane 😊

U my hero Sir!

Can you do a penn trolling reel video?

I did that expect it was just my reel because it was loose because I just put it on and it went pretty far😂 Luckily I stilll had the line so I pulled it until it was emptied and it finally decided to come up😂 Know I need knew line because it was an open reel😂

Hope this is the same for penn battle 4, took daughter fishing and she dropped it while surfing fishing. Now it doesn’t spin freely.

I dropped my Penn Conflict in the sand while fishing off the beach nd all I did was degrease nd repack... Completely forgot to spray her down 😅 Thank goodness I checked a video before going out againn

lol glad taking apart isn’t uncommon lol been fishing for less than a month and stared dismantling my reel because the sandy grittiness just irked me

Can I use water instead of WD 50

Besides dropping it in water how ofter do you recommend this

Bruh the intro's gotta go 😂 the laugh

No need to wash ofter the wd40?

the vaseline makes that black gunk because vaseline melts easier in warm condition and what makes it black is the gears rubbing and wearing in thin lubrication. use automotive grease instead much more water resistant than vaseline that can be easily washed away. real grease wont turn black easily

I dropped my pole on the beach (no spike) to try and remove a hook from a fish. Wave covered my rod an reel. It was days before I could clean it. There was rust on the crank shaft. Had to remove everything, sand off the rust, remove the grease and apply new grease, anti-seize, and oil to the various parts. Spins well, not as smooth, and a bit noisy. There was sand an salt in everything. Fortunately it was a $32 Sienna from walmart. Awesome reel. Shitty incident.

After you spray the reel with the wd-40 do I wash it or let it dry?

Can someone help me about my problem my reel is sometime hard to turn i check the inside it looks fine i just couldn't figure out what causes the problem i got it wet when i go fish the other day 😢😭

Doesn't take much vaseline... proceeds to put two tubes of Reel Butter worth of vaseline in the gears, lol. Good video. I just found that kinda funny. Your idea of doesn't take much is a lot different than mine. 😉

Is there anything else other than WD-40 that I can use?

The fish won't like the smell of wd40 on the line😂

How would you clean the bail?

Love your channel can we talk some more about the life insurance policy? Ha ! Ha! Just kidding be careful try gun oil on the reels

I soaked the Penn Pierce Ⅱ 4000 last Friday when I first time wade fishing , turn out the reel is totally crack right now... Didn't even rinse with freshwater after that trip.... So this video may be so helpful or I have to buy a new one....😂😂😂 I paired that exactly rod with you btw....

How come it is not saltwater-proof? I thought this was a given with fishing reels???

How to fixes the reel lock

dropped my tsunami citadel 5000 in the water Preciate it

Have you had any problems using wd40

So just a a whole tube of WD every service

Does the vaseline work as good as reel grease?

that lil' thing is called a flat head screw driver

That's a lot of Vaseline bud. Seen someone use very small amount of gun oil. You used half a jar? Plus I hear wd40 messes up the oil you put in there

Glad you're not a surgeon.

Meanwhile I’m over here buying, 30 Buicks worth of cleaning supplies. When I could’ve done it with less than 20! Wtf lol mannnnnnn I’m shocked

My only comment is way to much grease. That will affect the drag as the drag works by friction and grease works against friction so when you grease should know where to grease and not just paint it all over everything. Too much grease can and often will make the reel gummy over time so that it does not reel as smoothly. Many of you may never have run into a problem, but the truth about grease is too much is as bad as not enough. Parts should be lightly coated. The gears should have only enough to get it down into the teeth. Oil should be used on other parts than the gears if you want to protect them from corrosion. Know your reel and how it works so you know what needs what.

When you pick up a leash and/or rod float, pick up a real screwdriver too! lol

Vaseline is not good at all for the reel. It will melt. Get some reel grease. Almost the same price.

Haha haha be careful you might put most reel repair shop close down.

man that sucks

wd 40 isnt good for the reel long term. im a brokie so i think abou these things lol

Well me myself would off taking that reel all apart and cleaned all the parts and greased it with the proper grease to make shore that the salt water was not and any off the parts it can rust the parts real fast and Seize it

Easy, get a Van Staal 😂

Thanks for pouring WD40 down your sink.

That was so cool how you rinsed all the poison chemical shit into the drain and our water systems. Next time my mother tells me to stop polluting I will show her this vid, that'll shut her up. I keep telling her it isn't much when compared to the size of the worlds oceans and lakes. She is a bit of a crybaby Greenie.

Do you drain your oil filters in the sink too? Wtf!?! The tutorial is fine except for that. Come on though man, that's just stupid as well as illegal.