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| I got a question about a particular rod, I bought a 9'3" cabela dipsy diver rod, it had a diawa sealine combo, good deal. It seems pretty light for my liking. maybe be able to tighten drag down so rod will load all the way up on the strike, what do you guys think. Trying to rig up for six rod set, this was the sixth rod, seems awfuly light |
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Location: Northwest Chicago Burbs | Rods for dipseys are usually on the very light side versus muskie trolling rods. My understanding is that they are light and fiberglass to deal with the constant bend you get from pulling a dipsey, which is very heavy and pulls like a weighted plate (which it basically is). However, my experience is that you can catch muskies with light rods while trolling, you just need to fight the fish in a whole lot slower and you won't be able to direct the fish to the net with the rod as you can with heavier rods. You will probably not be able to set the hook with this rod and will have to rely on the drag to do so.
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| Slamr - 4/15/2010 9:22 PM
Rods for dipseys are usually on the very light side versus muskie trolling rods. My understanding is that they are light and fiberglass to deal with the constant bend you get from pulling a dipsey, which is very heavy and pulls like a weighted plate (which it basically is). However, my experience is that you can catch muskies with light rods while trolling, you just need to fight the fish in a whole lot slower and you won't be able to direct the fish to the net with the rod as you can with heavier rods. You will probably not be able to set the hook with this rod and will have to rely on the drag to do so.
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Location: Wishin I Was Fishin' | The best trolling rod I know of is the Black River Rod - Live n' Troll. It is an 8' graphite and fiberglass composite. Great price too. I use them for Salmon fishing too, on all but the 20+ pounders, they are overkill.
Edited by Jomusky 4/15/2010 9:58 PM
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Location: Appleton | Jomusky - 4/15/2010 9:56 PM
The best trolling rod I know of is the Black River Rod - Live n' Troll. It is an 8' graphite and fiberglass composite. Great price too. I use them for Salmon fishing too, on all but the 20+ pounders, they are overkill.
This is all True. Great rods |
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Location: Bonduel WI | Ill third the Black River Rod...great rods Fuji rod guides and reel seat and a 5 year warrantee...they are very comparable to a St Croix |
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Location: Pelican Rapids, MN | I tried a dipsy rod years ago, even with the drag tightened, the only way I would get a good solid set is when I as moving at a decent speed 4-5 + mph. The slower trolling speeds just resulted in quick rips.
I use the St. Croix PGM80HM - 8' Glass rod. It used to be their cat rod several years ago, and made it into their musky line up. Good backbone with enough tip to seriously troll.
I also have two custom trolling rods made with the St. Croix Surf Casting blanks. 1 is a 11' and the other is 12'. Great trollers unless you are fishing alone. It's tough to net fish that far away. |
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Location: Algonac, MI | Not sure how much trolling you plan to do...
but RP2 custom rods are great rods for trolling. Check out their website. |
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Location: lansing, il | Theres a new high end trolling rod on the market, that I saw at the shows this year. I know they had lots of intrest at the shows.
http://www.customxlures.com/rods.htm |
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