Hi
just wondering if anyone has tried these rods offered thru hunting and fishing they have them on promo with a captiva 11 ball bearing reell for $159 for the 13' 3 piece model, I do a lot of surfcasting off canterbury beaches for rig and elephant fish (not to mention the odd six foot shark) and intend to have a crack at some kingies around banks peninsular over the summer.
any help or advice would be greatfully appreciated.
ST Paul - why don't you post this on the walk about site. Seems heaps of lads visit that area and could give you the low down but might miss it in the technical area.
I use the 13' penn 3 piece - can't remember if its a powerstick. Its great - the 3 piece really helps as well for tieing to the side of my pack as well. Don't get stuck in low hanging tree's etc. I suppose not much of those in canterbury. In terms of Kingi's - have never caught one on it - but if a large one hooked up it would diffenately test the quality of your reel / drag. I would suggest if your targeting Kingi's check out a specific rig. From the beach the 13' helps over the breakers vs other slightly shorter models
cheers
Thanks for the tip JB!!
Nope not many trees to get caught up in but when climbimg up or down the heads around banks peninsular it helps not to have too much pokin past the pack.
Not much chance of a large one this far south so no worries there ;-)
the reels I use have superb drags have landed many a large ray and shark from beaches down here with lots of suck on 20lb line and 60lb trace. Have looked at a couple of other rods so will pop over to the walk about site and see what I can find out.
Tight lines!!
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