{"id":262,"date":"2026-04-06T17:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/how-to-clean-your-rod-reel-after-fishing-trips-to-make-them-last-longer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T17:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T17:36:06","slug":"how-to-clean-your-rod-reel-after-fishing-trips-to-make-them-last-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/how-to-clean-your-rod-reel-after-fishing-trips-to-make-them-last-longer\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Clean Your Rod &amp; Reel After Fishing Trips (To Make Them Last Longer)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How To Clean Your Rod &amp; Reel After Fishing Trips (To Make Them Last Longer)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IZXCoijvFhs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Want to get our best fishing spots and tips, plus discounts to our online tackle store? Click here to join us in the Insider Club: <\/p>\n<p>Want to know the one thing that can make your rods and reels last longer?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not doing a deep clean every few trips&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s not taking them to a professional to get them serviced&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s simply rinsing them off and drying them after every trip!<\/p>\n<p>It takes just a few short minutes and it can save you tons of money down the road by not having to buy new gear.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s the thing: most people don&#8217;t do it!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a shame because it&#8217;s so easy for saltwater to cause your gear to rust and ruin quickly.<\/p>\n<p>So in this video, I&#8217;ll show you the easy way to clean your rods and reels after every trip, what the biggest mistakes people make are, and why it matters so much.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to keep your rods and reels a long time and not have to buy new equipment, you&#8217;re going to love this video!<\/p>\n<p>Have any questions about cleaning your rods and reels?<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any other tips for keeping your gear in great shape?<\/p>\n<p>Let me know down in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>And although they no longer sell the sprayer I use, here&#8217;s another option (affiliate link):<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Want to get our best fishing spots and tips, plus discounts to our online tackle store? Click here to join us in the Insider Club: Want to know the one thing that can make your <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/06\/how-to-clean-your-rod-reel-after-fishing-trips-to-make-them-last-longer\/\" title=\"How To Clean Your Rod &amp; Reel After Fishing Trips (To Make Them Last Longer)\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[45],"class_list":{"0":"post-262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fishing-hunting-adventure-gear","8":"tag-how-to-clean-and-maintain-fishing-gear-properly"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdooranswers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}