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Cowgirls/Rubber- TI 9' XH with Saltist 20
Little baits- TI 9' MH with Revo Toro 5:4
Jerks/WTD- Cabelas 7'6" XH with C4 |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Dbl 10s Custom Frank rod. 9 ft loomis steele/700TE
All around averythng rod: Custon Frank 8'10 Diamondback, Revo 5:4to1
Small baits: Okuma 8'6 H, pro rocket 5500
Pounders: Okuma 9'3 XH/C3 7000
Waegle Rod: Old School Pro Edge 7'6 Weagle rod/Shimano Curado
90% of the time I am fishing one of the Frank rods, or the Weagle rod though. Next on the list is a 9ft Frank Calstar pounder rod! |
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Posts: 127
| - 9'6 XH Predator/Tranx PG - 18" handle Rubber, Super Models, Cowgirls, Big Cranks
- 9'6 H Predator/Tranx HG - 18" handle Showgirls, Jr. Cowgirls, Cowgirls, Shimano Waxwing
- 9' H Predator/Conquest 400 - 16" handle Topwater and <10" cranks - can also use a Cowgirl and smaller bucktail rod
- St. Croix Long Ranger/Curado 300 - Glider rod (Way longer than most folks, but the fast action lets me get a good snap when working baits, the long length is great for hooksets, and the MH power coupled with the long length allows me to get a good bend in the rod when tied into a fish - plus I'm a taller guy).
- St. Croix The Jerk/Calcutta 400D (just need to pick up the reel) - Walk the dog topwater and BIG gliders
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Posts: 530
| 8' ToothTamer JawBreaker/ Tranx HG
It does everything I need it to. |
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| Big nasty, induron 400
sling blade/ 400b power handle
top and tail/ 400b
7'6" avid / 400b |
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Posts: 1971
| Sold lots of stuff the last two years this is what I'm using this year:
Reels:
(2) Toro 60 5.4's these two reels get 50% of my time,
Toro 60 6.1,
700TE
Luna 300
(2) Calcutta 400 B's for backups.
Rods:
(2) 9' TI XH,
(2) 9' TI MH,
9' TI XXH
8'6" Tica XH
8'6" Okuma XH
8' Premier MH
7'6" Avid MH
Mix and match combo's based on where I fish and what I plan to throw.
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Posts: 8725
| Reels:
Revo Toro Winch 60
Revo Toro 60 (5.4:1)
Penn 975
Abu Record
6500 C4
Rods:
Okuma EVX 8'6 XH
Fig Rig Tooth Tamer (the first batch that were actually good rods) 8'-0" H
Fig Rig Tooth Tamer 8'-0" MH
Fig Rig Tooth Tamer 7'-6" MH
Fig Rig Tooth Tamer 6'-10" H
St Croix Premier 6'-9" H
How I match them depends on where and when I am fishing. Typically ony carry two rods...
