ice fishing reels

[old_school]

what reels do you think are the best all around reels

for ice fishing? i am looking to buy a couple of new reels this weekend and don't want to only take the salesman's advice. i would like a little more info from the field.

[ivegottabite]

ticas and abu's are good. any of the tica line and the cardinal line in the abu's work well also.

[insurance guy]

Depends on what you're fishing for. In regards to little reels for panfish I love Tica Cetus's and for jigging walleye and lakers I use a Shimano Symetre 750 and a Stradic 1000 which is more money but quite a bit better than the Symetre which is still a great reel. I just switch out the Shimano's for open water trout and walleyes and save the Tica's just for icefishing. Lots of good reels out there though depending on your budget. One ultralight reel I had "real" bad luck with was a Silstar Tiny 20 which I thought was junk.

[hanson]

Unlike a number of years ago, there are now plenty of reels on the market, many at fair prices, that work quite well in the ice fishing world.

Shimano, Abu Garcia, and Tica Reels are my favorites.

With Shimano, I like reels like the Sahara, Sedona in the 500 or 750 Series.

With Tica, I really like the SB500 reels. Ticas may be a little harder to find than Shimanos.

[LaZyDayZ]

I like the Pflueger President line.

I have yet to find a store around Owatonna (including Cabelas) that carries the Tica Reels for examination but they are praised highly on this site.

[freezdried]

Tica

[HarryG]

Ditto on the Sedona. I have a 500 for ice and a 1000 for open water. Great reel at a great price. I also tried a Diawa spinning closed face. It works great in the wind as long as it is not too cold. There are a lot of choices out there. Thank goodness for the net.

[DEADhead]

I like the tica cetus models for ice because of their smaller frame.

[GatorBait]

So with these Tica Cetus models, are the LF,GV,and SB all the same sizes. If so, I may just order one off the net. They do look pretty nice for $50.

[IcePro]

All Tica Cetus 500 reels are the same size

SS500 6bb $48.99

SB500 6bb $44.99

GV500 4bb $29.99

LF500 2bb $24.99

These are suggested retail, you will find them for less.

Do a search on previous post and most of your questions will be answered.

[Boar]

I really enjoy my Abu Garcia Cardinal 300U The little green ones. Several years no problems. Boar

[Deitz Dittrich]

I have a couple of Teca Cetus that I use for Panfish..

For walleye I use Shaimno Sedona 750 and Sahara 750...

For pike a Shimano Stradic 2500

[Crappie_ Kid]

Tica ss500 on all my poles.

[Down Deep]

I just switch the Shamano Stradics 1000's from the long summer rods to the short ice walleye rods. On my panfish rods I use some $3 nameless reels I bought about 10 years ago. For trout I use my Stradic 2000 spinnning reel and a Abu Garcia 5600 bait caster.

[Philo]

I have used Gander Mountain brand ice reels for several years and find them to be a good value. You can get them on sale for around 12 bucks and they seem to stand up over the long haul.