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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Idea: let's ALL list our top 5-10 rod/reel combos we currently own (no fantasy, if I had all the money in the world I would own...) and what we use them for. Make this a thread to keep pinned for a while to aid those with the consistent question of "what is the best combo for double10s/big rubber/jerks".
Let's hear'em! |
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Location: Contrarian Island | I'll play:
8'9" Custom Pre China Diamondback XH, Tranx HG...Burning blades rod
8'6" St Croix Sling Blade, Abu Revo Toro Winch w TE power handle...for bucktails @ night
9' St Croix Big Nasty, Tranx HG....big plastics rod
9' Custom Pre China Diamondback, Shimano Conquest TE....cranks, topwaters, small bucktails
8' St Croix Top n Tail, Abu Revo Toro 5.4... side to side baits (gliders/jackpots etc)'
w those 5 rods I don't need to own any others!  |
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Posts: 531
| TI 10'6"xxh PG Tranx- bucktails (all sizes), big topwater, crankbaits/swimbaits, big rubber. x2 custom built by me
St. Coix Big Nasty HG Tranx- rubber, small bucktails for burning, big phantoms custom built by me
St. Croix Big Nasty Lexa 400H- top water, bucktails, jerkbaits, twitch baits, swimbaits, etc. custom built by me
St. Croix Premiere 8'6" MH Daiwa Saltist 30- general purpose whatever rod, use for trolling as well.
St. Croix Premiere 8'3" MH Calcutta 400b- small stuff, trolling rod as well,
St. Croix Tidemaster Blank 8' H- Spinning rod- Exceler 3500- small jerkbaits, twitch baits, jigs, etc. little stuff... Just built this one to give it a try after watching Hammernick throw 4" phantoms with a spinning rod...seems like a legit plan.
Also have an 8'6" Premiere XXH that I swap in the lineup sometimes for big phantoms custom built by me
St. Croix Avid 7'6" MH sometimes this one gets to play too... little jerkbaits or jigs etc.
I guess I need a few more reels!!!
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| 8'6" Legend Elite Heavy / Revo Toro S - Small Cranks, Twitch, single blade buck tails, glides, small rubber, top water, spinners
9' Tackle Industries Tele XH / Revo Beast HS - Big blades, mag size plastics, bigger cranks, top water
9' Tackle Industries Tele XXH / Revo NACL - Pounder size rubbers
(4) 8' Shimano TDR Heavy 2 piece / Okuma Coldwater 303D - Trolling setup
I want to upgrade the NACL on the pounder setup to a beast or maybe a Lexa just to try something different than ABU. |
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Posts: 1660
Location: central Wisconsin | 9' MH Legend Elite with Beast 50 series HS- cranks, topwaters
9' Nasty with Calcutta 400 Conquest- rubber, bigger cranks
8'6" Slingblade with 400 TE - double tens
7'9" Lipstick with NACL 50 series HS- Suicks, Phantoms |
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Posts: 299
| On deck I have the following. Only thing I ever want to change is swap out the guides for Torzites.
9'8" XH Predator with a 60 Beast in the 4.9 gears for any big stuff, rubber, blades, big cranks. Kept my HG TranX in case I still want speed at times but might sell it.
9'8" H-2 Predator with a 400D for an all around rod. Topwater, cranks, spinnerbaits, slow rolling big blades. Great all around rod. Some say it's good for mag dawgs I think it sucks for that use.
9'8" MH Predator with a curado 300E. Small bucktails, burners, small topwaters, smaller cranks. Can throw any of the same baits with the H-2 but this one is even more comfortable to throw. Sees a ton of use on canada trips.
8'4" XH Predator with NACL 60. Jerkbaits of all styles. Always has a leader with just a snap and a ring no barrel swivel.
Those 4 can do anything I currently do while musky fishing. Planning to learn some creature fishing this year but plan to just experiment with the bass rods I currently own. |
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Posts: 1039
Location: North St. Paul, MN | 6'9" St. Croix Avid Heavy /6501 C4 (not made anymore) - Big jerkbaits (hang 10s, 7.5"+ phantoms, raptors, jackpots, etc.)
