Spinning reels on ice fishing rods

[Sharkbait22]

Anyone else have issues with spinning reels on ice fishing rods? It always seems the reel is poorly angled for such short rods. It gets worse with bigger reels and heavier rods which you might use on Simcoe for lakers etc. I suppose you could use a shim or cut down into the cork to adjust the angle of the reel. Seems like something the industry could address either on the reel or rod. I my try something.

[BillM]

Only issue I have with my Saros 1000 on the ice is line freezing on the pickup and the spool. But that's mother natures fault, not the reels.

[kemper]

I've seen some reels with an angled foot, specific for ice fishing. Can't seem to remember the brand...

[Rich]

HT makes reels with the angle adjustment, great for jigging.

 

My problem has been dropping my reels in slush or water and running for another rod, I'm oiling them after every trip!

[LucG]

Somewhat off topic, but I noticed that a freshly oiled reel really helps in preventing the reel to freeze and stiffen up on you. But it dosent do much if dropped in the slush after landing a good fish haha

 

Also, as much as I like the sensitivity of braid, good old mono dosent hold nearly as much ice/water.

 

What is the purpose of the angled reel?

[LucG]

To point the axis of the spool towards the choker eye.

 

Makes sense.

[Sharkbait22]

I made some adjustments to the rod reel pair in question to point the axis of the spool towards the choker eye as noted by Sinclair. I traced the reel foot on the cork and dugout on a slant with a Dremel tool. Good fit and the angle is bang-on. Try it out soon. Thanks for your replies.

[John Bacon]

Makes sense.

 

I think an angled reel hand would make more sense. Then the reel would still be properly setup for a software rod.

[ecmilley]

ht makes a couple angled reels that work great, also I usually see that people try using to big of a reel on a ice fishing rod that will also cause issues.

all my reels i cleaned the grease out of them and oiled everything no more cold stiffness

[Sharkbait22]

The reel is a brand new Sahara Shimano 1000 which when not on the short ice fishing rod works fine. The 1000 is not large. It is spooled with 10lb Nano and placed on a St Croix 32" heavy action rod - it's beefy. Hopefully the right stuff for big lakers and pike. I add hot sauce oil which works well in cold weather. I have to check out ht reels.