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07-14-2013, 05:24 PM
Hi everyone,
I am off to start a new thing, surf fishing! I have quality fresh and salt water gear most of which are custom made Calstar rods for salt and loomis/shimano rods for fresh. With that said, I am looking for information about surf fishing gear. I used to take my cumara/culcatta dc setup to the beach and cast from there... That's the only experience with surf fishing that I have. Now, because of time restrictions due to work ( I prefer to be on a boat, who wouldn't?) , I want to get more surf fishing time ( beach is a skip and hop away from where I'm at ) but this time using the " proper" gear.
So here's my question:
Recommendation for a " proper" surf rod, say 12' and up. I don't like to use folding or multi piece rods but because of the length of " proper" surf rods, I'll make an exemption on this one.
I will mate the rod to a Shimano Stella SWB STL10000SWBPG (American version) , (mine will be the Japanese version don't know if there are differences besides cosmetic) so needless to say, spinning rod needed.
Please reply with recommend rod:
Make
Model
and, if you have actually used it, feedback.
Budget? I'm pretty much open to most anything as long as I can justify the cost. ( like... its expensive because its as heavy as a LC110 lure... Or because its custom built or ....)
Thanks
I am off to start a new thing, surf fishing! I have quality fresh and salt water gear most of which are custom made Calstar rods for salt and loomis/shimano rods for fresh. With that said, I am looking for information about surf fishing gear. I used to take my cumara/culcatta dc setup to the beach and cast from there... That's the only experience with surf fishing that I have. Now, because of time restrictions due to work ( I prefer to be on a boat, who wouldn't?) , I want to get more surf fishing time ( beach is a skip and hop away from where I'm at ) but this time using the " proper" gear.
So here's my question:
Recommendation for a " proper" surf rod, say 12' and up. I don't like to use folding or multi piece rods but because of the length of " proper" surf rods, I'll make an exemption on this one.
I will mate the rod to a Shimano Stella SWB STL10000SWBPG (American version) , (mine will be the Japanese version don't know if there are differences besides cosmetic) so needless to say, spinning rod needed.
Please reply with recommend rod:
Make
Model
and, if you have actually used it, feedback.
Budget? I'm pretty much open to most anything as long as I can justify the cost. ( like... its expensive because its as heavy as a LC110 lure... Or because its custom built or ....)
Thanks