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Location: Central Pennsylvania | I was wondering about these heavy bass flipping sticks for creatures and jigs as well as small hard baits, anyone have any experience with such setups? If so, what rod, reel, line, and leaders do you like for this purpose? |
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| as downsizer combos they can work (3/4oz bucktails, smaller jigs, etc). That said, for real musky duty these are not well-suited to the task.
st croix's mojo bass 7'10" is a pretty solid rod. I wouldn't go any lighter than that |
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Location: Central Pennsylvania | I was actually looking at the 7'11 H in the mojo bass series, I currently have a MH musky rod rated from 3/4-4 oz but I can't really imagine it having any load with under a 1 oz bait. So I think a bass rod might be a good option as every fish around me eats bass lures, it seems like. |
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| Bass tackle is fine for throwing small baits , get 5 minutes of fight from a muskie is actually fun |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Vexan builds an XH bass rod that is built in a Musky MH blank. |
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| One of my casting rods is a 7'6" Fenwick flipping rod. It is labeled XH, but that is a bass rating. It is equivalent to a MH muskie rod. Have a Curado 300 E on it with 65 lb. test. Works great for the lures I throw on it. |
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| I used a st croix mojo bass swimbait rod 7'9" H fast. I used it with a Abu Garcia revo inshore with 65 pound line. Used it for spinnerbaits and 4" gliders as well as what lures you were asking for. Works great, caught and landed a few muskies. No issue.
I have at croix mojo bass flipping 7'11" h moderatefast and mojo light flipping/pitching 7'6" medium/heavy mod/fast both of these I would not suggest for any musky hunting. |
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XH Bass casting rod for musky?