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Location: Wausau | I mean the casting rod, get your head out of the gutter. Seriously though when is it to cold for regular casting rods, do they become more at risk of breaking in the cold temps? If so what are those temps and when do you stop throwing them? |
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| Depends on the warranty! |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | We fish ice-out to ice-up, and I fish the same rods all season. Maybe I've been lucky, but I've never had a breakage in air temps under 60 degrees. I fish with GLoomis, Lamiglas, Diamondback, St. Croix and even have a few Steve Worrall rods for sucker/trolling rigs. I've broken ALOT of rods over the years, but strangely enough never in the extreme cold.
Higher modulus graphite rods are more brittle, regardless of the temperatures. |
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | From what I've heard on the St. Croixs....put your Avids away when temps drop below 50 and get out your Premiers. I use Premiers all fall long and I'm fishing when temps are in the teens. I've never had a problem.
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Location: Yahara River Chain | Yes its too cold. Everybody put your rods away.
(maybe now I get the lakes to myself?). 
Did I just think that out loud?  |
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| Maybe your casting style matters to? It may sound kind of silly but, i have this really old reel that if i cast it it makes the noise that it you accidentally bump your clicker on the cast; but if my dad casts it it does just fine. The reel has a importence to me it was my grandpa 's and he passed last year so i really don't want to wrench on it so i might just have to by a new reel and be done with it keep the old one just to have. i hope this helps a little guts |
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Location: Muskegon Michigan | I use my Avids all year in very cold temps ,no problems at all. The rod breaking thing is mostly from guys who have broken rods while trolling in cold temps. Graphite rods of all types will shatter in temps below 40 degress if snags or big fish happen. Most happen on snags . Use Glass rods for trolling and this problem goes away.This topic has been covered at least 20 times in the past 6 years on 5 different web sites. I suppose a guy could break an Avid if he set the hook into a log with like 100 lbs of torque behind it. Its pretty hard for an average man or woman to break a rod while casting . Bigger lures could also cause one to break on the backside of the cast. Ill be casting with my Avids in December . Kingfisher |
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| No problem for me with St. Croix, Fenwick or Cortland, fishing below between 25 and 30*. Cortland has the best refund deal...you get a new one no matter what. |
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| Coldest I've fished in ONT is about -15 Celcius, never broken a rod, but I will keep trying. |
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| The only problems I've had fishing real cold is the wet line freezing up on the spool. I only have Abus. After a while the reel just won't work. Thumbbar models die first and push buttons die next. You get the ice out of the rod eyes by a swooshing the rod in the water, like doing a figure 8. I won't dunk my reels in the water, but in the furure, I'll put a couple handwarmers in larger ziplock and slide the bag over the rod bottoms and reels that I'm not using at the time.
Other below freezing tips:
1) Put a handwarmer in each of your chopper mittens so you can quickly warm your hands now and then.
2) keep your wet lindy gloves in another bag with a handwarmer.
3) Once your net is wet, it will be frozen next time you go to use it and the "bag won't deploy". My only solution is to hold the fish at boatside with the rod in one hand while with my other hand I dunk the net in the water over and over to thaw it out. Makes the fish go nuts, very exciting.
4) bring plenty of sand with you in case the landing is all iced up when you go to take your boat out.
5) when fishing by yourself, wear layered wool with a gortex shell and a light life jacket all the time. (a survival suit would be better) The warm-when-wet wool will give you a little longer time to get out of the cold water. I use a kayak paddlers vest (under the gortex jacket) because it's designed for lots of upper body action and it doesn't get in my way when I go into 8's. |
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What is too cold for the rod?