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Thanks all for the responses! I have looked at that Shimano video several times. That's where I saw that you just clean where the spool shaft seats in the reel body, no oil. But I also saw an American Legacy video that states you put a dab of oil in this area with a Q-Tip, hence my confusion. I'll just stick to cleaning it and leave it dry. Thanks again!

Anyone know if this club is still in existance?

I have been away from bass fishing for quite some time due to work. Now that I'm retired I'd like to get back into it. I have 4-5 Shimano CU-200 Bantam Curados that are probably 10 years old, but in good shape. My question is what I can do to make them serviceable? I don't think they require deep service, but I would like to clean, oil and grease them. I was going to post pictures, but the file size was too large, so I'll try to put into words what I'll be doing. I will remove the cover for the VBS, then remove the spool, leaving me with 3 parts: main body, side cover for VBS, and the spool. I will then use Ardent degreaser on these parts, which seems to be a no brainer. My question is, once this is done what do I oil and grease? I assume I'd oil the bearing in the VBS cover and the bearing on the shaft next to the spool, but what do I do with the area where the shaft enters the reel in the main body? I've seen videos where they say you should place oil here and videos where you clean, but leave it dry. I assume I could access this bearing if I were to further take down the reel on the handle side, but I wouldn't be comfortable with this. Also, do I grease or oil the level wind gear? Some say grease, others oil. Thanks in advance for any info you can provide.

Thanks for the ideas everyone! Yes I do keep the worms in their original packaging and then place them in the Sterilite boxes.

In the process of organizing my garage. One of the problems is finding fishing tackle I haven't seen in years stuffed away all over the place. Stuff like plastics, terminal tackle, line, etc. Can these be organized in plastic storage boxes? Has anyone used Sterilite boxes and are they a good idea? Thank you!