Crappie Reels Question

Nothing is ever upgraded from Temu or Alibaba. Kind of kidding but kind of not.


.But I get it, you want upgrade from the 'fly-rod' style of reel on long crappie poles.

I would say that you'll be fine with the cheapest spinning reels as long as they don't get wet.

I always black friday purchase rod-reel combos on the cheap from Dicks Sporting goods, to where they are 10 to 15 dollars for Diawa Samurai combos. I do this since I have kids that under 10 years old and could not give a dang about the care of any rod reel. I keep them like russian reenforcements to the Ukraine border.

Water gets in them and its not even worth opening them and lubing the plastic gears.


If you have 20 or more crappie rods and kids, i'd go bulk-cheap reels. like you've already seen here. caution TEMU link.


and if you trust amazon better, here is their china knock off.
amazon spinner

I can't tell if you want casting or spinning. In any event, I use Daiwa. They have the $100 and under category figured out.

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Looking to upgrade my rods from the standard crappie reels to casting ones.

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You think that, and then at hour 6 of jigging you'll be tying on a crappie fishing line holder reel.

Here you go, 20.00 each for a case of 18, or 25.00 each for a 3 pack. And yes Sheltons is legit. I live an hour away. Or you can always call them and see what else they have. Always have bargain stuff.

18 pk case

3 pk

I can vouch for Shelton’s. It is a dangerous place to go into. I bought 3 Lew’s spinning reels and a Daiwa Tatula not too long ago. I didn’t realize they have a website. Damn it.

They also have that same Lew’s 200 in a combo for $100/3, or $25 more than for just the reel. And that is a decent deal on the Lew’s mach 1 (either 100 or 200) for $35. And they have a 9 pack of Walmart ozark trail spinning reels for $90. Probably not the best, but $9 each.

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Edit: wanting to start using braid line

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Every single spinning outfit I have is braid to leader, and I have a bunch