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Location: Illinois | What are some fairly cheap trolling rods? What length should I use for trolling with planer boards? |
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Location: oswego, il | Cheapest are the berkely big game rod you can buy or order from walmart. 22 bucks. Has an extra long butt end for fighting fish. |
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Location: Wisconsin | Shimano TDR 8' HVY. $35. Tom |
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| A little more expensive but I started using an Okuma Battle Cat rod this year in 8' heavy action and I really like it. |
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| im with mmo.it's my first okuma product,it quickly became my no1 trolling rod. it's a 2 piece but first piece is located at the handle portion,it's really tight so there is no problem.it's all white so it look really nice,and all the guides are made out of alu so it's wire ready if needed |
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| I'd like to know how the 8 foot Battle Cats handle the really big ,hard pulling baits...is the action too soft? |
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Location: US | I use berkley big game as well as shakespeare tidewater. Both cheap and work fairly well.
These are all I've ever used though so no basis for comparison. |
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| I've been using it with a 12" Headlocks, Mattlocks and a tx44 board with no issues. |
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Location: Illinois | Is there a certain length i should buy, or is it personal preference? |
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Location: oswego, il | The longer the rod, the farther back the person fighting the fish will need to be from the person netting the fish. I used to use 9ft rods, now use 7ft rods. The shorter rods work better with a bimini top as well. |
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Location: Illinois | Thank you! |
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Location: Illinois | What action do you use? |
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| Old Guy - 7/25/2018 12:28 PM
I'd like to know how the 8 foot Battle Cats handle the really big ,hard pulling baits...is the action too soft?
that's how your guides should like at your tiger https://internal.bdoutdoors.com/2010/09/838762_a6ebbb7eaf22e6848f774... |
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| TMuskyFisher - 7/25/2018 5:59 PM
What action do you use? This
https://www.amazon.com/219094-Okuma-Battle-Casting-BC-C-802H/dp/B00F... |
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| Supertrollr There are Ugly Stik Tigers which were labelled on the rods with model number BWC2201 called a MED with a very flexible tip which quickly ran into the very heavy bottom half of the rod....and the model BWC2202 labelled MED HVY with an extremely firm action, very little tip flexibility,it is a beast, not at all what I would call med-hvy, extra heavy would be a better description. Could you please tell us which one you use that you posted about above? Thanks for your posts. |
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| bwc2202 7 f, med hvy, it will bent with a deep diver cranks and also with shallow lure,and will get enough back bones to hook em good |
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Location: MN | A rod I've been looking at is the Rippin' Lips Super Cat. They run $40-50, come in 1 or 2 piece, stainless guides, and the 8' H model looks like it might have enough power to use with suckers. Most of the cheaper catfish rods are a bit too flimsy to use with quick strikes.
Anyone try one of these? |
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| not me but from what i have read, that rod is not that good,for big fish, it's more suited for channel cat, a rod that could handle big blue and flathead is more what you want for musky. if you want to pay more for something as tuff as uglystick and battle cat you can also try these. http://tomcatrods.com/product/heavy-tomcat-custom-catfish-rod-custo... a friend have them and i have been really happy about the action |
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Location: Vilas County, WI | Good info here - lots of options.
I went with Shimano Sojourn 8' Heavy. 50 bucks each.
I chose these because I don't troll a lot... so they're adequate. Can be used with boards, headlocks to 22 Shorts, down rods, all no problem.
Plus if I ever break one of my good rods, I have these trolling rigs on board that can quickly become a backup casting rod if necessary.
Lastly, I use them for my sucker rods in the fall.
Multi-purpose so I can justify having 3 of them at that price point.
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