6'6" St. Croix Avid Medium Heavy / 6501 TC - small jerkbaits (6" phantoms, playmakers, 6" raptors)
6'9" Gander Mtn. Heavy / 6501 C3 - small twitch baits, small/single blade tails, small spinnerbaits, tail rotating topwater
7'6" St. Croix Premier Heavy / 6501 C3 - Big crankbaits, backup jerkbait rod, topwater
9' ToothTamer XH / Revo Toro 61 (not made anymore) - dbl 8s, big blades, big spinnerbaits, small rubber
9' TI XXH telescoping / Revo Toro 61 (not made anymore) - Big blades, big rubber
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Posts: 992
| Custom X 8'10XXH / Tranx HG - Big Stuff
Custom X 8'6XH / Beast 61 - Jerks/Big Gliders
Custom X 8'10H / Toro S 61 - Topwater/Spinnerbaits/Twitchers
Legend Elite 9'0 H / 401D - Everything/blades
Legend Tourney Big Nasty - 401D - Everything/jigging
Legend Tourney Long Ranger 8'6 MH - Curado 301e - small stuff |
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Posts: 750
Location: Minneapolis, MN | 9’ TI XXXH with a Diawa Saltist for pounders, double pounders, husky medussas, and monster medussas
7’6” TI XH with a Calcutta 400B for jerkbaits/gliders, twitchbaits, and topwaters
7’ MH St. Croix Triumph Musky with a Abu Garcia Revo Toro S size 50 for 4” Phantoms, Baby Squirkos, and other light baits
9’ XH Predator with a Tranx PG for everything else
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Posts: 349
| 9'8" Custom TI XH-2" one piece (built by me). Curado 300ej w/aftermarket power handle. BLADES, Blades, and blades... all shapes and sizes. I throw bucktails probably 75% of the time and this is the combo I use.
9'6" Custom TI XXH one piece (built by me). Curado 300e with power handle. I can and do throw anything in my box with this.
7'6" Custom TI XH one piece w/ micro guides (built by me). Just bought an EXO 300 6.6 for it. Gliders, jerkbaits, topwater. Super light and is a good rod for my wife to use. Also an awesome "take a break" combo.
8'6" Gander XH split grip. Made in Sweden Abu 7000. Trolling/suckers.
8'9" Gander XXH split grip. Made in Sweden Abu 7000. Trolling/sucker rod.
Both trolling/sucker rods are also great backups/loaners fully capable of throwing blades or rubber all day. |
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Posts: 1209
| 8'6" mojo XH revo beast 60 6.2- jerkbaits, top water , dogs regular-2# 180#wire leader
10'6" ti XXH with size 50 beast 4.9- new double 8-13 bucktail rod. 180# wire leader
8'6" mojo XH toro NACL 50 5.4- buck tails 8-13's, deep diving cranks 180# wire leader
8'6" mojo heavy NACL NACL 60 6.4- almost exclusively suick but add in a few miny medusas 130# flouro leader, no swivel no snap
8' mojo medium heavy revo winch- almost exclusively spinnerbaits but some meps to single 8 blades. Spring time and taking a break rod 80# flouro leader
8'6 shimono compre (telescopic) NACL 50 6.4- traveling rod, stores at 7'ish. Can use anything but 2# dogs. 180# wire leader
Waiting for the 12'. I have a 20' nitro bass boat that holds 10 musky rods and 20 bass rods at the same time only possible because of "cabellas" brand rod covers, hook guard for all musky and my treble hooked rods for bass rods and "normal" rod covers for the rest. Single handed on of the best investments you can make to store and Protect your rods. |
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Posts: 755
| 9'4 H Predator 2 off the tip 6 on the back. Tranx PG Big Gun Bucktail Rod
9' Predator H W/Shimano Conquest Small Buck tails/Slow Rolling 10's
9'3 Predator XH w/ Tranx HG; Rubber..all kinds
9 Predator MH w/ Shimano Currado EJ Small Bucktails, small cranks, Spinner baits
9'3 XXH Predator w/ 700TE Calcutta Big Cranks, BIG rubber, Cold Weather
8'0 Custom Loomis Steel 20, 2 off the tip w/ Calcutta 300D Gliders, Jerks WTD's
8'0 Custom LTS Flipping Stick Blank made into a Spinning Rod w/ 3000 Sustain. Jigs
8'6 LTS Sling Blade w/Shimano Conquest Top Water, Med Cranks, Dive & Rise
9'0 LTS Big Nasty w/ Shimano Calcutta 400D Mag Dawgs, Pounders, Medusa's
8'6 Custom Thorne Brothers E Glass w/ Shimano 500 Tekota LC; Trolling & Suckers
Life is too short to use crappy gear...
