Fishing RARE Antique Baitcaster Reels! (AND THEY WORKED!)

These antique fishing reels proved to be true fish catchers! My favorite antique fishing reel of the two was the Shimano Bantam. Leave a LIKE if you enjoyed and don't forget to Subscribe!
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[@FishingWithYakPak]

Should I try antique rods next!?!?

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[@FishingWithNorm]

This man stole my fishing reels :,(

[@anthonyobrien8251]

First reel is the best

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Norms like I'm going to call yakpack right now.

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Congrats to who sees this. Have a good day

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[@bensmykalski3715]

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[@Lex.polupan]

You too

[@jmanownz985]

An older guy that worked at bass pro was telling me one day about how shimano use to make bike parts and lew's contracted them to make reel parts for them, when old man lews died shimano took all their info they learned making parts for lews and started making their own reel's.

[@nicholasmarcum3771]

You should do a review of the Shakespeare agility rod and reel combo.

[@grant0410]

Agility rod is actually pretty good, haven’t used the reel tho

[@anthonym6160]

Lew’s reels were manufactured by Shimano when they first debuted.. according to everything I’ve found. Looking like they started making that particular reel in 1976.

[@ilfishing3208]

Were can I find this?

[@anthonym6160]

@@ilfishing3208 this was 5 months ago.. but I just googled it iirc.

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From one Veteran to another I appreciate your service and good for you brother chasing your dream. Love your channel!

[@Max-ot9vq]

Its 100 in south Florida, while here in Michigan we got an snow storm today.

[@thereelfishingexperience9303]

Always a good day when yakpak uploads a new fire video 💯🤙🔥

[@andrewtabor5363]

I been catching a lot bass recently and I can't wait for this fishing season

[@mwgolf513]

i have a ton of those old old ones past down and i use them a lot but they work very well

[@RVJEDI]

You and Norm are my favorite youtube anglers. So cool and down to earth. A couple of good gents. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@scottvermonter920]

Excellent video yak love the green pumpkin purple ! Keep up the great content!

[@aydendowdall7336]

Love the vids keep doing what you are doing

[@chadfree5577]

I will never forget the way the shimano sounds when you cast it. Classic.

[@jayteefishing1543]

Awesome vid bro love the old gear man. I wish they could talk. I’m sure they have some stories!

[@jmpkfishing6118]

I saw Antique Baitcaster Reels and I knew this would be good

[@lilbeanme]

I use a shamano bantam coriolis and that casts like a dream! Love the videos!

[@zmull9180]

Light snow here today in PA! Greeeeat for the fishing to get a snow storm a few weeks into spring lol

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My favorite channel never change the pond hoper aspect🔥🔥🔥

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Another quality video! Wish the weather would warm up in the midwest

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[@Radefishing]

Yessir!! Ice melted 2 months ago here in Indiana but fishings been very tough!

[@nicholasbingham591]

Yeah I’m up in Vermont the lakes are just barely opening this week can’t wait to get out on the old jon boat

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Ayyy new vid! Know it will be a good one

[@wackinthembass5340]

Surprised in those reels! Great video man👍🏻

[@MonteroSportFishing]

another great video good job

[@MNHAnglerFish]

Cool reel kit

[@Tackle2thePeople]

Dang those ponds look so juicy. Snowed and sleeted the other day here in Mass 😭

[@lumpsterlargemouth1427]

Yo it is currently snowing in the great lakes. Middle of April and snow.

[@seanh3355]

Yeah it snowed in Illinois today even though we had some 60 degree weather like a week ago

[@BobRoss_1]

Snowing in Colorado Springs, too

[@kurthott1120]

Same with western Maryland more of flurries though

[@zachhill3654]

70 in missouri and snowing the next morning.

[@joemama2684]

It is in Indiana as well

[@Knineampit]

When I was fishing tournaments back in the nineties, including BASS Top 100’s, my go to reels were the Lews Speedspool BB1, and the BB1n, and the gold series BB1ng. Back then they were a top reel. I had them matched with GLoomis rods. Made a lot of money on those combos. Still have most of them today and they work fine. Great vid bro.

[@randygreen6652]

The glory days . And yes they were the best. Getting myself one finally. Back then I gave into the spider wire hype, had the sc3000 reel and a couple team diawa. Just grabbed a abu mag 1yesterday, getting the Lew's bb1 next weekend

[@Knineampit]

@@randygreen6652 I too tried spider wire when it first came out. I threw that s**t in the trash. Fast forward to 2022, I tried it again hoping technology might have come a long way since then. Well, I threw that s**t in the trash too. Goodbye spider wire forever. Can’t stand it. I’ve used plenty of other brand braids and never had a problem. Even the cheap brands.

