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Location: Chaska, MN | I am looking to buy a new rod to cast big plastics like pounders and would appreciate any recommendations. |
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| Ti xxh |
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| Depending on the weight of your wallet, St. Croix DigDawg, (first choice) or TI XXH (seceond choice)
This is the rods i have personal experience with. |
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| The big dawg is lighter but does not cast pounders as easily as the Ti xxh IMO. |
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| Musky Innovation's Pro Series 9' Monster Magnum Rated 8-40oz is the best rod I have used for it.
It was designed for throwing Big rubber.
Jeff Hanson
madisonmuskyguide.com |
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| As muskyhunter says it a question of what kind of load you wan't. Imho the bigdawg cast better/the easiest. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | I use the big nasty w revo toro 6.4 w a nacl power handle and it's pretty sweet. I had a big dawg rod and it was just too stiff imo for any other use besides pounders, big nasty is a pretty good all around rod. |
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| My favorite rod to throw Pounders used to be the rod made to throw Pounders... its made by Musky Innovations. I now have two favorites with the other being an 8'5" Custom X extra heavy. It's like using a Bass rod with a Senko. For some reason I find that rod to be incredible. |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Frank is building me a custom Calstar pounder rod right now. Can not wait. Gave up on mass produced rods after my first Frank Rod. Cost is similar to the Legend Series. He is on this board, or I can send you his email if need be. |
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| TI xxh |
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| The new tooth tamer 9ft xxxh. Hands down the best rod for pounders. I've had them all TI ,big dawg ,lijewski,monster mag. In my opinion th TI and big dawg is only good for magnum size and lower. Both are super soft for pounders. Just got the new 9 ft tooth tamer and now wouldn't ever go any other route. Super happy with it with 2 16 hour days throwing poounders and monster dussas. It lays the baits out so nice every cast!!! |
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| 9' Calstar built by Frank= Rocket Launcher |
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Location: Des Moines IA | Bad News: Calstar changed their blanks, the reel seat will only go down far enough on the blank to get 8'6 out of the blank with a 18 inch handle. So that's what I went with. |
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| You might want to touch base with Dadson Custom Rods, they are building on a new blank for large plastic. Worth touching base with them before you pull the trigger. BR |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Got a St. Croix Big Nasty, same set up as BN, nice stick. |
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Location: Chaska, MN | Thanks for all the suggestions. |
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Location: Appleton Wi | tackle industries rod the one i use is rated up to a 36 ounce lure
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| Imo the 36 oz rating is way off, i used it to cast the double pounder, ( around 26 oz) and imo it's way to soft, to this cast this bait. |
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| TI XXH is the best rod for pounders I have ever used. Loads up perfectly. I have a single pc and tele XXH and both are great. Well worth the money and you will have money left for a reel!!
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Location: Lake St. Clair | Definitely a 9' TI XXH. IMO it is very similar to a st croix legend tournament but much less expensive! I have one as well as a 8' 6"musky innovations monster magnum pro series rod but I don't like it as much. The TI rod has a much longer handle which gives you much more leverage. Very easy to get good cast distance and won't beat you up. This is nice to have when you throw pounders 98% of the time from June till Dec!! |
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Location: St.John, Indiana | MI 4x Heavy Monster Mag ,Mark L. Pounder rod.
Pounders-two pounders are no problem.
I also have a Big Dawg but IMHO it is too soft to throw big rubber all day . |
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Location: Chaska, MN | What does TI mean? Who makes the rod? |
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Location: Minnesota | Tackle Industries |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | muskylure - 8/28/2013 7:29 PM
What does TI mean? Who makes the rod?
http://www.tackleindustries.com/muskypikerods.html |
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| Love my TI XXH for launching Bucketheads all day! |
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| TI is not what you want for pounders. Get a musky innovations rod or tooth tamer xxxh. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | esox4130 - 8/29/2013 6:22 AM
TI is not what you want for pounders. Get a musky innovations rod or tooth tamer xxxh.
And why don't we want a TI rod? |
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| Because he things theres something out there there is better?
The Best thing would be if you could try Them on The water and se what you prefer yourself. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Best rod to cast pounders? LT Big Nasty. Best rod to fish them with? LT Big Dawg. The full grip Big Dawg is more than 3oz lighter than the TI rod and the Big Nasty is nearly 2oz lighter. |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Zinox - 8/29/2013 8:16 AM
Because he things theres something out there there is better?
The Best thing would be if you could try Them on The water and se what you prefer yourself.
I get that he thinks there's something better, but tell us why it's better.
I assume the only way to try them on the water is find someone who has them, there's no company that lets you demo them like you can demo other sports equipment is there? |
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| I plan to have a custom built for these baits this winter. That doens't really answer the question, but if you are looking for "The Best" rod for a specific lure, then I would suggest that custom is the way to go.
My big factors will be rod weight, length, and how it loads on the cast. I'm currently fishing this kind of stuff with a 9-6 XXH Predator. It balances well with the Tranx PG (which makes a big difference in endurance) and handles the figure 8 / rips very well. However, it doesn't load up quite to my liking, making the cast more work than it should be. (ironically it casts 13s ver well) The point here is that only with a custom can you put all these factors into play and find the best mix for you. If you change the parameters to something like "best for under $200" then the answer changes. |
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| Money aside, Tackle Industries all the way. MI rods are pool sticks. I have heard good things about Tooth Tammer rods from a buddy but have never owned one. I was a hard core St Croix user before I started using TI rods. Best pounder rods I have ever used and super light. |
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Location: Denmark | I think what Zinox is really trying to say is, that the answer to your question, is very much dependent on the affiliated brands of certain fishing sites. In the Myskyhunter forum, St Criox is the answer, on the Next Bite, Bass Pro Shops Musky rods, Esoxhunt members seems to favor Reactionstrike Bulldawg series etc.
Many people judge their fishing rods from the following criterias below. TI rods scores high in those criteria, so thats why people like them. But so does Ct Criox, Reactionstrike, etc.
1. Casting and fish handling.
2. Price
3 Ergonomics.
4. Rod finish.
Personally the rods action, means a lot to me, and actions sometimes differs, even within the same rod series. And unfortunately there are only one way to find out what rod that fits your needs. and that is to try them out. Maybe if you show up to one of the outings arranges by Muskies First, (and try some of the rods used by the guys), you would find your dream rod faster.
I could fish any rod in a given situation, if I have to, but I am a strong believer in 8" and 6,6" footers. This leaves me with only a few brands to choose from. |
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Location: Denmark | gordonmann69 - 8/29/2013 1:28 PM
Money aside, Tackle Industries all the way. MI rods are pool sticks. I have heard good things about Tooth Tammer rods from a buddy but have never owned one. I was a hard core St Croix user before I started using TI rods. Best pounder rods I have ever used and super light.
MI Rods,now Reactionstrike Bulldawg Series, have something like 70 models to choose from!, what model exactly are you referring to?. I am asking because I fish the 8" 10oz, and it's a dream blank for the beginner or average angler, as it loads sufficiently with a DC8's and throws a magnum as far as you want. |
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Best rod to cast pounders?