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Posts: 4343
Location: Smith Creek | Huge pile o rods, the combos I use the most for casting:
LTM86XHF/Avet sx 5.3: rubber and burning 10's
LTMU86HF/AC300A: everything except BIG rubber, burning 10's and jerkbaits
Custom Avid 7'2" HF/AC300A: jerkbaits |
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Posts: 265
Location: Manitowish Waters WI | 10/13 and pounders custom 9'3 TI XXH with a Calcutta 400b (power handle)
Big gliders and rubber custom 9'3 TI XH with a Toro 60 5:4:1
Small gliders and 8s 9 TI MH with a toro 60 6:4:1
All purpose rod Fenwick Elite Tech 8'6 Big Bait with a Abu Record 60 HC
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Posts: 1638
Location: Minnesota | 8 thorn bros rods from 9'8' down to 5'6" shimono 400 te on 6 of them tranx hg and trinadad on the other 2
2 8 foot thorn bros trolling rods shimono line counter 500
2 9'8" thorn bros trolling rods shimono line coubter 600 |
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Posts: 151
Location: West of the metro, MN | 8' 6" Shimano Compre XH / Shimano Cardiff - my all purpose rod
8' Gander/"walmart" special H / Abu C3- throw back rod
7'6" Gloomis GL2 MH/ Shimano Curado - small stuff
Haven't decided my next rod, but my next reel will definitely be a Daiwa Luna. |
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Posts: 13688
Location: minocqua, wi. | calcutta 400b with powerhandle ... 9' big n nasty ... will throw every bait in the box |
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Posts: 43
Location: Bonn, Germany | Heavy stuff: St. Croix Big Dawg + Shimano Tranx
Middle heavy: St. Croix Sling Blade + Toro Winch 61/ Shimano Calcutta Conquest 401
Small lures: St. Croix Mega Swimbait + Daiwa Pluton 200 SHL |
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Posts: 1184
Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Big baits 9' XXH TI with a Calcutta B
Blade rods a 9' TI XH with a 5:4 Toro
Dive and rise/jerkbaits 9'TI XH with Toro HS
Gliders/Weagles 8'3" Loomis with a 5:4 Toro
Small bucktails/gliders/topwater/loaner is a 9' H Predator with a Curado DSV
have a spare Calcutta B laying around.... |
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Posts: 743
| Predator 9'6" Hvy 2" trimmed/Tranx PG 10's and 12's
Predator 9' XH 1" trimmed/ 400TE Big Cranks,Minnowbaits
Predator 8' 9" Hvy / 400TE Small stuff, Topwaters
St. Croix The Jerk/ HS Revo Toro Jerk/WTD |
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| Dadson Custom two piece 8'6" rod, I believe on a diamondback blank. I am upgrading the reel now, between a lexa inshore or curado 300e. The rod throws everything I need and packs up nicely. Crazy I used to have custom rods and TE's for every application and clients. Now I do better with that one a creature rod, and fly rod. BR |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | TI 9' XH / Pflueger Trion 66 - rubber, jerkbaits, crankbaits
Okuma 8'6" XH / Revo Toro Winch - double 10's
St. Croix 8' MH / Revo Toro 5.4 - spinnerbaits, topwaters,
Gander 7'6" MH / Abu c3 5500 - extra (need to sell)
Shimano Compre 6'8" XH/ Abu c3 5500- extra (need to sell)
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Posts: 267
Location: Right behind you (tap, tap) BOOO | Main Setup - (DBL 10's and down - an occasional 12 or 13) - Musky Mayhem Avaio 9' H - Curado 300ej - WOW is all I can about this setup.
Jerk/Twitch/TopWTD - Fenwick 7'6" TechElite with a Abu Toro Winch 60 (regeared with 5.4) - absolutely ZERO complaints with this rig.
12's, 13's and Bigger Stuff (also trolling and Sucker) - TI 9' XXH with a Daiwa Saltist 20 HA
Smaller Stuff - I have a St.Croix 6'9" H with a Abu 5600 Morrum and a St.Croix Legend (old school) 7'0" MH with a Abu 6500 C3. |
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Posts: 180
Location: Elgin, IL | TI 9XH / Tranx PG
Migizi 8'6" XH / 400TE with power handle
Custom Prof Edge Diamondback 8'6" Hvy / 400TE
TI 8' MH / 400B
St Criox Legend 7'9" Hvy / Curado 300DSV |
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Posts: 25
| All purpose/big rubber: Okuma EVX 8'6" XXH, calcutta 400B
Blades: Okuma EVX 9'3" XH, Toro winch 60
Jerkbait/sucker: Black river 8' H, 6500 C3 |
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Posts: 360
Location: montreal, canada | 7.6 heavy shimano compre with a curado 300 e for jerkbait
8 medium heavy st croix mojo musky with curado 301ej for bucktail and top water
8.6xxh okuma evx with 401te for rubber and big bait and dbl10 and dlb13 |
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Posts: 151
Location: West of the metro, MN | I see quite a few people have TI rods. Is that the name brand or an abbreviation? |
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Posts: 908
Location: South-Central PA | Slimeduptuffy - 8/2/2012 7:47 AM
I see quite a few people have TI rods. Is that the name brand or an abbreviation?
