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| New to musky hunting. Looking to add a new musky rod to my arsenal. I would like some input as to which rods are best suited for specific presentations as well as performance.
Any and all input would be helpful.
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | There are many different types and companies of rods out there, I use 7'0 or longer Medium Heavy Action for most applications. If you go to "Search Forms" and type in rods you will find a lot of very helpful information. |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | Good starter rod in my opinion is the 6'9"" st croix premier. |
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| For all around, I would go with a 7'6" MH St Croix Premier. You can use it for just about everything, though other rods fill every little niche more precicely. If you're looking for a rod that can handle most everything fairly well, that would be my choice.
Beav
Of course the 7'6" Avid is awesome, but might be a little cost prohibitive for a beginner. |
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Location: oswego, il | My pic would be the 7'6"MH premere or the 7'6"H avid. |
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Location: Bemidji, MN- | I have a couple St. Croix 7' MH Premiers that I really like - great for the bucktails and medium weight lures that I usually use. Too light for the really large lures, but I use them less often and have an H action for them. |
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Location: On the X that marks the mucky spot | My vote would be for a 7' MH St.Croix Premier. It's a great rod to build a rod quiver around. I'd advise against the long rods until you get more comfortable casting w/o backlashes. This way you can see what types of baits you like to throw and get a rod specificly for that style of lure. Then the 7'er will always be that rod that works for "everything else" for you. |
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| To me, this is a shining example of one of the benefits to being a member of a muskie club that meets regularly (like Muskies, Inc.) I have had the chance to try out many, many rod and reel combos thanks to fishing with other members. It has also been a great education in "how-to" for various lures.
For me, the best general purpose rod that I have used is an All Star 6' 10". I use it primarily for jerkbaits, but it will throw just about anything well. I used to be a St Croix user, but I had the chance to use several All Stars during an MI outing and that changed my mind.
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Location: MN | Muskie Novice - Ditto on the 7" St Croix Premier. Start with a shorter rod and go from there. My longest rod is 7'2", as these 7'6" and longer rods just are uncomfortable to me. Depending on your height, check out the lengths and see what is comfortable to you. |
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Location: NeverNever Lake | Check out the All-Star line of muskie rods. IMO there's not a better stick in that price range. |
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Location: Neenah, WI | My presonnal choice would be a 7' Lamiglass Figure 8 special. It has a
larger rating which allows you to use it for bigger bucktails right up to very heavy jerkbaits. This rod can be a little pricy. If you are looking for a good resonably priced rod try the Shimano Compre.
Buy the way the shortest rod i own is a 7' i personally perfer 7'6 and 8'
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