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| I recently purchased two Diawa 27 Sealines and would like to us them for suckers as well as trolling. I would like to get rods that I can use for both purposes. I might pick up a couple of TDR's if I plan on trolling boards, but will probably just straight line cranks with them. Thoughts and ideas would be appreciated. |
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Location: Wisconsin | Black River live/troll are pretty nice for the price. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | tdrs are good for trolling but don't have the backbone for sucker rods imo. Musky Innovations 9 foot "trolling/livebait" rods are awesome sucker rods... |
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Posts: 164
Location: Twin Cities | x2 on black river |
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Location: oswego, il | Big heavy catfish rod. I have two they work great for both. |
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Posts: 50
| Can't beat the black River live/troll! |
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Location: S.W. WI | Gander Guide Series rods. (Specifically the tTec IM8 blanks)
They have been on sale lately for $50-$80 in 8' & 8'6" lengths. Some cheaper on closeout. Some rated 2-8 oz, some up to 16oz.
These are basically Bulldawg Blank rods. A steal for the money. IMO.
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Posts: 1038
| For trolling and suckers, I have two kind of "go to" rods. 9 foot Cabellas DepthMaster Dipsy Diver rods. And 9 Foot Shimano Talora rods, Leadcore. TLA90MC2. Great rods. Two price points. |
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Posts: 962
| Musky Innovations Livebait/Trolling 9' is The best sucker rod I have used and is very good for trolling.
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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Posts: 251
| Thank you everyone for the help so far. Are the 9' Musky Innovations Livebait/Trolling no longer in production? The only MI Livebait/Trolling rods I am finding is are 8'. Also, if anyone is willing to part with any of the mentioned rods please PM me.
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Posts: 245
Location: Madison | Contact Jeff Hanson. He runs a guide service in Madison and also sells the MI rods. |
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Posts: 238
| I ordered 2 of those 9' MI rods from Jeff last year. I loved them for suckers had very good hookups. I don't troll much but they were great for what little I did. |
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Location: Minnesota | I have 2 , 8 footers and 2 , 9 footers all four are Thorn Bros custom rods. Do you need a custom rod for trolling no. But they sure are nice. |
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| I think I will go with the MI or Black River Rods. I love Thorne Bros Rods, but I do not want to spend all that much on sucker/trolling rods. I appreciate the advice that everyone has given me. |
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| kdebell - 2/18/2015 8:59 PM I think I will go with the MI or Black River Rods. I love Thorne Bros Rods, but I do not want to spend all that much on sucker/trolling rods. I appreciate the advice that everyone has given me.
the Black River rods are in stock or by order from:
Rollie & Helens (Minocqua)
http://www.muskyshop.com/modules/cart/products.php/keys/black+riv/page/1/id/2521/name/BlackRiverRods R + M Musky Shop (Eagle River)
https://www.facebook.com/rmmusky Jon's Sport Shop (Oshkosh)
https://www.facebook.com/jonssportshop?rf=168618806481463 |
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