TI stands for Tackle Industries. Very nice rods at an outstanding price! Oh, and the lures are pretty sweet too.
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Posts: 1677
Location: Mt. Zion, IL | St Croix 8'6" XH premier extended to 9' w/Revo Toro 60 5.4 (2 of these setups) to throw most anything
St Croix 8'6" XH premier extended to 9' w/Revo Toro 60 winch for 10's and big cranks
St Croix 8'6" H premier extended to 9' w/Revo Toro 60 5.4 for gliders and smaller baits.
St Croix 8' Flippin' stick and Revo Toro 50 5.4 for rattle baits and small twitch baits.
5 Revo Toro 60 5.4's for spare reels, 9 old school 7000's for fishing in cold weather and the occasional pounder. I have sold over half of my rods and reels since 1/1/12. I may have a problem NOT buying reels I like... |
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Posts: 665
Location: Twin Cities, MN | Thorne Bros Predator 9'0" Hvy / Shimano 400 TE for DB 10’s
St Croix Top N Tail 8’0” / Calcutta 400 for DB 8’s, topwaters, crankbaits
Thorne Bros Diamondback 7’10” (Pre China) / Calcutta 400 for bucktails, spinnerbaits
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Posts: 150
Location: Central Minnesota | 9 ft TI MH/ Tranx HG - burning small blades and small cranks.
8 ft TI XH /Calcutta 400 TE - all purpose, mag dawgs, medussa's
9 ft TI XXH / Saltist 30 LW - big rubber, big blades
7 ft Scheels Outfitters/ Curado 300 ej - WTD, jerkbaits, top water |
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Posts: 84
Location: Buffalo Grove, IL | 8'6" St. Croix LT Slingblade / Calcutta 400LJV - all types of blade baits, topwater
9' Migizi / Calcutta 400TE - rubber, topwater
7'6" St. Croix LT The Jerk / Calcutta 400D - gliders, jerkbaits
Also have a 9' TI XH / Daiwa Luna 300 and 9' Mike Hulbert H / St. Croix AC250 setups I also use for various presentations, but the top 3 are used the most. |
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Posts: 306
| Nice thread for people like me that live south of musky waters and have trouble researching/finding new gear.
A-Team
2010 8' H Shimano Compre / Curado 300DSV / Power Pro Super 8 45lb
2010 7'6" H Shimano Compre / Abu D5 5600 / Power Pro 35lb
2012 7'6" XHC Shimano Compre / Curado 300E / Power Pro 50lb
B-Team
6'8" XHC Shimano Compre / Abu C3
7'2" H Shimano Compre / Abu C3
C-Team
6'3" XH Bass Pro Rod / Abu C4 (old skool!)
7'0" MH Bass Pro Rod / Abu Royal Express III |
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Posts: 44
| TRANX HG/9Ft. Musky Mayhem Avaio: Small Bucktails, Cowgirls, Glittertails,awesome for WAXWING, and great for Bulldawgs with that fast pick up on the reel.
Tranx PG/9'3" MIGIZI XH: Larger Bucktails, moves Cowgirls and Supermodels with ease, and pretty decent speed
Curado 300EJ/Legend Tournament 8'6" Long Ranger: Top Water, smaller bucktails
Calcutta 400TE/Legend Tournament 8'6" Big Dawg: Rubber, Large Cranks, Larger Bucktails
Trinidad 14/Legend Tournament 8'6" Sling Blade: Blades
Revo Winch/Legend Tournament Lipstick: Awesome Crankbait Rod
Revo Toro HS/Musky Mojo St. Croix 7'2": Jerks, Gliders, WTD topwater
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Posts: 1906
Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Pretty simple for me.