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Poor norm such a happy guy

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Hey yakpak sick vid so far 🤙🇺🇸

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Video hasn’t started yet, already dropped a like cuz I know it’s gonna be a banger😎

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Love it man

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Great video. I've got a couple of antique reels myself I'll have to try them out with djpfishing. Hope to see you real soon. We checked out Osceola Outback for the barramundi this past week that was awesome, got around 18 fish.👍😁

[@reel2realfishing]

After a horrible day the upload is MUCH appreciated ha.. 🔥 video bro

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Yessss clicked insta. Love the vids

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Yo Yakpak you should do a challenge against Norm with more antique stuff like lures, line, rods, reels, and old terminal tackle. Love the channel. Keep up the great work. I have always wanted to meet you and Norm but I dont live near florida

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Yo yakpak if you want to know in quebec most of the fishing starts near the 28th april but we have also winter fishing on ice that is unic here

[@papik1071]

Absolutely cool🎣

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Them hook sets though👍

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Love you yak

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Positive vibes on the Yak Pak channel only.

[@bigandlittlefirearms8395]

I use a 1994 silstar baitcaster as my jig combo ( or anything heavy or large ) and it works amazing

[@Phonehome627]

Got myself a huge bag last weekend in mass. Norths getting there!!

[@Theboys12222]

In Oklahoma it was 30 degrees earlier and now it is 70

[@patrickwysienski2286]

I learned how to use a baitcaster on a Shimano B-Mag 1000 similar to the first one you used

[@adamservice369]

The bug is the drug!! 😂

[@MrMeek79]

You got 100 degree weather and here in Indiana,we are getting snow tonight? Wild shit.I have a similar Bantam reel. I got 2 old Bantams actually,I still use one. The one i use,I took apart,cleaned and lubed it up and that thing will send it,but its slow. As for the reel,Shimano manufactured the original Lews speed spool reels,so it was a Lews design,made by Shimano.

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Ha I feel the vibes.. currently 10minutes out of lacrosse Indiana at the cabin😂

[@kirstinbarclay1895]

My favorite lake just unthawed last week can’t wait to get back on it and rip a few lip

[@user-vj8fg2gd6q]

i actually caught my pb on that exact model of reel (the old one of course)

[@ttvbigjo3385]

The bug is the drug my favorite googan bait so far

[@fishingafterdark9769]

Shimano started off making Lews reels. ... with Ryobi from that point (BB-1N and BB- 1NG) until the late 1980s/early 1990s

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The bug is the drug much love yakpak

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Got some blue baby and it’s 🔥!!

[@SVPERBEASTO]

Just got back from dania beach ft Lauderdale saw the peacock bass they were bedding no luck

[@radzrider]

The Lews Shimano was a kids reel, from what I can find. It was made in 2014 and I found it on the interweb for $25.00

[@justme5424]

Cane fishing pole challenge for some peacock bass!!! Let’s see it TJ!

[@nowayjosefishing732]

Sheesssshhhhhhh!!!!!! Them og reels still kick like a baby duck at bath time!🤣👍 but fr great baits "bug is the drug"!

[@jackcoughlin3970]

You should do a fishing tourney

[@xtrmfisher]

Those Shimanos didn’t have a one-way anti-reverse bearing, that’s why the handles have a lot of play with them. They had an anti-reverse paw. So the handles will move backwards slightly before they stop. Shimano didn’t introduce the one-way anti-reverse bearing until the Calcutta and Chronarch in the early 1990s.

[@oyabun8538]

"The Bug is the Drug" and "The Googan Mondo Worm is the Bomb" 💣 💣 💣 I like that 11lb 4oz! LOL 😆 🤣 😂

[@imeclipse7790]

I just picked up three shimano bantan txmags a couple days ago haha

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This dude can catch a fish with anything

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Oh so it's 100 degrees in Florida while it's snowing during my baseball practice up in Wisconsin.

[@joeydeluca4588]

i love your vids me and my son watch them together and bro you got a bigin

[@Swimbait_addiction]

Liking the bug is the drug. And they are awesome.

