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Posts: 532
Location: Ogden, UTAH 10 minutes from pineview reservoir | Just curious what you guys have as a muskie rod & reel combo arsenal?
I know some will have more then others but I am curious what your bucktail rod is, jerk bait rod is, and so on and so forth. I am in utah and fish two lakes that have tigers so I dont throw the big rubbers, maybe i should but the bait fish aren't like the suckers and tulibees and what not. Pineview is the main lake i tm fish and there are some big fish in there.
For me i am running 4 rods
glider and jerk rod 7ft6 h mojo musky with toro 60 hs
bucktail : 8ft6 XH mojo muskie toro 60 5.4
spinnerbaits and swimbaits : fenwick muskie elite tech 7ft9 mh with curado 300e
general purpose: fenwick muskie elite tech 8ft H with curado 300 e |
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Posts: 242
| I have 6 rods that I currently use:
G Loomis MUR933C-LB - Smaller Bucktails, Spinnerbaits, and Rattle Baits
G Loomis MUR826C-JB - Jerkbaits and Topwater
G Loomis MUR915C-HB - Medium Bucktails and Smaller Crankbaits
G Loomis MUR946C-TR - Large Bucktails and Medium Crankbaits
G Loomis MUR966 - Large Crankbaits, Jigging Baits, and Smaller Plastics
Tackle Industries 9' XXH - Big Plastics (Pounders to 2 Pounders)
These six seem to cover everything I cast, but I may look for a little heavier jerkbait rod. |
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Posts: 983
| I have 4 rods...
9'3 XH Predator with 401te for universal and occasional monster baits
9'0 Legend Tournament Big Nasty with revo toro 61 5:4:1 for jerks, gliders, big spinnerbaits
9'0 TI MH split grip with curado 301e used as pike/tiger rod and for smaller baits, spinnerbaits, blades, etc.
8'0 TI MH rod for the same as above but more of a jerkbait rod |
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Posts: 532
Location: Ogden, UTAH 10 minutes from pineview reservoir | lcm - sweet rod wish i had a loomis muskie rod
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Posts: 532
Location: Ogden, UTAH 10 minutes from pineview reservoir | nice rod and reel choices i love my revos and curados! luckily i dont have to fork out for a big rubber rod |
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Posts: 242
| Those G Loomis rods are really nice to fish with (particularly the discontinued maroon ones). I also have the Hulbert 9' Signature Rod, Bluegrass 7'6" Head Shaker, and the Bluegrass 7'10" Dream Stick. Those are also very nice rods to fish with, but usually I don't usually have enough room in the boat to bring them all with me. Oh, you asked about reels, too. All my rods have either, the Abu Garcia Ambassador 5500-C3, 6500-C3, or the 5600-C4 (depending on what gear ratio I want for what technique). I like the vintage feel of the round reels. |
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Posts: 439
Location: Lake of the Woods, Morson, Ontario | My main casting combos are:
9H Predator w/ Revo Toro Winch - bucktails, spinner baits up to double 8
9-6XH Predator w/ Revo Toro Winch - double 10s and bigger
7-10MH Venture Custom (built by Paul Amberg) w/ Revo Toro HS - Gliders, Jerks
8H Fenwick Elite Tech with Revo Toro 5.4 - topwaters, small cranks/twitchers
Trolling is another story altogether.  |
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Posts: 7049
Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Another question I love:
8'6" MH Fenwick/Okuma Isis 400 Reel - sort of the "Dad Rod", ie for anyone jumping in the boat w/ me
8'5" H Diamondback/Shimano Calcutta 400TE - Dbl 10s
8' H Diamondback/Shimano Curado 300 - Jerks large and small
8' MH Diamondback/Shimano Calcutta 300TE - weagles
8'6" H Okuma - light bucktails/cranks
8'6" XH Okuma - double 10 for other people in the boat
8'6" XXH Okuma - big(ish) rubber
8' Gloomis H, 8' Gloomis MH...and some others that I can't remember off hand. yes, I have too many. |
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Posts: 753
| I have others but these are always in the boat with me
9 FT MH split grip Pred Wth 300 EJ Currado
9 Ft H spilt grip Pred with Trinidad 14
9 Ft XH Pred Wears both a 400 LJV or a Trinidad 16N depending on my need for speed
9 Ft spilt grip XXH Pred 700 TE
8' 6 Sling Blade split grip with 400 TE
9 Ft Thornes Brothers Customer Trolling Rod (Fiber Glass) 500 Tekota Line Counter
Coming this spring will be a 8' Loomis Steel 15 Thorne Brothers Custom split grip with a 300 EJ with a paddle handle rather than a power handle for gliders and WTD's/ |
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Posts: 532
