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Location: Northern Wisconsin | i bought a new premier 8 ft mh at the chicago show and its been so cold ive been
afraid it will break if i use it. today its 40-42 degrees. is it safe to use it today on a
local river or is it still too cold? i need quick response so i can go out and fish!
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Location: searchin for 50 | No it's not to cold Go fishing and post results it's all ice ice baby up here in cheeseland 
Edited by Raider150 2/19/2007 12:19 PM
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| ??? I've spent the last two days (2-17 & 2-18) at Kinkaid trolling with my Croix's, 22-36 degree air temp, (too cold to cast--the reels freeze up) and the water temps were 36-37.
I troll with the tips down in the water, had the rods load up a couple of times when the bait got hung up...and these rods are several years old but still dear to me, and they've got a lot of seasoning to them in the way of chipped finishes and busted thread wraps.
Where did you hear you shouldn't use them in these conditions? I've used St. Croix rods for years, and have never heard this except around Boy Scout campfires, between the ghost stories and the tale about missing lunatic from the local asylum.
Al Nutty
Kinkaid Lake Guide Service
Been Nutty all my life...the insanity is a recent affliction!!! |
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Location: Musky Tackle Online, MN | If you've got open water and your season is open, get out there and start chuckin'!!! Pretty much all I use late in the fall are St. Croix Premiers. Lots of days with sub freezing temps. I've been out using them in temps as low as 10 degrees, abusing them pretty hard. Never had a problem in 5 years of hard use at that time of year.
Aaron |
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Location: IN | You always take a risk using graphite rods in cold conditions. The Premiers are sturdy rods and hold up well in the cold so most likely you won't have a problem. However, X amount of rods are going to fail under such conditions. It might be yours it might not. |
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