After fishing this morning (power plant outflow

) i came home and realized that my
VS was cranking really weird. It sticks, or gets tougher to reel when the shaft is just about all the way extended and then again on the way down. At first i thought maybe because it was cold the grease got stiffer, but after warming the reel up it still was sticky. The reel is practically brand new. Got it for x mas. Any ideas or solutions?