WHich rod is best (and why) for mack fishing off boat:
7' Shimano King Mack Overhead or 7'6" Bluewater Overhead 10/15kg
lures and floating pillies
THoughts?
Splash
WHich rod is best (and why) for mack fishing off boat:
7' Shimano King Mack Overhead or 7'6" Bluewater Overhead 10/15kg
lures and floating pillies
THoughts?
Splash
I prefer 8' in 7-10 kg.
for tossing lures u get a bit more distance.
for fighting the fish u don't need power (unlees there are shark problems)enjoy the run on the longer stick!!
is 8' too long in your boat?
hwo do u manage such a long rod in boat?
is distance important when castign from baot?
What brand rod in 8' do u prefer?
Splash
8ft seems to be the standard to get enough distance to get to boils. I was considering using my 12 ft surf rod this summer. Long rods are a pain anyway so what is a bit more length (ok 4 ft more, but think of the distance!).
My old FSU 4120G might come out for a few trips this season. Probably cast 30% further than my 7' spin stick.
I think if you are spinning then try to go better than 7'
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Great points - thanks!
I once made a great rod from the FSU blank - then it was snapped in 3 by a fkcn truck driver!
So - longer the better hey.
Thanks
Originally Posted by Splash
8' is not to long and i prefer the longer rod for macks.Brands are not really important as long as your comfortable with it.
2 of the main ones I use are a lve fiber and a fenwick(the fenwick came from a hock shop).
If casting to feeding fish distance can be important , you don't want to spook fish by putting the boat to close.
casting bait is not as important for distance,
I have several rods and its only been in the last few years i've switched to the longer rods and i feel the move has been for the better.
bear
Do u use an overhead for your 8' live fibres?
What model number live fibre in the 8' do u use?
I use calcutta for bait fishing and a diawa sealine for lures and baits
as for the live fibre blank the nu' arn't shown,i had it made the other rod in the pic is a pacific composite ?
the fsu 4120 was a popular blank, I found the large dia. of the rod made it difficult to handle for a long session plus it,s power is not required for macks in a boat also its a 10' rod
Nice setup Brrbear, real nice! Well balanced look! What lb line do u use on these outfits?
Are you chasing bay spotties? any spin rod between 7 and 8ft will do the trick. Anything longer than 8ft is to hard to cast, less accurate, more cumbersome in a boat and increases fight time. The advantage being longer casts. I have found that making long casts at boiling fish can be pointless anyway, specially when the school are moving quickly and not staying up for long (by the time your slug hits the water they could have gone down or moved). If you can punch a slug 50-60 metres then thats enough. I use a loomis sjr941 (7'10" 10-17lb) spin outfit with a sustain 4000 and 15lb briad to do nearly all my inshore spinning. I can puch a 25gram slug with this rod over 80 metres, but out of the several hundred pelagisc i spun up with it last summer 90% would have been taken from casts only 20-50 metres away.
The era of the tss4 for bay spotties is over, you can crank just as fast for longer periods of time and cast lighter slugs with greater ease using a 4000 spin real. 12-15lb line is more than ample for spotties and tuna up to 10kg. The old 8ft live fibre while a great rod for the old tss4 is to heavy and not enough action for light slugs. A 7--7'6" 3-6kg or 7-8ft 4-8kg spin outfit with a 4000 shimano or daiwa is the new standard.
great point Jeremey.
7'10" is pretty close to 8' though...
I'll consider..
Splsh
Yah 8ft is just on the max of what i would use, there are some spin rods out there that are closer to 9 that are just too big. If your going out with a boat load of people then 7ft is a better option. You were looking at overhead set ups? what was the motivation behind this. For baits and trolling they are a better option but for casting you need a spin rod, i'm just a little confused from your posts as to which you want to do. If you want to troll, spin and drop baits down for macks then you will really need 2 set ups
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