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Location: lansing, il | but they are fun to catch, especially when the musky are not bitin! i know alot of you guys enjoy smallie fishin as well, so whats your favorite rod (not brand) mainly size and action for chasin smallies. |
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| 6 foot 6 inch medium action spinning rods and smaller sized spinning reels with 6 to 10 pound mono |
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | I have a 7'6'' MH bass pro flippin' stick with a pflueger trion baitcaster that makes a good crossover musky/bass rod. It has 30lb power pro on it and works great for spinnerbaits. |
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Location: Madison, WI | 6'6" medium action fast tip rod trion baitcaster, and 50 lb powerpro. 7'0" MH spincaster 12 lb mono for flippin tubes.
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Location: oswego, il | 6'6" med action st croix spinning reel with a shimano 200 spirex with 8lb trilene on one spool and 10lb fireline on another. Have a lighter setup with a 6' falcon light action rod with a shimano 1000 spirex and 10lb fireline. I caught several bass sunday after my musky jaunt over the weekend. |
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Location: Holly, MI | Bass can save the day. I have a 2 piece 6'6" St Croix with a Shimano Calais on it that lives in my car! Never know when you might drive by a place where you "have" to stop and make a couple of casts. I also use a Gander Mtn Gsx Tournament that I got for $30 in their going out of business sale (local store only). I love that rod and use it for pike and bass. I have the baby ABU on it (4601) that has the 6.3:1 ratio. It will really burn in a trap but can be hard to slow down for slow rolling.
Bass/pike lakes..10 of them within 15 miles. Musky fishing for me..About an hour and a half each way  |
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Location: lansing, il | great stuff guys....i do alot of tube jigging... im leanin on a 7ft med weight... now what would be the prefered tip action ...fast , moderate, or slow??? gimmie some feedback.
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Location: Chicago | FAST |
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Location: Minneapolis,Minnesota | I do most of my Smallie fishing on the Miss and St. Croix river....I like my 7' Med action fast Avid with a Shimano Citica and 12# Gamma for spinnerbaits, cranks and topwaters.
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Location: Madison, WI | 7' fast tip is all you need for flipping tubes. |
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Location: Holly, MI | saved the day yesterday afternoon. No 'skis but my 7 yr old was happy to land this nice Smallie...
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Location: Algonquin, ILL | Last Night I caught a 6 lb LM from my pond an hour later I got the same fish, does it count as 1 or 2 
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Location: oswego, il | John, you have it made. Walk 30ft and your fishing. I need to hit my spots during the week again, just hope the one has recovered from the bucket people. |
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Location: Chicago, Beverly | 6'6" med action spinning(Legend), I think its a fast tip... something with a bit of backbone though, not too whippy... and usually I run 8lbs maxima chameleon or 8lbs trilene xl for the line on one of the shimano reels I have...
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| 6' Falcon medium action rod with a Pinnacle 25 reel loaded with 6# trilene xl.
And, you shoul float the Jack's Fork river, down in the Ozarks, for a few days of KILLER action. Un-friggin-believable fishing, and you camp out of your canoe. Like backpacking. Best I did was 65 miles (into the Current River) over 10 days. River time hits on the 3'rd day. River time....when you adjust your inner clock to the flow of the river. Live river time, bro, and you'll, well....I thing zero gravity sex mignt be the only better thing. |
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Location: Davenport, IA | For smallies I love my 6'2" Medium Light Shimano Clarus rod with a Guide series GS150 reel. Smoooooth drag hasn't cost me any big fish that like to run and jump. 6 lb test McCoy Mean Green fishing line helps a lot. It has very, very low memory. (almost like fishing braid, but works much better on spinning reels than braid does) |
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Location: Ft. Wayne, Indiana | I like using my 7' med ugly stick with a shimano sahara 1500 with 8 pound line.
I caught a couple today actually.
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| I like baitcasting rods. My best Bass rod would be a Falcon 6'10"- 5 power baitcasting rod. I have a Cara and a XG lowrider- there is hardly any difference in feel. Save the $$ and get a XG lowrider. Super rod for anything over 1/4oz- (1/8 & 1/4oz)buzzbaits, big worms, pitchin, jigs and spinnerbaits. Best light action rod- smallies Castaway HG40- 6'6" MED. Great for throwing light baits with a light tip and good backbone,Same goes for the Falcon. Both rods around $90.Another good smallie rod- Berkley Series one 7 med. - more like a med. Light(discont- I think),but a $60 rod. |
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