Rods and reels

[lovinfishin9]

What do yall use for different techniques. What actions of rods and speed of reels do you you use for different techniques like, jigs, jekbaits,spinnerbaits,crankbaits,topawter, and soft plastics. Thanks for the replies.

[skeeter944]

soft plastics-6'6'' medium-heavy baitcaster,6.3:1 gear ratio and 15lb green trilene big game.

[skeeter944]

spinnerbaits-6' medium baitcaster with 6.3:1 gear ratio,12 lb clear line

[PowerBass]

Lets see- Plastics- 6ft MH Fenwick HMX Mitchell Avocet s2000 series reel 10lb
Topwater- 5ft 6in Lightnin Rod, an older baitcast reel, 15 lb big game
Cranks- 6ft 6 in Cabelas Fish Eagle II, Cabelas Tournament ZX 2000 with 10lb
Spinnerbaits- 6ft 6in Quantum Tourney Grade Baitcast rod, Rhino RBC reel, 10 lb line
And soon to have a Quantum Tourney Trail Flippin Stick, with a baitcast reel and 20 lb mono or fluro

[bassnman30]

Crankbaits-med w/slow tip rod.
Spinnerbaits-med to med heavy rod
Worms-mh rod
Jigs-heavy rod
Twitch baits-med to med light rod
Most rods are 7' in length with exception of the twitch bait rod, 5 1/2.
As well as the jig rod, 7 1/2 feet in lenght
All rods are used with a Quantum Energy Series or a Quantum Accurist.
Lines are 10 lb flour for crankbaits, 14 mono/copolimer for spinnerbaits and rat-l-trap type baits.
17' flouo. for worms
20' flouro for jigs

[fishn'fool]

Wormin' rod- 6.5' M with # 14 line green mono
Flipping stick- 7.5' MH with # 20 line green mono
Crankbait rod- 7' ML with # 10-12 line clear mono
jerkbait/spinnerbait rod- 6.5' M with # 14 line green mono
Spinning rod- 6'2" mL with # 10 line fluorocarbon
finesse rod- 6.5 light with # 6 line fluorocarbon

[lovinfishin9]

ok thanks for the replies everyone.

[basstech]

6'4" med.Hvy; moderate-fast tip for regular cranks. (bombers, rat-l-traps, DT-10 is the deepest diving crank I use with this rod. also jerkbaits and buzz bait but change reel to 6.3:1 12 lb test.) 12lb.test 5:1 reel
6'6" med. moderate tip rod for jerkbaits small and shallow diving cranks 3/8oz. and less. 12lb test 5:1 reel
6'6" med HvY. moderate action for cranks up to 5/8 oz. 12lb.test 5:1 reel.
6'6" HVY. Moderate action for deep crankin'. 12lb test 5:1 reel
6'6" IMX 782 for weightless soft plastics. T-rig up to 3/16oz. jigs up to 3/16oz. 12-14 lb test 5:1 reel
6'6" GL3 783 for 1/4 oz up to 11/16 oz. jig and TR rigs. 14lb. test 5:1 reel
GL3 844 for carolina rigging, jigging HVY cover. 14-20 lb.test 5:1 reel
6'00 spining rod 722-2 for light jigs. weightless plastics drop shot rigging.tube etc.etc. 6-12 lb. not sure of gear ratio. has stradic 4000 on it.
6' spinning rod 721 for same as above with lighter line. 4-8lb. stradic 2500.

[Joe_S.]

Instead of typing each rod and spec, I mainly use 7' for all apps. I Like a 6+ retrieve reel for all apps. And mainly anything with a treble hook I'll throw on a medium action rods, and the majority of single hooked baits will be thrown on a m/h to extra hvy action rods.

[lizardsrule]

Originally Posted by Joe_S.

Instead of typing each rod and spec, I mainly use 7' for all apps. I Like a 6+ retrieve reel for all apps. And mainly anything with a treble hook I'll throw on a medium action rods, and the majority of single hooked baits will be thrown on a m/h to extra hvy action rods.

a couple exceptions from Joe here. I use more 6'6" rods, but am slowly moving almost all of them to 7' as time goes by , and I have a 7'6" Flipping stick for some flipping and pitching when on someone elses boat, to big for my little boat. I also prefer a slower retreiveal speed for cranks, 5:0 or so, because I already crank to fast, so it helps keep the cranks a little slower. And of course a medium rod for shallow to mid range cranks, I like to step up to a mh for deep diving cranks. Medium heavy or Heav y are my mainstay.

Lizards

[PowerBass]

Liz,
I am gettin a flippin stick for a sweet deal. It is a qunatum tour edition 7 ft 6in flippin sitck in Heavy action, It takes 1/4 to 2 oz lures. I am gettin it for 45 dollars. Any advice on a flippin stick? I fiugred this would be a great worm.jig rod and maybe even a spinerbait in heavy cover

[lizardsrule]

Originally Posted by PowerBass

Liz,
I am gettin a flippin stick for a sweet deal. It is a qunatum tour edition 7 ft 6in flippin sitck in Heavy action, It takes 1/4 to 2 oz lures. I am gettin it for 45 dollars. Any advice on a flippin stick? I fiugred this would be a great worm.jig rod and maybe even a spinerbait in heavy cover

Honestly PNJ is more or a expert on those rods. I personally like a retractable rod, and heavy. It's for what someone phrased as hand to hand combat with the fish, and I agree. Make it as stiff as possible for me, but other folks like them differently. Any Flipping stick will work to start out with, I'm convinced you don't need to spend a lot of money on a Flippin stick, it just has to have backbone.

Lizards

[JB]

the only thing I have against holding onto a retractable rod is that it feels about the size ofa broomstick.

[Christopherkeene9]

still haven't found the reason for sooo many different rods and weights an line and dat dat da da da. All I use is a medium abu garcia work horse and a 40 quantum blue runner with 10 lb. fireline.


Chris

[lizardsrule]

Originally Posted by JB

the only thing I have against holding onto a retractable rod is that it feels about the size ofa broomstick.

I thought about using a broom stick before too

Lizards

[zooker]

i heard that...

zooker

[flfireman]

All rods are 7', minus the 6'6" falcon I use when Im fishing tight canals with lots of overhanging branches. Have both spinning and baitcasting reels. Prefer a middle of the road retrieve, I tend to reel fast so this way Im not over cranking.

[PowerBass]

I have thought of a brrom stick too the other day.

[Christopherkeene9]

We call my dads offshore rod a broom stick. It literally is!! In weight and in how bendable it is.

Chris

[basser087]

Checkout www.gloomis.com they have specialty rods for all of your needs and it makes choosing a rod really simple.

[foxworthy]

whats pitchin and flippin and the difference between them

[bassin_okie]

All I use is 6'6" med. hvy Falcon rods. Particularly for flippin' and pitchin', the shorter length helps me with accuracy. 6.1 retrieve speed except for worm rod which is 5.3