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Location: Ontario | I am looking at purchasing a new outfit for this application. There are extensive posts on double 10 and larger baits, but what are you guys using for the smaller to midsize bucktails/spinner baits?
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Location: Bowling Green, KY | Honestly, and old flippin' stick and a Shimano Curado 200 serve the purpose quite nicely for me. Most flippin' sticks have shorter handles than musky rods and therefore "fish long". I find it just as easy to do deep figure 8's with my 7 1/2 ft. flippin' stick as I do with my 8 foot musky rods because most of blank is in front of the reel. I also drop back to 50 or 65 pound braid. This combo works great for blue fox musky bucks and mepps giant killers and such. Its also great for smaller musky crankbaits and bass sized spinnerbaits and buzzbaits. Let's face it the reason we use such heavy tackle for muskies is more to handle the lures than the fish. |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | I have an older gander mountain 7' MH IM8 muskie rod that I really like for lighter or smaller stuff. This rod is ridiculously light, paired with a revo toro 50 it feels like ultralight gear compared to set-ups I use for dawgs or double 10's. I mostly use this combo while fishing from shore or wading. I still stick with 80 lb line because I tend to snag a lot of logs or rocks deep in the river and 80lb usually allows me to straighten hook or pull the lure out, have tried 65 and lighter and lost too many lures.
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Location: Iowa Great Lakes | Same combo I throw 10's on, 9' H Predator with a Toro 60. Just for giggles I thew double 7's on my XXH 9' with a 30 Salstist worked fine. |
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Location: Sycamore, IL | I really like the St. Croix Mojo Bass swim bait rod paired with a Revo Toro 50 and 65lb suffix braid...It's 7'9'' and very lightweight...this has been a great combo for lots of small bait applications...have fun!
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | For a lower price point I would recommend trying the okuma 8'6" heavy evx rod. Nice soft tip w/ the backbone to lay pn a fish for hooksets. I use this rod for single bladed small tails, tail-rotating topwaters, and up to double 8s at times. |
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| i agree with Slamr... i have an 8' hvy okuma Evx.. not the telescoping.. it's a lightweight rod i got for under $100. i paired it with a revo 5:1 and this setup just slings your average bucktail. You can also cast it a mile or finesse fish with it if needed. This rod is definately NOT for dbl 10's. Way too soft, but i have thrown small bucker spinners with ease all the way up to Hifin bucktails with double blades (small #7's) |
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Location: central illinois | St. Croix Premier 8ft. 3/4-3oz. Shimano Curado 300 for small stuff. |
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| Legend Tournament Top N Tail split grip with a Revo Toro 50. Possibly my favorite rod I own because it's so light and the reel balances perfectly with the rod. |
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| Legend Tournament Top N Tail, my favorite for sure. I have my rigged with a Curado, I can fish this rod all day without any fatigue, and its a pleasure to fish with it. Haven't lost a single fish on it yet. |
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| after going from a 8'6" to a 7' I don't like going in to the 8's with a shorter rod after just using a longer one. I would try slamr's advice too. |
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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Lamiglas 8’ heavy! Great rod for smaller style baits. This is the rod in my hand most of the time in the MI opener. Use it for throwing bucktails and smaller twitch baits. Also found out this past spring it is a great rod for throwing smaller tubes like the 6” Tigertube. Like the rest of the Lamiglas lineup the rod has great backbone, but a soft tip. Really helps in keeping fish on and loading the rod up for casting with minimal effort. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | Send me an email. 8'XH for $110 delivered if you want one.
[email protected]
Next week I will have 12 rod lines ready to ship and will also be doing a special with Big Wood Musky Lures (Kyle) and Musky Tackle Online (Aaron). Adding 6 lines of 9' telescopic rods to my lineup (3 powers, split grips or solid 18" fat cork handles).
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| Tackle Industries - 9/15/2010 8:13 AM
Send me an email. 8'XH for $110 delivered if you want one.
[email protected]
Next week I will have 12 rod lines ready to ship and will also be doing a special with Big Wood Musky Lures (Kyle ) and Musky Tackle Online (Aaron ). Adding 6 lines of 9' telescopic rods to my lineup (3 powers, split grips or solid 18" fat cork handles ).
James
Dang, that's flippin sweet! |
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Location: New Jersey | Legend top and tail for sure, the lightest strongest rod you can get. I havent lost a fish on it yet either.
I have an extra one if you are interested. In like new condtion.
Rob |
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