Location: Ogden, UTAH 10 minutes from pineview reservoir | thanks for all the great replies. Very interesting to see everyones rod and reel choices. I know most of the guys on here are from back north east and not many on the west coast but its neat to see everyones input |
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Posts: 1727
Location: Mt. Zion, IL | 8'6" St Croix Premier XH extended to 9' with Revo Toro 60 5.4 for crankbaits/twitchbaits
8'6" St Croix Premier XH extended to 9' with Revo Toro 60 5.4 for spinnerbaits, plastics, and gliders
8'6" St Croix Premier XH extended to 9' with Revo Toro 60 4.6 for big cranks and big bucktails
8'6" St Croix Premier XH extended to 9' with 7000CS Pro Rocket for double 10's and fishing below freezing
8'6" St Croix Legend Slingblade extended to 9' with Revo Toro 50 5.4 for smaller baits |
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Location: Minneapolis | Abu 6500 w/ TI XXH 8'
Daiwa Saltist 20 w/ TI XXH 8' |
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Posts: 51
| 8' Okuma w/ Revo Toro
Slingblade w/ Luna
Top N Tail w/ Revo Toro
9' Musky Mayhem Avaio w/ Trinidad 16N
9' Predator w/ 400TE
bunch of TDR's w/ 47 Sealines for trolling |
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Posts: 1184
Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Bucktail.... 9' TI XH with Revo Toro 60, 5:4
Jerkbait.... 9' TI XH Revo Toro HS
Dawgs..... 9' TI XXH Calcutta 400B
Gliders..... 8'1 Loomis Shimano Curado
Spares, 9'TI XH and 9' Predator both with Toro 60's |
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Posts: 432
Location: Eagan, MN | Not changing much from last year:
8-6 MH Predator / Toro 60 HS - grinders, harassers, topraiders, etc
8-0 H Diamondback / Abu 7000 Big Game - suicks, med cranks
8-6 Steel 20 / 700te (might swap out for a Tranx) - d10's
8-6 Steel 25 / Abu 7000 Big Game - big cranks i.e. kriscos, jakes, believers
troll w/ a couple of TDR's and Diawa lc47's
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Posts: 532
Location: Ogden, UTAH 10 minutes from pineview reservoir | its interesting to see the pattern of most peoples set ups range from 8ft to 9ft rods and the most common reels are the toros. Thanks for everyones input |
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Posts: 833
| 8-6 Loomis MH Custom w/ 300EJ – Smaller Baits
8-4 H St. Croix Premiere Custom w/ 400TE – Jerks/Gliders/ Twitch Baits
9-6 H Predator (Future home of Tranx) – Bucktails
9-3 XH Okuma w/ Saltist 30 – “Friend Rod/ Back up”
9-6 XXH Predator w/ 700TE – Rubber and other monstrosities
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Posts: 233
Location: Iowa | 9' Hulbert Rod with 400te
9' Hulbert Rod with luna 300
8'6" TICA with luna 300
8'6" TICA with 6600 abu
7'6" st croix premier with 6600 abu
7'3" fig rig extreme with curado 300E
Have a couple of other fig rigs that I don't use any more. And my first muskie rod which was 6'3" cablelas tourneytrail.
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Posts: 208
| St Croix 7' 6" XH The Jerk married to Curado 300 EJ- Just like the name JERK BAITS which i love!
PREDATOR H 9' married to Luna 300- Topwater, crankbaits, twitch baits, spinnerbaits. Can do anything with this set up with the exception of big rubber, big blades and big ?
BIG NASTY CUSTOM 9' 6" H Engaged to Trinadad Gold 14- All Blades! Nasty loves Trinny but is not willing to tie the knot. There's some hot looking prospects down the block? Stay tuned!
PREDATOR XH 9' 6"- Two wives, Calcutta 400 TE & 700 TE- Big Rubber Rod |
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| St Croix Legend Big Dawg w/ Calcutta 401TE
St Croix Legend Big Nasty w/ Calcutta 401 TE
St Croix Legend Sling Blade w/ Avet MXJ
St Croix Legend The Jerk w/ Curado 301E
St Croix Legend Classic Jerk w/ Curado 301E
Back up Esox Rod, Musky Innovations and Shimano along with back up Abu Winch, Record 61 and C4.
I just love those Legend Rods!! |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | St. Croix Premier 8' MH w/ revo toro- small lures
Okuma 8'6" XH w/ revo toro winch- double 10's
TI 9' xh with pflueger trion- big lures
Gander IM8 7'6" MH with abu c3- misc |
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| 1. 8.6 Ft Slingblade - Saltist 30
2. Musky Innovation 8.6 XHvy - Calcutta 400TE
3. St Croix Legend Tourney 8 ft Hvy - Revo Toro
4. Loomis 7.6 Hvy - Revo Toro HS |
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Posts: 125
Location: Barnesville MN | 2-St Croix Legend The Jerk w/ Curado 300
St Croix Legend Lipstip w/Toro 50HS
St Croix Slingblade w/Toro 6o winch
2- St Croix Legend Big Dawg 1 w/ Calcutta 700te, 1 w/Toro 60hs
St Croix Legend Big Nasty w/Toro 60
plus a few other misc rods I don't use Musky Innov. , Tackle Ind. & St Croix Premiers.
