15 reels recovered from a muddy marina bottom.

[Christopher M Songer]

These 15 reels were in a dock box that ended up in the canal. No flow, silt filled for 48 to 96 hours. You can see some mud on the handle grips. They came to me today unwashed or rinsed.

Should I run fresh water over them and soak in a bucked of fresh water?
Perhaps remove the spools and put them one at a time in my ultra sonic?

I know all the bearings will need extra attention.

Just have not had this kinda thing come up before.

Just looking for a effective starting place.

[steelfish]

I would take all the line out from the spools and give them a very good rinse all over the sides of the reels with the hose and start working on them asap.