Little Green Fish
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IAN FISHERMAN wrote:
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Kwaggaskloof
- Thread starter ewan
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BassMasterNONPro
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wish i had 2...:doh
What you do is buy one rod and reel per season, buy an outfit to fish a specific technique with. After 7 years of competetive bass fishing I have 10 rigs but each one has a different application.
To help you with the right choices I'll give a brief description of each one ....
1. Carolina rigging: Daiwa Procyon 7' MH, shimano chronarch 100B spooled with 14 lb flourocarbon. Use 10 - 12 lb fluoro leader. Cast 1/2 to 1 oz sinker.
I havent found a rod with a better tip action for carolina rigging than this rod. The tip is important, too stiff a tip and you get stuck a lot while too soft a tip and you dont get hookset. This rig can double for flipping and pitching.
2. Flipping/pitching/jigs: Shimano Crucial 7' MH, shimano curado 100 spooled with 30 lb Berkley trilene XT mono. I dont use fluorocarbon here cause it has little stretch and snaps quite easily when striking on a short line. Lost too many fish.
3. Mojo rigs: Daiwa procyon 7' M , curado 100 spooled with 12lb fluorocarbon. Fish mainly flukes with this outfit. Casts from smallest to largest mojo weights.
4. Weightless senko: Daiwa procyon 6'6" MH, curado 100 spooled with 10-12 lb fluorocarbon. MH action for when fishing weightless in cover and to get hookset with senko's.
5.Spinnerbaits: G. Loomis SBR 812 spinnerbait rod, chronarch 100 BPV(5:1 retrieve ratio) spooled with 12lb Berkley big game. The retrieve ratio on the real is important here, makes you retrieve at the right speed and easier to retrieve for when you throwing spinnerbait all day.
6.Crankbaits/Rattletraps: G Loomis CBR 843 crankbait rod, chronarch 100BPV(5:1) spooled with 10-12 lb Berkley big game. Once again 5:1 retrieve ratio easier on the wrist when crankbaiting all day. Also easier to keep the right retrieve speed going.
7. Jerkbaits: G loomis Bronzeback 6'3", curado 100 spooled with 10 lb Inviz X fluorocarbon. I use fluorocarbon here because it sinks faster than mono and helps get the bait to run a bit deeper. Mainly use this at Clanwilliam for smallmouth.
8. Jigs: Daiwa Procyon 7'MH, curado 100 spooled with 17 lb Berkley trilene XT.
9. Spinning/light mojo or carolina/leadhead grubs: Shimano crucial 7' M spinning rod, shimano sedona 2500 spooled with 8 lb Silstar super strong plus(grey). This line, specifically the 8 lb is very good for these applications, dont go 6 lb cause for some or other reason it breaks very easily. I join a 10 lb fluorocarbon tippet to the mainline of about a metre.
10. Dropshot/shakey head: Shimano CRS-DX 6'8" dropshot rod, shimano sedona 2500 spooled with 8 lb inviz X fluorocarbon. This is a rod specifically designed for dropshot/shakeyhead fishing, the tip imparts the right action to the lure. You can use a normal medium action spinning rod for this as well but having the right rod for the job here does make a difference. Rod has a very soft tip but plenty of backbone to deal with 2kg plus smallmouth.
The next rig I want to invest is a frog/swimbait fishing setup. But I dont fish it that much so havent "needed" to get one yet. But if I did this would be it.
Frogs/swimbaits: Shimano Crucial 7'6 MH, the new 7:1 retrieve curado 100 E(7:1)spooled with 50lb Berkley fireline crystal. The longer MH action rod for leverage and hookset as well as casting "heavier" baits. The 7: retrieve rtio cause you need to collect slack line fast. Braid cause it floats and doesnt pull plastic frogs/horny toads down. Braid also cuts through grass and lilly pads. The braid has no stretch so you get direct hooksets needed with frogs or swimbaits.
At the moment I make do with one of my other 7' MH rigs if I want to fish frogs.
Remember, you can fish all these techniques with only one 6' or 6'6' rod and baitcaster, BUT you end up with a "Jack of all trades, master of none" scenario. My advice would be buy the best you can afford and buy one outfit at a time than buy two mediocre rigs. A curado can last 10 years and a good rod forever.
I spent a lot of money on the G loomis crankbait, jerkbait and spinnerbait rods but for those tequniques the rod makes a lot of difference to the action of the lure.
The chronarch and curado reels are very good value, there are better reels out there but very expensive. Rather spend the money on a better rod and good line.
Buy the way you fish, dont buy a frog rig if you dont fish frogs. Try and master a technique and build up confidence in it by catching fish before you get an outfit specifically for it. Also try and standardise as far as possible so when you pick up a reel they are similar. I only fish shimano reels and wont buy another brand cause its what I've got to know and am familiar with.
In a way its a lot like a set of golf clubs, you have a driver and a putter that do a specific job while the rest of the clubs you can do various things with.