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Posts: 897
| You guys have a lot of rods!
I have a 9'XH TI rod with a 401TE for tails, rubber and prop Topwater.
8'HF Compre with a Revo Toro 61HS for everything else. |
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Posts: 670
Location: mercer wi | Just want to know how big their boats are to carry all those rods.
I have a mojo 8'6" h. Jerk, crank, anything that's side to side. Curado 300
Just got a smoking deal on 9' h elite. Otherwise would never pay that much on a rod. Bucktail, anything straight cranked. Calcutta 400d
Wife just ordered me a elk river 9' xxh for rubber rod, maybe big blades too. See how I turns out. Elk river makes a really nice product. Tranx pg
Use to have legend nasty, dawg, sling blade. |
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Posts: 1638
Location: Minnesota | 9 foot heavy predator Tranx PG Buck tails
9 foot 8 inch predator X heavy Tranx HG pounders
9 foot 8 inch predator XX Heavy Tranx HG 2 pounders
7 6 G Loomis shimano 400 TE ripping Jakes
7 6 pre China Dimond back shimano 400 TE top water
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Posts: 537
Location: Gilberts IL/Rhinelander WI | 9'2" elite H/conquest 400...everything, we'll see?
9' big nasty/ tranx HG...rubber
9' slingblade/tranx PG...blades
8'6" big dawg/401 TE...blades, rubber, bigger baits
8'4" predator H/Calcutta 400 TE...jerk baits
8'6" long ranger/conquest 400...top water, smaller baits
9'6" okuma XH/400 TE...loaner rod |
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Posts: 815
Location: Waukee, IA | 9'6" TI XH telescopic w/ NaCl 60 5.4 paddle handle. Blades up to double 8, twitch baits, dawgs/rubber up to 8oz, all purpose rod.
9' TI XXH 2-piece w/ NaCl 60 5.4 power handle. Big rubber, 10's+, Large crankbaits.
8' St Croix Mojo H w/ NaCl 60 6.3 paddle handle. WTD topwaters and jerkbaits, suicks.
8'6" Bass pro/Maina MH 2-piece w/ 6600 C4 geared down to 5.4. Small bucktails, topwater, creature jigs, girlfriend rod (light and forgiving) |
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Posts: 403
| 9'2" Predator/Revo Toro S 60 - Rubber and Bucktails
8'6" Sling Blade/Tranx -Burning Bucktails and large crank baits
8'6" Long Ranger/Calcutta 400 D - Topwater, all purpose
8' -2" Predator Hvy/Revo Toro S 60 - Jerkbaits |
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Posts: 45
| I have to keep sort of generic multi-purpose setups because I always bring a friend fishing and not many of them have their own gear.
8'6" H Slingblade/Calcutta 300D for 8s, 9s, and topwater - also used for spinnerbaits and gliders
8'6" XH Convergence/Tranx PG for 10s and larger blades mostly
8'6" XH Elitetech/Calcutta 400D for rubber - also used for spinnerbaits, blades, crankbaits, and topwater great all around setup
Two that are mainly for guests:
8'6" XH Volatile/NACL 5.4 for 9s, 10s, crankbaits, rubber
8' H Cabelas Fish Eagle/Curado 300E for spinnerbaits, small bucktails, gliders, topwater
Got a couple Shimano TDRs this year and have one rigged with a Tekota 500LC and the other rigged with a Cabelas Depthmaster I had laying around so I don't have to troll with my casting setups anymore.