[@jareddavis3341]

Im upstate New York in the Rochester area its clear of ice but snowing today. But that doesn’t mean the grind never stops

[@semipuro]

I have an antique bantam rod with the same design in a good condition.

[@Jstock1992]

In ny we have 7 inch of snow right now

[@kweeks10045]

I did this a while back. A 70yo Penn reel and a couple of 30yo Abu's. They worked!

[@desertrainfrog1691]

I guess as long as it's maintained, it's fine. I ride a bike from 1987, works as well as anything made today.

[@Kivas_Fajo]

Old stuff was built to last. Life time warranty on Ambassadeurs should be enough clue...;-)

[@dvd4802]

It was warm but today it snowed here in Indiana I caught a little lber in the snow it was cool

[@alanfrye2706]

I've got a Shimano that I retired a few years ago that's identical to the Shimano but mines a lh version.

[@mikeedwards2384]

Lol I still fish with my Lews and Quantum Bantam i bought in the 70s they have out lived a lot of new reels

[@austinholden2826]

HAHA the "Limano" LOL😅🤣😂

[@northeastgiants775]

That anti reverse is how they were back then only know this from (nature of fishing) underrated channel

[@markk917]

I could be wrong, but I believe Lew’s and Shimano partnered until the late 70s. So the model you’re holding is from sometime in the mid to late 70s. I believe Lew’s later partnered with Ryobi . That same model reel you’re holding would eventually become the Ryobi AD4000v/5000v with some minor differences. Ryobi would go on to make some pretty amazing baitcast reels until sometime in the late 90s. Not 100% sure of the exact timeline of all this.

[@outside1234]

You got 100° and I got snow today 🤣

[@joshcross2831]

The incline. That's the word you were searching for. I just coped that white pond hopper tee

[@bernicemcclendon1262]

I have the new lew's bb1 pro 2021 baitcaster it's my favorite

[@madtownangler]

My oldest baitcaster is from 1972 its a red abu with a pearl handle. Got it sent to me for scanning some stuff for someone with a webtv.

[@connorholifield4551]

Day 3 of asking him to put hooks on animal toys and catch fish

[@nextgenclassiccarsofIL]

this right here

[@leebo92_38]

Sounds like a great challenge

[@stormshadow1502]

I still have my original quantum energy e600ti baitcast reel I bought when I was 16yrs old in 1991. It still works fine, and still is in great shape. That is because it is made out of aluminum frame and brass gears. The only things I changed on it were the ball bearings and the drag disks.

[@stormshadow1502]

And it was one of the speedy reels at the time 6:3:1 gear ratio

[@jessehillis7830]

Awesome episode yakpak!! I got one of the very first bantams that shimano pit it. It's all metal with a gorgeous logo that. I'd love to see you do a video with it ! Get in touch with me and let's make it happen!

[@Yashhaa]

man, I’d make my first fishing video with your reel!! I just bought a bantam black magnum fightin star from a garage sale and I don’t know how old it is but I bought it because it looked vintage and since it’s a shimano I know that it’s gonna be a decent reel despite how old it is. I also found a vintage Berkeley lightning rod which is only 5ft but I figured I’d buy it so that I can make a vintage fishing video:)

[@ryantabberer]

Shimano components/bearings in a Lew's reel possibly?

[@fishing_amy]

I would love to use it

[@anthonyobrien8251]

Have the first reel for 4 years now found it on Galveston Beach

[@deeganhower5840]

I have the same bantom

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I been subscribe I love your video !!!

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Big shout-out from Oklahoma City Oklahoma the Boomer Sooner State love your show keep up the good work bro Oklahoma rig

[@MountainMenMilitia]

Fire video my brotha! Bro you should put ya boy on some peacock bass. Hell I'd settle for largemouth bass. Here in Northeast Tennessee they are just starting to move up so for a bank angler like me its super hard

[@fishingwithbradley8179]

Not Colorado. It has been snowing for the last week.

[@NxlanFN]

BANGER!!!!!!!

[@FishingWithYakPak]

Quick with it 🔥🔥

[@NxlanFN]

Thanks love your vids u da bomb I am also a fishing KZbinr and I love doing it

[@josephnywayfarer1345]

Decades ago Lew’s collaborated with companies like Shimano and Browning to make their reels. “Lewmano” 😂🤣 From the North the ice is gone. Water is cold but I have been able to Trout fish and pond hop.

[@thereelchriskelley3118]

What weight are you using for the t rig?