Hope this helps for next time you're in the tackle shop and get "tackle fever" cause everythings so expensive and you dont know what to buy.
To help you with the right choices I'll give a brief description of each one ....
1. Carolina rigging: Daiwa Procyon 7' MH, shimano chronarch 100B spooled with 14 lb flourocarbon. Use 10 - 12 lb fluoro leader. Cast 1/2 to 1 oz sinker.
I havent found a rod with a better tip action for carolina rigging than this rod. The tip is important, too stiff a tip and you get stuck a lot while too soft a tip and you dont get hookset. This rig can double for flipping and pitching.
2. Flipping/pitching/jigs: Shimano Crucial 7' MH, shimano curado 100 spooled with 30 lb Berkley trilene XT mono. I dont use fluorocarbon here cause it has little stretch and snaps quite easily when striking on a short line. Lost too many fish.
3. Mojo rigs: Daiwa procyon 7' M , curado 100 spooled with 12lb fluorocarbon. Fish mainly flukes with this outfit. Casts from smallest to largest mojo weights.
4. Weightless senko: Daiwa procyon 6'6" MH, curado 100 spooled with 10-12 lb fluorocarbon. MH action for when fishing weightless in cover and to get hookset with senko's.
5.Spinnerbaits: G. Loomis SBR 812 spinnerbait rod, chronarch 100 BPV(5:1 retrieve ratio) spooled with 12lb Berkley big game. The retrieve ratio on the real is important here, makes you retrieve at the right speed and easier to retrieve for when you throwing spinnerbait all day.
6.Crankbaits/Rattletraps: G Loomis CBR 843 crankbait rod, chronarch 100BPV(5:1) spooled with 10-12 lb Berkley big game. Once again 5:1 retrieve ratio easier on the wrist when crankbaiting all day. Also easier to keep the right retrieve speed going.
7. Jerkbaits: G loomis Bronzeback 6'3", curado 100 spooled with 10 lb Inviz X fluorocarbon. I use fluorocarbon here because it sinks faster than mono and helps get the bait to run a bit deeper. Mainly use this at Clanwilliam for smallmouth.
8. Jigs: Daiwa Procyon 7'MH, curado 100 spooled with 17 lb Berkley trilene XT.
9. Spinning/light mojo or carolina/leadhead grubs: Shimano crucial 7' M spinning rod, shimano sedona 2500 spooled with 8 lb Silstar super strong plus(grey). This line, specifically the 8 lb is very good for these applications, dont go 6 lb cause for some or other reason it breaks very easily. I join a 10 lb fluorocarbon tippet to the mainline of about a metre.
10. Dropshot/shakey head: Shimano CRS-DX 6'8" dropshot rod, shimano sedona 2500 spooled with 8 lb inviz X fluorocarbon. This is a rod specifically designed for dropshot/shakeyhead fishing, the tip imparts the right action to the lure. You can use a normal medium action spinning rod for this as well but having the right rod for the job here does make a difference. Rod has a very soft tip but plenty of backbone to deal with 2kg plus smallmouth.
The next rig I want to invest is a frog/swimbait fishing setup. But I dont fish it that much so havent "needed" to get one yet. But if I did this would be it.
Frogs/swimbaits: Shimano Crucial 7'6 MH, the new 7:1 retrieve curado 100 E(7:1)spooled with 50lb Berkley fireline crystal. The longer MH action rod for leverage and hookset as well as casting "heavier" baits. The 7: retrieve rtio cause you need to collect slack line fast. Braid cause it floats and doesnt pull plastic frogs/horny toads down. Braid also cuts through grass and lilly pads. The braid has no stretch so you get direct hooksets needed with frogs or swimbaits.
At the moment I make do with one of my other 7' MH rigs if I want to fish frogs.
Remember, you can fish all these techniques with only one 6' or 6'6' rod and baitcaster, BUT you end up with a "Jack of all trades, master of none" scenario. My advice would be buy the best you can afford and buy one outfit at a time than buy two mediocre rigs. A curado can last 10 years and a good rod forever.
I spent a lot of money on the G loomis crankbait, jerkbait and spinnerbait rods but for those tequniques the rod makes a lot of difference to the action of the lure.
The chronarch and curado reels are very good value, there are better reels out there but very expensive. Rather spend the money on a better rod and good line.
Buy the way you fish, dont buy a frog rig if you dont fish frogs. Try and master a technique and build up confidence in it by catching fish before you get an outfit specifically for it. Also try and standardise as far as possible so when you pick up a reel they are similar. I only fish shimano reels and wont buy another brand cause its what I've got to know and am familiar with.
In a way its a lot like a set of golf clubs, you have a driver and a putter that do a specific job while the rest of the clubs you can do various things with.
Hope this helps for next time you're in the tackle shop and get "tackle fever" cause everythings so expensive and you dont know what to buy.