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| upnortdave - 4/21/2016 7:37 PM
Just want to know how big their boats are to carry all those rods.
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Location: Merrill, WI | My main 3....
St. Croix LT Big Dawg/Revo Beast 60HS..... Rubber, Cranks, Blades(burning)
St. Croix LT Big Nasty/Revo Winch.....Blades, Prop style top water, Twitch baits
St. Croix LT The Jerk/Calcutta 400B....Jerkbaits, Gliders, WTD topwater |
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Posts: 187
Location: West Metro, MN | 9" H Batson blank w/ 2" off the tip built by me w/ Abu Toro 60 5.4 - Bucktails
8'6" XH Fenwick Elite Tech w/ Abu Toro 60 HS - Rubber, casting cranks
7'6" XH Shimano Compre w/ Abu NACL 50 - Gliders, WTD topwater
8' MH St Croix Premier w/ Abu Record 60 - small cranks, small bucktails, smaller spinnerbaits, etc.
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Location: Minneapolis, MN | upnortdave - 4/21/2016 7:37 PM
Just want to know how big their boats are to carry all those rods.
Between my dad and I, when we go out we have 6 musky setups, 2 bass setups, and 2 panfish setups, all in a 16'4" alumacraft. Organization is the key to success. |
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Posts: 441
| 9'3" H Predator with a 400te for bucktails, topwaters.
8'9" XH Predator with 300te for big topwaters, bucktails, cranks.
8'6" XH St. Croix Premier with a 300te for a back up.
Buying a Tranx soon! |
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| Wow most of the rods and reels listed cost way more than the boat I fish in.
8 xh compre with Calcutta 400d
8-6 xh compre with Lexa 400
I guess being teacher does not pay well but at least I can fish all summer.
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Posts: 143
Location: Palatine, IL | 9' Chaos Shock and Awe with 401D for jigging and rubber
9' Chaos S.W.A.T. with Toro S 61 for blades and cranks
8' Reaction Strike Spence Petros with Revo Toro HS 50 for gliders and smaller stuff
Shimano TDR with Okuma Convector for trolling
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Posts: 676
Location: Twin Cities, MN | St Croix LT Long Ranger / Calcutta D – Bucktails & Topwaters
St Croix LT Top N Tail / Revo Toro S – Bucktails / Cranks / Topwaters
St Croix LT Downsizer / Revo Toro Nacl 50 – Smaller Bucktails
8’0 Pre China Custom Diamondback - Spinnerbaits
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Location: Waukee, IA | Andy L - 4/22/2016 8:11 PM
I guess being teacher does not pay well but at least I can fish all summer.
Andy L
I'd trade you any day. I wish I had that kind of time to fish. |
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Location: Iowa | 8'0" Thorne Brothers Diamondback Rod paired with a Curado 300 EJ - used for small gliders/small buck tails
8'6" St. Croix Legend Tournament Sling Blade paired with a Revo Toro S - used for cranks/gliders/jigging/mid size buck tails
8'6" St. Croix Legend Tournament Big Dawg paired with a Calcutta CTE400 - used for topwater/swimbaits/jerkbaits
9'0" St. Croix Legend Tournament Big Nasty paired with a Revo Toro Beast 4.9:1 - used for mag 8's/double 10's
9'0" Musky Mayhem Avaio paired with a Diawa Lexxa 400 PWR - used for bulldawgs/swimbaits
9'0" Tooth Tamer XXXH paired with a Diawa Saltist 20 - used for pounders/2 pounders |
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Location: Chippewa Falls, WI | 7'6" st Croix LT Jerk, abu NACL 6.3:1 size 50 with double paddle, WTD/gliders
8'6" st Croix LT sling blade, NaCl 6.3:1 size 60 with power handle, topwater/crank baits/small to medium blades
9' st Croix LT Big Nasty, tranx PG, big blades
9'6" Chaos tackle shock n' awe "Hulbert editition", tranx HG, pounders/husky medusa/burnin' big blades/large crankbaits |
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