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| What's eveyone favorite Shimano TDR length and power for running Planer Boards and running straight off the side? I'm looking at picking up a few of these to add to my collection.
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Chad |
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Location: Eagan, MN | I'm just getting into trolling this year. PIcked up a couple of 8' Heavy TDR's. So far they've been able to handle lures in size up to the krisco/krave and musky bling spinnerbaits. Biggest fish so far is a 44". I think they work great, but like I said, I'm a trolling rookie. |
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Location: Sw Pennsylvania | 8' Heavy TDRs will pull the smaller to medium size baits with no problem. They should handle boards fine also. |
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| Do they make them with a bigger power then Heavy? or is Heavy the biggest rod they have? |
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| also how do the heavy's pull planer's, bigger buchtails - double tens, believers, grandma's, jakes, etc? |
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| I pull 10" belivers etc. and planerboards with the 8'MH and the 8'H. I think the MH is a better allround trolling rod, not to stiff. |
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| Is the TDR MH that much more foregiving than the H, say for example you snagged or hooked up with the bottom. I'm also looking at TDR, but alot of big baits so I was wondering if the H might be the way to go over the MH. |
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Posts: 432
Location: Eagan, MN | fisherman - 9/13/2010 1:07 PM
also how do the heavy's pull planer's, bigger buchtails - double tens, believers, grandma's, jakes, etc?
I haven't used planers, but lures in the class of what you mention work fine. I've pulled 10" believers and jakes... pretty much the same size as the kriscos and kraves. Musky bling spinnerbaits are double 10's and they put a pretty good bend in the rod but work fine. |
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| anyone pull Planers with the MH? How do they do? |
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Posts: 906
Location: Canada | The St.Croix Premier trolling rod comes in a Heavy. I am using the Okuma EVX Musky series 8' trolling rod and it is a Heavy, I like it so much I am picking up another this Saturday. I have friends using the Shimano's (TDR's and Talora's and like them) not sure what action they have. |
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Location: Apollo, PA | Brian Boyer of Legend Lures has run TDR's for years with his big baits. They are a great trolling rod for the money. |
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| shimano technium is by far the best one money can buy.no trigger,1 piece 8 foot,and solid like hell,these rods are builded for the giant sturgeon of frazer river
sry only available in canada. |
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