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| Recently moved and I'm located near a 220 acre lake that is heavily stocked with musky. (3-5per acre depending on year) I don't have access to a boat or kayak so I'm going to try to fish these from shore. I have enough trout bass rods but I'm looking for something to target musky, pike, and maybe the odd catfish day. From what I hear 8'6"-9" is ideal length but I see old school guys saying 5'-6'. So confused there. My main question is MH, H, XH.. Most I looked at in store are MH, every post is saying Heavy. I'm a mobile angler and I pack light, so I won't be taking a lot of different tackle and I don't want a enormous pole to carry around either. I'll probably stick with spoons, buck tails, jerkbaits. |
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| 9'6" telescopic tackle industries in heavy power goes down to 8'0" for transport or walking through weeds and trees. Plenty of power to fish any lure long enough to keep and use out of a boat later in life, a moderate action so that you can use it for cats, they load up great and many people will say James the owner of ti is a great guy who stands with his products. The action of ti rods is why I suggest this to you. Longer rods give advantage back to the fish but make casting farther easier, old timers are stuck in there way. I started with 7' rods and have only 8.5' to 10.5 ' rods now..... |
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Location: Metro | How thick is the tree cover around this lake. I think you are going to have some issues with any sized rod if there is a lot of cover around the water. |
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| Covers not an issue it a friendly shore fisherman lake. If a tree is in my way wading a few feet is double at most sections. |
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| I'm no expert on this, but have you looked into surf rods? I know they throw some heavier lures for stripers and they have good backbone for fighting fish and can cast a mile. Something to check out possibly. Good luck. |
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| Surf rod would be overkill on this lake. I'll swing it litterally across the pond. I'm starting to gather a MH 8' to 9' should serve my purposes. I don't see myself purchasing 10oz+ baits anytime too soon. 5" cranks, bucks, spoons should be able to get me action if it's a pike, walleye, or bass. So if that sounds like stupid reasoning let me know. |
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| I use 8's when shore fishing. Id bring 9's if they would fit in my car. 8's get the job done just fine though. |
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Location: Chicago, IL | 8ft MH or H action would probably be best for shore fishing. Easier to hike with between spots and you can cast better in tighter quarters. Spool up with 65 or 80lb test power pro and finish it with a quality steel or flouro leader and you'll be set. Good luck, man. Catching muskies from shore is a thrill. You should make sure you carry all the proper release tools too- long needle nose pliers, jaw spreaders, bolt/hook cutters, measuring tape and fish handling gloves (old baseball batting gloves work great).
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| Do not go less than Heavy and 8'. MH is a very limited rod.
St Croix H will cast light stuff and mag dawgs - which u will eventually graduate to even though u think u won't (been there done that)
Tackle Industries are great rods and the XH in that lineup is a great choice. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | If you really want to launch some baits out and cover a lot of area try out a TI 10'6" XH or XXH. You can really bomb your baits out.
https://tackleindustries.com/shop/musky_pike_fishing_rods/9-telescop...
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| How deep is the water that you will be fishing? I don't know man but fishing from shore with mag dawgs sounds like it could get costly with the possibility of snags. I would go with a 8' mh rod for lighter bucktails, spinnerbaits, surface lures, or twitch'in smaller minnow baits. kdawg |
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| A MH musky rod is so 80's. But I've had a few beers so what the heck do I know.
Rewind to a time when Mepos musky marabous and bobbies were a big bait.
It's gotten so crazy. I remember the first time I threw a cowgirl. My buddy and I killed ourselves laughing. "Who would reel these in and look at that wake". Lol.
Now I throw pounders for 8 hours at a time. And a mag dawg feels light. What happened.
Just buy the MH.
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| Here's my take as a guy who wade fishes for musky. I actually use a 7' rod, because doing a proper figure 8 while standing in 2 or 3 ft. of water it tough to do with an 9+ ft. rod. In a boat where you have depth to plunge the rod down 4 or more ft. then a long rod is really a good thing. When a fish follows your lure right up to your ft. in 1 ft or so deep water, having the control with a shorter rod is better. However, I should conclude with a statement that this is just my personal opinion as I am not a professional or expert on the subject. |
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| 8'6" ToothTamer in MH will handle and cast just about all your baits very well... from cast to hook up. One of the most versatile rods out there!
My 2-cents. |
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| Dante,
Is the shore free of trees or full of trees ?
Because if free of trees you could use longer rods ( up to 10' ) instead if full of trees you have to use shorter rods (up to 9' ).
A suggestion : use 2- piece rods ( they are more transportable when you have to move around the lake ).
Tackle Industries has many 2-piece rods. I hope that TI build 2-piece 10' rods.
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Location: NE PA | Lucky Craft Man - 8/31/2016 10:56 PM
Here's my take as a guy who wade fishes for musky. I actually use a 7' rod, because doing a proper figure 8 while standing in 2 or 3 ft. of water it tough to do with an 9+ ft. rod. In a boat where you have depth to plunge the rod down 4 or more ft. then a long rod is really a good thing. When a fish follows your lure right up to your ft. in 1 ft or so deep water, having the control with a shorter rod is better. However, I should conclude with a statement that this is just my personal opinion as I am not a professional or expert on the subject.
I agree with this statement. A longer rod works well if you will be strictly fishing from the bank, but when wading I think a long rod becomes cumbersome and awkward especially when trying to figure 8. That being said, it is one of the most exciting strikes when a fish hammers the bait in the figure 8 wading. Good luck! |
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Location: Florida | Whats the lightest braided line and leader do you guys recommend for a shore muskie fishing? |
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| 65lb or 80lb braid, 100lb flurocarbon leader is what I'd recommend |
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Location: Florida | smithy97 - 9/14/2016 2:06 PM
65lb or 80lb braid, 100lb flurocarbon leader is what I'd recommend
Thank you, what do you think about tyger wire leader in 30-50 pound test strength? |
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Location: Minneapolis | I like tyger wire, but I would use 70# or 90# test. It tends to wear at the knot and can fail. 70# is quite supple. |
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Location: Florida | Ok I will use 70-90 pound test tyger wire leader for Muskie/Pike or 100 pound flouro. |
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Location: Cottage Grove, Mn | Shore Muskies,
Hi:
I am presently using a 9' Ricky Stik and a 12' Penn surf rod. I like the 12' better. I'm fishing an upper Midwest river approx 2 city blocks wide, depth to 45' deep. The river has cats, pike, muskies SMB and LMB....huge carp , and sturgeon. For cats I typically throw punch baits, with 2 or 3 oz sliding weights. Otherwise I throw big spinnerbaits, Depthraider, Believers, Maina cranks, Grandmas etc... I add a 1 ounce snag hook to add weight for distance. Reels are either Abu 5600C, 600C Shimano Bantam 50's. 80# Cortland Spectron, 130 fluorocarbon leaders.....Big jigs are from Pat Smith at Thorne Bros.
All hooks are barbless, I like being able to pull out easily!
good luck
dennis
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