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| Coming back to Muskie fishing after a long layoff. And by layoff, I mean fishing with the 6' pool cue rods.
I've seen alot of information about going to longer rods 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9 ft. and wanted to know people's thoughts on the length of rod they use and what type of baits they generally fish with these lengths of rods.
Doug |
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| All the rods I use on a regular basis are 8 footers. About the longest I would consider is 8.5. I think you start hitting the point of diminishing returns after that but of course it's personal preference. Here are my main three rods (all thorne bros' customs)
8' MH Diamondback - standard bucktails/spinnerbaits/topwaters, smaller cranks
8' H Diamondback - larger bucktails/spinnerbaits, 10" suicks, standard cranks
8' H Avid - 10" believers, other big cranks, big soft plastics, walk the dog topwaters
I use Garcia 7000's on all three.
Hope this helps. |
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Location: Davenport, IA | I like an 8' or longer rod for everything but gliders. I still use a 7'er for them. |
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Posts: 139
| I use longer rods on everything but gliders, but I'm still on the conservative side....nothing longer than 7'6". Below are my most used with applications:
6'9" St Croix Avid HF - Gliders/Jerkbaits
7'6" St Croix Avid MHF - Std bucktails/spinnerbaits, topwaters, most cranks (I usually don't throw larger cranks)
7'6" St Croix Avid HF - Bulldawgs, bigger walk the dogs |
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| 6'-9" Avid HF for jerkbaits
7'-6" Premier MHF for small-medium bucktails, crankbaits, small topwater
8'-0" Avid HF for large bucktails, bulldawgs, large topwater
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| Thanks for the help. I think I'll start with an 8 ftr and go from there. |
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