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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada | Might be a dumb question, How does a rod with this lure rating work as a Pounder rod?
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | Like most St Croix rods the lure weight rating is under what it handles well. It does a decent job with pounders but I really prefer the Big Dawg. |
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| Not a great pounder rod. |
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Location: Land of the Musky | IMO your going to be happier with a heavier SC rod for pounders. I am sure this will work OK but it will probably load up a little too much. |
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Location: Montreal, Que. Canada | Will,
A buddy of mine has the G.Loomis 8' Mega mag do you think the Big dawg with the extra 6"s will make a difference?
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Location: St.John, Indiana | St.Croix makes some good rods ,but none of them are for throwing pounders. |
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Location: Oswego, IL | If you have happened to buy this big nasty and now want the big dawg ill trade you one without a scratch on it... |
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| I've used some of the other more common big rubber rods and I personally love the big nasty for big rubber. I used it for monster medussas and think it works not just decently but very well. |
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Location: Grand Rapids, MI | DH.Pare - 5/13/2014 3:19 PM Will, A buddy of mine has the G.Loomis 8' Mega mag do you think the Big dawg with the extra 6"s will make a difference? D I've only tried that Loomis once and it was an OK rod the Big Dawg length would be noticeable (surprisingly). Would it make a difference? The extra is on the tip and not the butt so it should make a difference fighting fish and also makes the rod capable of handling a wider variety of lures. Esocidae - 5/13/2014 6:56 PM St.Croix makes some good rods ,but none of them are for throwing pounders. Huh? |
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | Esocidae - 5/13/2014 5:56 PM
St.Croix makes some good rods ,but none of them are for throwing pounders.
Just because they don’t have any rods that go to 16 oz or higher, doesn’t mean they don’t have a pounder rod. I used a Big Dawg for 3 days straight last fall throwing pounders and I had no problems. |
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Location: Michigan | Esocidae - 5/13/2014 6:56 PM
St.Croix makes some good rods ,but none of them are for throwing pounders.
The Big Dawg is basically made for pounders and does an amazing job throwing them. I throw pounders a lot and the Big Dawg is the best pounder rod I've used. It has a little softer tip than most 'pounder' rods, but I think that actually helps on working the bait, hooksets, and fighting fish. |
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Location: St.John, Indiana | I throw allot of big rubber , this is just my opinion on the question at hand.
I own many St.Croix rods including the Big Dawg ,sling blade and Big Nasty in 2-6 and 3-8. In my opinion the Big Dawg' butt is to short for leveraging Hvy rubber all day. The rating may be 4-10 but the tip is to soft for my liking. I want a the rod to load just enough to help with casting but not put all the weight of the bait back on your arms/shoulder. The Big nasty 3-8 is a bucktail rod and does that job very well.
The point of having a designated big rubber rod (Pounder/monster Dussas) is not just for the ease of casting but for ripping and hook setting. I used the Big Dawg and felt it fell short in all three items. If you throw mag Dawgs or equivalent size baits ,I would recommend the Big Dawg/Big Nasty for the job . As that's what my wife throws...
Again just my opinion.
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Location: Kodiak, AK | BD is awesome on pounders! Too heavy of a rod, like a "Monster" rod hurts my back ripping baits, but the BD casts and rips well for me. I prefer the Nasty for blades. |
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| No consideration of price! You want a Tackle Industries rod XXH 9' full grip. I have owned a BigNasty and its not enough. |
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