Gotta love those legends once you add 4" to the handles. |
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Location: MN | St. Croix LT Big Dawg extended 8'9" w/ Calcutta 700TE - Awesome Big Rubber Rod
MI Super Mag extended 8'3" w/ Trinidad 16N - Fall Mammoth Sue Rod & Backup
St. Croix LT Slingblade 8'6" w/ Calcutta 400B - Everything Rod
Avaio 9ft H w/ Trinidad 14N - Blade Rod
St. Croix Premier 7ft w/ Curado 300 or Penn 965 - Jerkbait Rod
Ancient Gander IM7 7'6" w/ Okuma Convector 30 - Small Cranks Trolling
Shimano TDR 8ft w/ Okuma Convector 45 - Big Cranks Trolling
I can't say enough good things about the St. Croix Legend Tournament Rods, absolutely love them. This year will likely add a Thorne Predator with Tranx and an Okuma EVX H as a planer board rod. |
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| 8'6 xh big bait Fenwick elite tech w/ trinidad 16na for blades
8'6 monster mag MI pro rod w/torium 16 big rubber
7'6 h jerkbait fenwick elite tech w/revo toro 60hs suicks, phantoms, gliders
9' trolling fenwick elite tech w/saltist 20
want a croix legend tourney slingblade or a predator for blades and also want to put a 300ej on my 7'6 jerk rod and get another rod for smaller bucktails and put the hs on there. |
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Posts: 1638
Location: Minnesota | for me its Shimano all the way for reels
6 400 te
1 700 te
2 tekota
1 trinidad tn 14
as for rods
1 ti xxh
9 thorn bros rods from 6 foot to 9foot
having a 9'8' built know for the 2 pounder thinking of putting the tranx on that one |
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Posts: 159
| 1. St. Croix Premier 8'6 4-10 oz with Revo Torro 60 5:4 for Mag Dawgs, Double Dawgs, Pounders, 10 inch Jakes, bigger baits etc..
2. St. Croix Premier 8'6 2-6 oz with Revo Torro 60 Winch for Double Cowbirls
3. St. Croix Premier 8'' 2-6 oz with Revo Torro 60 5:4 for topwater, gliders, smaller bucktails, smaller baits.
3 Really good setups---my favorite is probably the 8' foot rod with the 5:4 Torro--really light, fast, just a great feeling rod for all purpose, especially topwaters.
That rod seems so much lighter and well balanced than the others--and they are all light and well balanced.
For my money the best bang for the buck are still the St. Croix Premier series--especially now that they have the longer rods available--they just feel better to me than the other "cheaper" brands I have tried.
Good thread--love to see what everyone is using---lost of cash represented in the above mentioned setups!
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Posts: 150
Location: Central Minnesota | TI 9' MH with a Trinidad 16 NA - Burning blades
TI 9' XXH with a Saltist 30 Levelwind - Big rubber and slow rolling big blades
TI 8' XH with a Calcutta 400 TE - Everything rod.
Scheels Outfitters 6'6'' H with Abu Record 60 - Jerkbaits and for new fisherman in the boat. |
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Posts: 532
Location: Ogden, UTAH 10 minutes from pineview reservoir | awesome responses from everyone! awesome to see so many types of rod and reel combos. thanks again for all the input |
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| I probably have 20 plus rods and 20 plus reels. In the boat I will often have 4 or 5 setups rigged and ready on the deck to grab at a moments notice. The Tackle Industry rods are amongst my favorites for rods and I have a lot of different reels depending on application.
The thing that surprises me the most from all these posts is how few people actually use what I call in my boat real jerkbait rods. (shorter stiffer rods) I still have 2 6' rods that see a lot of use and catch a lot of fish every year. |
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Posts: 115
| St Croix LT Big Dawg w/ Calcutta 401TE - big plastics
two St Croix LT Big Nasty w/ Calcutta 401 TE - everything - blades, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, swimbaits, plastics - dawgs, tubes, swimbaits
St Croix LT The Jerk w/ Curado 301E - jerkbaits
St Croix LT Big Gulp LTM711HMF w/Curado 310E - jigs, traps, small stuff
My favorites are the Big Nasty and the Big Gulp. Picked up a LTMU86MHF Long ranger at the Chicago show. Might be a new favorite...
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Posts: 196
| 8' St Croix premier / calcutta ct400
St. Croix legend tournament mega swimbait rod with thorne bros extended handle / calcutta 400B
St. Croix legend tournament slingblade / Calcutta 400B
St. Croix legend tournament big dawg / calcutta 400B
8' gander mountain im6 / calcutta 250
reaction strike 8 6 pounder rod calcutta ct 700
Can anyone see a pattern here? lol I got one calcutta thanks to Steve Jonesi and now that's all I want to use! I honestly haven't found anything that I can't throw with one. I do really like the curado 300E and have considered getting one and would also like to get another big dawg for the 700 I don't really enjoy the reaction strike like I do the big dawgs. All rods are full cork, I can't get used to a split grip. |
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Rod and reel arsenal?