Big stuff - 9' Lamiglas XH "Ricky Stick" with Calcutta 400TE
Everything else: 8'6" XH Lamiglass with Calcutta 400B
8' 6" XH Lamiglas Curado 300
8' XH Lamiglas Calcutta 400B
Small balits in spring: 8' H Lamiglas with whatever reel (Record on it now) |
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Posts: 532
Location: Ogden, UTAH 10 minutes from pineview reservoir | all around - 8'6" H 18" handle custom jawbreaker - curado 300e-pimped
jerkbait/glider: 8ft2 xh 17.25" handle custom jawbreaker - revo toro 50 hs-pimped
blades- 8'9" 17.25" H handle custom jawbreaker - revo toro 60 5:4-pimped
all spooled with suffix 65lb performance
Jawbreaker rods are killer! and great price! nick is awesome
all reels pimped out by pikemaster - huge difference |
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Posts: 1360
Location: Lake "y" cause lake"x" got over fished | 9' TI XH with Revo Toro 5.4 every bait in the box!
Shimano Compre 7'6" with a BPS Pete Mania = Jerk bait / WTD/ smaller spring baits. |
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Posts: 201
| 8'6 XXH Fenwick Elite tech with toro winch and 80lb 832
9'0 XH TI Camo Series with Bass Pro Musky Angler Reel |
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Posts: 164
| TI 9' xh with revo toro winch for big blades
lamaglas 8'6" XH with AC300 for cranks and top water
bull dawg 9'XH with 400TE for big rubber
St croix 7'6" premier H with 6500 C3
When my new revo toro HS arrives I will be changing up the setups |
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Posts: 149
| My top three setups:
Tackle Industries Rods: "TI"
TI 9' XXH with revo toro big rubber
TI 9' MH 400b
TI 9' XH 400TE general use
TI 9' XH Isis for bucktails and rubber
Just now setting up my travel TI rods (new 2pc rods) and getting reels on them. Also just got my new TI jerkbait rod and its sweet. Figuring out a good jerbait reel for that rod next week.
http://www.tackleindustries.com/muskypikerods.html
TI rods and Shimano reels are among the best I have used for musky fishing. |
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Posts: 921
Location: Apollo, PA | Yeah, i want to try the Predators and the TI XH, but the loomis steel Nick made for me is awesome. I have a curado on it. So much good stuff. I also have a US Diamondback 9' 4"s with an avet mxj for big blades and a diamond back heavy jerk 7' with a curado. Diamondbacks came from professional edge years ago. |
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Posts: 375
| 1) Croix Legend Bass Series "Swimbait" rod - LTBC79HF - rated at 1-4 oz baits
- jigs, smaller easy-pulling bucks like the mepps musky killer and very small
crankbaits & rattlebaits - Curado 301 with a 90lb 49 strand wire leader and either
50lb hi-vis yellow Power Pro Super Slick or 20lb hi-vis yellow Sufix Elite mono.
2) Croix Legend Musky Series "Lip Stick" rod - TMU79HMF - rated at 2-6 oz baits -
small to medium heavy topwaters, crankbaits, rattlebaits & jerkbaits, up to db 8's,
small to medium size / weight rubber and big jigs - Curado 301 with 65lb timber
brown Super Slick - 90lb 49 strand wire leader. I pick this up 80% of the time
since I like using the bait sizes & weights above the most. Love the "Moderate"
fast action of this rod - very different than the more "standard" fast action rods.
3) Croix Legend Bass Series "Mega Swimbait" rod - LTBC80XHF (no longer made)
- rated at 3-8 oz baits - even though it's an "extra heavy" action rod, I think it
could have been considered a "moderate" fast action if it were in the Musky Series - medium to heavy weight topwaters / crankbaits / jerkbaits and db 10's - Revo Toro
51 (5:4.1) with 65lb brown Super Slick - 90lb 49 strand wire leader.
4) Croix Legend Musky Series "Big Dawg" rod - TMU86XHF - rated at 4-12 oz baits
- anything big / heavy and db 10's - Revo Toro 51 (5:4.1) with 80lb brown Super
Slick - 180lb single strand wire leader.
If I had to pick just one, it would be a tough call between 2 and 3...
