Coolness, and thanks for the great reply! :text-thankyouyellow: I have a bunch of Mitchell reels like 5 x 300, 301 right hand, 306, 3 x 308, 386, 408. Probably get another 386 and 10' medium action for Walleye and/or Trout-n-Salmon trolling. I live on the Saginaw Bay so Lake Huron Perch and Walley a...

JeepJeff, In the spring the suckers run up the rivers to spawn same as the smelt. Back in the day I spent many a spring evening dipping for smelt and catching suckers. Both species are lake run meaning that they live in the great lakes (Lake Huron) all year and run up the rivers in the spring. As f...

I see the "red oval label with the fish and line" all over the place on this site and own a reel with it on the side. Is there a special meaning to that label? Does it make my reel more collectable?

We have a tiny town here in Michigan called Omer. The yearly sucker run has guys fishing with huge nets (12'x12' and bigger) that are suspended on the bank of the Rifle River that runs through town. They drop it them and crank it up every few minutes to catch em'. We also fish by rod/reel. The river...

Thanks for the info guys! I did see the dating pages but I asked because I couldn't find anything regarding dating this particular model.

Just joined today but have owned Mitchells since I can remember fishing at the cabin with my dad, sadly both are gone now. So happy to find this forum. I'll be discussing the 8+ reels I have in numerous sizes here (multiple 300, 306, 308, 408, and a left handed). I'll start with my beautiful 408 Hig...