Me encanta el video, pescando con carrete mitchel 300 antiguos

Ever catch crappie out there?

You do realize, that when the fish touches the ground and you touch it with dry hands the fish is doomed to a very painful and slow death over a couple of days at least? No? Now you do! Please treat fish with more respect. Thank you.

Great video. I'm a fishing enthusiast and a retired pilot. You must've been fishing under the downwind leg of an air racing pattern .. the engine noise and brief shadow on the far bank were impressive! The best of both worlds.

Sounds like it needs cleaned and greased. I like Mitchell Reels.

I have a 6,000 Ambassador reel made in 1972

I have a couple of 300's myself. One from the 50's the other from the 70's. Also have the 302 Saltwater version, all great reels. Where is that creek located, is that near Convrese? I can hear the training aircraft flying overhead from Randolph.

Thank you for the help I now know that I just got a 5500 size abu Garcia ambassador from the 1980s

you realize pretty much nobody fished these reels with the anti-reverse engaged? In fact manual anti-reverse made these reels far more useful than today's overly complex reels that eliminate your ability to use the ability to control your bait/lure without opening the bail. One example is fishing the rifle in a stream/river and wanted to adjust the line in the water as your lure worked down the area.

Funny, I thought you were adding the bomber sounds when you missed a hit till I saw the shadowat 5 min mark. I'm an old fogey reliving my youth through Garcia Mitchell reels and Garcia Conolon rods. If you look close what you have is a 3-0-0 or hythenated Mitchell.

When i was a teenager in the late 60's I used a mitchell 300 ..Pump gas all day at Owens Esso in Edgewater Md go home and get my Mitchell rod and reel and my USA made Stanley thermos and head back to the Cove (saltwater cove off the South River) ,,remember catching many Chained Pickerel fish ... One memory i have that has stuck with me all of these years is I casted out started reeling it back in something grabbed my Tony Accetta spoon starting going away from me , i couldn't stop it , finally the line broke ..all these years i wondered what that was ...Monster Carp? Snapping turtle ?

Mitchell lake sewer fishing. I remember when the city of San Antonio used to dump raw sewerage in that lake. Whenever you drove by it you had to hold your nose because of the smell. They tell me that there’s a lot of sewer sludge at the bottom of t(at lake. Nasty lake!

I've just come across one of those reels and rod combo like to know if could use it for carp of catfish

Vintage but still fishing well :)

I just found one in a estate sale

Hey... enjoyed your video... I have a NEW, never used 302N that was a gift to my dad back in the 1980's or earlier. Trying to find out if it has any value since it is new. Your link above is not working....

Now you just need a Lew's Speed Stick for it

Great reel. I have one from 1960 also. Works great and well made. Nice video.

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Im still looking into restoring my grandfathers mitchell 300. I dont want to break it

I have a 1963 one

I recall it having a fairly high gear ratio. A decent reel all around.

Awesome video! I have mine from when I was a kid. With maintenance it is still going strong. Push it into service every once in a while just for old time's sake! Subbed.

I was just blessed with a brand new early 80s model 300. Was my wife's grandfathers .sadly he never got to use it it came with the matching rod as well . It was completely frozen due to the grease hardening, I just got done spending 6 hours meticulously cleaning the old grease out and re greasing it . Its good as new now I can't wait to use it . Im honored to be gifted something so sentimental from her grandmother. she made me promise to use it since he sadly never got a chance he passed away 💔 I really wish I would have gotten to know him and hope he is glad to see it all cleaned up and going to good use . I mean this thing is brand new .... it almost hurts just thinking about using it . Its one thing to find a reel like these , but to find a matching reel and rod combo it unheard of . Personally I'd love to just keep it as a collective item but like I said I promised her I'd use it and cherish it dearly. They sure don't make reels like they used too . I was amazed at the number of parts the reel is comprised of . Thanks for the video. Nice looking spot you got there it looks like .

How about some more uploads dickhead

Found one of these in my grandpas stuff when we were clearing out some things. Number on the bottom is the same as yours 730201, never been used. Can't wait to get a rod and take it out

How big a catfish can you catch with a Mitchel 300? I own two that were made in the 1960's

I just went fishing there and caught nothing

Has anyone tried these 5000s in saltwater ? If so how did they hold up afterwards (not talking about 5000c)

I love those old Ambassadeurs. I have a 5000 from about 1971, and I still enjoy using it now and then, on the same old rod that I used for years (Browning Silaflex!!), though I do use braided line on it. One thought, though, if you are true to the "throwback fishing" thing, is that when distance casting, it helps a bit to tilt your grip so that the reel handles point upward as line is being pulled from the reel during the cast. With these old-style casting reels that have the spool supported on bushings, this lets the spool be supported on the pointy end of the spool shaft so it spins with less friction. Tilting the reel while the lure is in flight was standard procedure for expert casters in the old days, just like pointing the rod so it's lined-up with the line during the cast was and still is the best way to minimize line friction on the guides during the cast. For modern casting reels with ball bearings, I doubt that tilting the reel makes any difference. Oh, and even on an old-style reel, this becomes a moot point if you are using the friction brake to control backlashes!

nice reel

if you glue the cork together and have access to a woodturning device you can probably reshape the handle.

My dad's fishing reel is just like that one, and he got it in about 1960 also. I see that the spool your reel is fitted with is from a newer model (you can tell by the shape of the drag-adjustment knob). I have a Mitchell 300 from about 1971 (it has the same style of spool that yours has), and I fished with it until just recently. I also have a finger-bail model which belonged to my grandfather. That reel goes back to the earliest days of the Mitchell 300, I think. Interestingly, the rate of spool oscillation on my grandfather's Mitchell 300 is incredibly slow. I just checked, and it takes about 10.5 cranks of the handle to put the spool through a complete oscillation, while the 300 I have from 1971 takes about 3.25 cranks of the handle to do the same. Now, fishing with an old reel is a more authentic experience if you use an old-time rod too! Rod actions were VERY different back in those days!

Can you do a sound test on that reel?

I just bought a mitchell 402

Just bought one on offer up. Where serial number supposed to be is a v no other letters or numbers. Can anyone supply info? Put it on a old Berkeley rod got 3 bass hsd a great day. Enjoyed your video, subscribed, keep em coming. Tight lines.

Just came across your channel because i was pulling up any footage of vintage reels like mine in action.Ive got a functioning Vintage Mitchell 302 Saltwater reel ..made in France.--Good to meet you,-MTF from San Antonio Tx👍🐟🇨🇱

I've got one of these it's about 45 yrs old now and still good as new. It was a present from my dad.

I have 2 of these reels in case someone wants to buy them I want to sail them to of them

Hello, nice job, I paint lures also. I will be in San Antonio during spring break. Where are some good spots to fish? I will taking my dji Mavic mini and would also like to get some good footage while there.

Good job young man, God bless you.

I have several Ambassadeurs, various types, some direct drive examples. The vintage classics take some getting used to, but they're bombproof.

I have 3 of them

I love Brackenridge ! Mayor Fuglycool

Dad used to have the full collection of the Mitchell 300 he had the 300. Along with the a b c I believe he had the d and e

OMG I have thrown away a dozen reels better than that POS and there is no meat on those minnows!!

Love these reels I own 2 of them! I’ll never part with them.

I have a closed faced Ted Williams model for 440 ...made in USA

Nice video 👍🐟🇨🇱

Where do u buy you blanks?