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Posts: 619
Location: Verona, WI | My primary set up is a Musky Mayhem Aviao 9' XH with a Calcutta 300TE. LOVE that rod. I can through just about anything with it. It's strong enough to throw mag dawgs but flexible in the tip so I can throw small minnowbaits and Mepps #5s. Can't say enough about it. My 2nd is a Tranx HG with an 8'6" Musky Innovations 4-16 oz rd. |
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Posts: 208
| 1: Predator 9' 6" XH/Shimano Calcutta 400 D- Rubber
2: Big Nasty 9' 6" H/Calutta 400 TE Power handle- Blades
3: Predator 9' H/ Shimano Curado 300- Cranks, Topwater
4: St Croix 7' 6" The Jerk/Luna 300- Jerkbaits etc.
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| 4 Tackle Industries rods with Okuma, Shimano and Abu reels on them for most of my fishing and 1 ToothTammer rod for my jerkbait rod.
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Posts: 44
| Tranx 500HG on a Preditor 9'3" rod for magdogs, cowgirls, and burning bucktails.
Gandermountain guide series 8' rod, Shimano Cardiff 400A for topwater, smaller cranks, spinnerbaits, jerkbaits
Blackriver 7' xh with a Trion 66 for small jerkbaits and gliders and sometimes mepps #5s. |
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Posts: 537
Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | St Croix big dawg-Shimano401te , rubber,buck tails, anything else
St Croix sling blade-Shimano 400te ,buck tails,topwater
St Croix premier pm80h-Shimano 400te, jerkbaits, top water
St Croix premier pm80mh-Shimano 400b, small buck tails, small jerkbaits, topwater
St Croix triumph 7'6"xh-Shimano 400b, weagles, only weagles
I have a bunch of other combos for loaners and backups, but these always go in the boat. |
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Posts: 1224
Location: Okoboji | I suppose i will get sucked into this lol..its fun i am a gear junkie also lol
Legend big nasty/tranx pg
9'0 predator xh/tranx hg
Legend slingblade curado 300e pimped w/carbontex
Fenwick troller elite/quantum linecounter w/carbon drags
Mi monster mag naked
Fenwick 7'6 jerbait naked |
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| St. Croix LT Slingblade with Calcutta 400 TE - general use
St. Croix LT Top N' Tail with Calcutta 400 B - Spinnerbaits, double 8 bucktails and smaller, topwater, smaller cranks.
Diawa Luna 300 spooled up and ready to go as a back-up reel. |
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| 3 current set ups.
7'10" Dadson custom avid blank, with Okuma Aveon Ae 40 reel (creatures/jigs) (telescopic spinning rod)
8'6" Dadson custom two piece with Curado 300E
9' Dadson custom two piece with Calcutta 300D
Looking forward to putting them to good use on some tigers. BR
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Posts: 1088
Location: Hayward, WI | St Croix Big Dawg - Luna - Rubber
St Croix Big Nast Split Grip - Revo Toro 5.4 - Blades
St Croix Top n Tail Split Grip - Abu Inshore - Cranks/Top water
St Croix 7.5' Premier - Abu 6500 - Jerk Baits |
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Posts: 142
| 8'6" st croix lt slingblade with calcutta 400te for 10's and bigger topwaters
8' st croix premier mh with abu 6500 c3 (i think I'm going to replace with revo), all purpose/ loaner setup
7'9" st croix lt lip stick with calcutta 400te for cranks smaller top waters and bucktails
6'9" st croix classic jerk with curado 300ej for gliders (the curado is a little "moody" compared with the calcuttas)
I think I have three or four other economical setups that dont see the light of day that I keep around in case someone needs a loaner |
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Posts: 46
| St croix big nasty/ 400te
St croix big dawg/ Tranx PG
St croix sling blade/ Tranx HG
St croix long ranger/ curado
St croix 7'2" xh musky mojo/ high speed toro 60
St croix 8' heavy premier/ regular speed toro 60
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| Too many to list but my basic set-up
9.2 XH Thorne Bros Predator and calcutta 400 TE - rubber
8.6 St Croix Sling Blade and Saltist 30 - 10/13 Blades
8.6 St Croix Long Ranger and Revo toro - topwater and glide baits
8.0 Loomis and Revo Toro - jerk baits
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Everyone's Set Ups?