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Location: Alsip, IL | I've gotten into trolling a little more this year and finally had some pretty good success. Looking for opinions on some decent trolling rods. I still much prefer casting so I don't want to spend 200 dollars per rod. I've got a pair of convector line counters and I'm looking for decent rods in the 7'6 or less range. I'd like for them to fit in my center rod locker as I won't use them enough to justify leaving them on the deck with all my casting rods. It'd get way to cluttered. Any suggestions from the guys that troll regularly would be appreciated. Oh and I don't really see myself trolling to much with massive cranks. I'd say the 8" Jakes would probably be on the bigger side for what I troll. Thanks in advance. |
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Location: oswego, il | 7' fiberglass catfish rods. I have a south bend and a Garcia. Work great for trolling and suckers.
plenty of searchable discussion on this topic.
Edited by ToddM 10/30/2014 1:19 PM
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Location: Alsip, IL | Yea I looked a little after I posted. Sorry apparently I'm that guy. May as well have asked what the best reel for double 10's was. Is the fiberglass rod an advantage over graphite? Every rod I own is graphite |
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Location: Green Bay, WI | I think the graphite tends to be more "explosive" (brittle) when it's very cold, like trolling in the fall. All the rods I ever had for fall trolling were glass, or at least mostly glass.
A great rod is the Shimano Talora rod, although I don't know how much they are selling for now days. When I bought some a few years back, they were in the neighborhood of $65-75 per rod. I had some 7-footers, and some 9-footers. Awesome rods in my experience, and folks have told me they are darn near indestructible--at least for the purposes of musky trolling.
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| Look into Shimano TDR (TDR80H2B) its 8' but 2 piece and around $30 also Okuma has a Classic Pro GLT (CST-UR-761MH) that is around $45, both are rods that can take a ton of abuse for not too much money
or like Todd said go into whatever store you have local and pick up a couple catfish rods, they'll do the job |
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Location: oswego, il | Well, if you ask a question about flourocarbon leaders or the best rod for pounders you will be put on secret musky probation!
I own the Garcia fiberglass rod because a buddy of mine blew up two of my graphite rods one day sucker fishing. Those two fiberglass rods are over 10 years old, caught countless fish and not one thing wrong with them. |
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Location: Alsip, IL | The cold thing makes sense. I think that's what happened to my mojo a couple weeks ago. It was 29 degrees and about 14 inches just snapped off trolling shad rap. I was not happy. It happened about 20 mins after I landed a fish. Aggravating |
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Location: Lincoln, NE | They also absorb more shock than fiberglass. Spence Petros says they load up more on the strike allowing the fish to turn it's head and get more hooksets in the corner of the mouth rather than the boney roof of the mouth and chance ripping the hooks out. I've lost fish trolling my Big Nasty and haven't lost any once I got a Premier Glass rod. My cousin had his new Toothtamer JawBreaker in a rod holder trolling it and hit something and completely cracked the reel seat. Probably should have had his drag looser but still, something's gotta give on big fish and it can't be all on the drag and still get a solid hookset. |
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| Imobley - 10/30/2014 3:25 PM
Look into Shimano TDR (TDR80H2B) its 8' but 2 piece and around $30 also Okuma has a Classic Pro GLT (CST-UR-761MH) that is around $45, both are rods that can take a ton of abuse for not too much money
or like Todd said go into whatever store you have local and pick up a couple catfish rods, they'll do the job
The shimano TDR's are legendary. $30 bucks and work like a champ. |
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Location: Western U.P. | Agree with those above.
Fiberglass or E-Glass rods are a good way to go. They are tough. Some nice 2 pc rods out there by Shimano, Okuma, Fenwick, Shakespeare (Ugly Stik), and a bunch of others. Most will probably be less than $100. Some may be a bit longer than the 7'6" you're looking for, but they'll break down. I like the 8' or 8'6" 2 pc'ers myself... gives you a little more to fight with, and they stow away well. Good luck. |
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Location: Walker, MN | I run the TDR 8' heavies too. I put heat shrink tubing on the grips and they last a long time. $30 seems like a joke..but I would probably run these rods if they were $130. |
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| Shakespeare Ugly Stick "Tiger Rods" ,,, fiberglass ,,, $60 ---- jim
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| The shimano TDR rods are great and they are $30 no joke. I have 3 of them, 8 and 8 1/2 footers. I was going to get 3 more of them for anyone else who comes trolling with me. They just don't have any triggers on them for a baitcaster reel. I don't mind that and they fit into the rod holders better that way. |
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| I've been using St. Croixs 8' trolling rods for three years now with Daiwa line counter reels and I don't think that I'll get another rod unless they make a 9 or 10 footer. They have the blend of materials just right. I even use them for throwing crankbaits and bucktails too.
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| Cant beat TDR for the price.... |
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Location: Rogers, MN | Beaver - 10/30/2014 7:07 PM
I've been using St. Croixs 8' trolling rods for three years now with Daiwa line counter reels and I don't think that I'll get another rod unless they make a 9 or 10 footer. They have the blend of materials just right. I even use them for throwing crankbaits and bucktails too.
What St Croix trolling rod are you using? How big are the lures you're running with them? 10" cranks? |
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trolling rods?