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Location: Milwaukee, WI | What length and lure rating do people like for jerks and glider top water? Why?? |
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Location: Ludington, MI | It's personal from person to person. I have a 7'6". It is easy to work and short enough that I can work lures with my rod tip down. Some people don't work lures with the rod tip down though. Some also have decks of different heights. |
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| 7'6 for me also, tried to go longer this year but way to little control in my opinion |
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| 8.5' doesn't bother me or the action? |
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Location: Apparently where the Muskie aren't | Currently I only have 1 rod that I use. It's 8'9" and I think it works great for walking baits. My other rod is a old 6' or 6'6" that I don't like at all. I think it's way easier to use the longer rod. I don't plan on ever getting a rod shorter than my 8'9". I might even get rid of it eventually and go up to a 9'. If I was you I'd go at least 8'6". It is a little weird to work the walking baits at first since you need to work more to the side but you'll figure it out pretty quick. I'm only 5' 8" so I doubt you'll have any issues.
Why do I think it's better? Well, although I haven't got to set the hook on a muskie yet I feel that when I'm working the bait to the side I'm Ina better position to get a good hook set. Also doing figure 8s are a breeze with the longer rod. |
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Location: oswego, il | Tundrawalker makes a good point here. I works baits with the rod going across my body as opposed to vertical. I can use my 9'3" okuma for gliders and jerkbaits no problem. The advantage is fish in the 8. |
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Location: mercer wi | . |
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Location: mercer wi | I'm currently using a big nasty for gliders and jerk baits. I'm really liking the rod length over the previous 8' I was using. It just seems like less rod movement to work the lure. Just small taps for gliders and shorter pulls for jerkbaits. Which to me means less work. You don't have to work the rod so much to work the lure. I'm also using a tranx 400 5 gear. Don't need huge line pickup with shorter movement with rod
O yea I keep the rod pointed straight at the lure, not worked down or to the side, OK I guess a little downward |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | So call me a dinosaur ( I've been called lots worse ) I started fishing suicks with a 5'6" Fenwick pool cue and about 35 years ago I switched to a St. Croix 6'6" which I continue to use and like. Today my body limits me to an hour or so casting at a time and my main focus has become trolling on the Larry. |
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Location: Contrarian Island | I work my gliders w the rod to the side, not down, to me I get better hook ups.. using an 8' Top n Tail for jerks and gliders currently.. like it overall... for big gliders like a 10" phantom or some of the bigger jerkbaits I use a 9 footer |
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| I had a st. Croix jerk.... I actually sold it because I now like using my 8' 6" better. |
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Location: Waukee, IA | 8' Mojo. I'm approximately 6" taller than the average fisherman so I figured it was about right for me. |
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| I like my St. Croix's for jerkbaits (a technique I use a lot). I like 8' fast action with 1.5 to 4+ oz. baits (regardless if they are shallow runners or deep runners). |
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| For smaller gliders (e.g., baby squirko, 6" phantom or 8" hellhound) and smaller wtd topwater baits (baby weagle or jackpot), I like a 7'6" MH. Especially with these small gliders, I like to work the bait very quickly at times and a shorter, lighter rod is easier to manipulate and causes less fatigue overall. For regular-sized jerks, dive/rise style, larger gliders and WTD topwater, I use a longer rod. 8'6" with a heavy action. |
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| I still use my old 6-9 avid jerk bait rod. Old habits are hard to break I guess. I like that I can make real accurate casts when throwing next to lay downs & pockets. Also I fish alone a lot and netting fish using a shorter rod is easier. That being said I know my 8's are much better when I use my longer rods. I know I lost a good fish a while back on my 6-9 when it hit right away on a long cast. Maybe using a longer rod and picking up the slack line faster I could have stuck her better. Maybe so, maybe no. Fish get off. It happens. It's part of the game.
I'm gonna start using my longer rods with my gliders & jerks to see if I can get comfortable with them. Heck yesterday I even had a bass guy question why I was using such a short rod when I was tossing a Squirko with my 6-9! |
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Location: Dixon, IL | I use 5 ft 6 inch heavy rod years ago and caught 48 inch. Now I like 7 ft 6 inch because I am 5 ft 9 inch tall! I cant do longer rod! 8 ft for crankbait, bucktail etc. |
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Location: Tomahawk, WI | I used to think that a 7'6" Heavy/Fast was the only way to go. I am realizing now that a slightly longer rod will work better for my situation. That situation is just a higher boat deck than what I had in the past. What this means to the original question posted here, is that every angler has a different need for the length of their Jerk-bait rods. The one common factor is not going to be the length, it will be the power and action that makes a Jerk-bait rod work well. I think most of us would agree that a heavy or extra heavy rod with a fast or extra fast tip will make the best Jerk-bait rods. |
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