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Old 03-13-11, 09:50 PM   #1
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What makes a swimbait rod good? (not who) I'm talking about small hollow body swimbaits.Do you need a med or med heavy, fast or moderate. Thanks Bcklash
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Old 03-14-11, 03:39 AM   #2
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Lash, the heavier you plan on going with baits, the higher the power I would go. And most of the SB specific blanks I have seen are fast to mod-fast action. The power generally runs 1/2-2 oz (Med), 2-6 oz (MH), 3-8 (H), & 4-10 (XH). I am going by a blank companies specs on this information. But I fish with a guy that throws 6-8 oz baits and they are broom stick rods. I think if you underrate the power, it is going to be like fishing a 20' crank on a Med rod and wearing you out.
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Old 03-14-11, 02:05 PM   #3
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For small hollow bellies like you mention, I use a MH/F 6'6" or 7' rod. Basically any rod you would use for spinnerbaits would work well.
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I like the slower action of a blended rod for my swimbaits, because I have more luck when I fish swimbaits slowly. Other than that, I go by the weight of the baits.
IE...Throwing 3/8 to 3/4 ounce soft swimbaits on a MH crankbait rod rated for 1/4 to one ounce.
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Old 03-14-11, 04:52 PM   #5
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I use my crankbait setup for the smaller hollow bodied swimbaits. I use a moderate action st croix 7'
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Thanks guys, yall been a big help
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Old 03-14-11, 06:13 PM   #7
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Most of the time I'm using my 5 inch soft swimbaits around fairly good cover like lilly pads, and heavy vegitation, so I've been using the same rod as my froggin rod.
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Old 03-15-11, 07:32 PM   #8
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Depends on the weight of the bait. For the small ones (bass trix to 6.5 in) I use a 7' med heavy bait caster. I use a med heavy 7' inshore rod for the bigger stuff. If your throwing a bait with treble hooks use mono, and go easy on hook sets or a med rod. Trebles tear out easy, the 5&6/0 weighted hooks in the soft plastics let you hammer em pretty good.
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