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Stickbait rod help

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Category: Saltwater Fishing
Forum Name: Popper and Topwater Fishing
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Topic: Stickbait rod help
Posted By: NZ-Kayaker
Subject: Stickbait rod help
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2011 at 5:56pm
Hey guys and girls, I was just wondering if someone could point me towards a good stickbait rod to match with a Shimano Stradic 8000 reel. Yes I realise that this isn't the perfect reel for the job but its to be used off a kayak and wanted something a bit smaller and less expensive than a stella.
 
Any help and ideas would be awesome.
 
Tim.  


Replies:
Posted By: Nomis
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2011 at 6:21pm
go have a look at the new Shimano Terez rods, perfect match for a stradic 8000 they look awesome

Posted By: Structfab
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 8:32am

OTI Tuna Sniper 24kg $399 on TM. It what I got for my Stradic 8000.Classed as a popper rod but enough flex in tip to work a stick bait Ok. Big casts!Cheaper option if not going high end

Posted By: TitusCanby
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 12:07pm

I recommend you buy a true stickbait and not a popper rod.  There’s a big difference between the two types of rod in the tip in particular and the softer stickbait tip allows the stickbait to swim as it is designed to do.  A popper rod will cast further but be too stiff to swim the lure properly.  Also, you may find a stickbait rod a little easier on you in a kayak.  I'm lucky enough to have a Carpenter Blue Chaser which is fantastic for this stickbait top-water fishing and I fish off a jet ski so balance in the water is important for me too. 

If a Carpenter BLC is too expensive, consider a Caranx Kaibutsu L PE 4-6 Rod stickbait rod.

 

Best of all, first speak to Tony or John at Yeehaa Fishing in Panmure.  They’ll be helpful in giving you the options to choose from.  Cheers.

 

Posted By: Legacy
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 1:14pm
A stickbait rod that has a fold away tip made for kingfish like the BLC range from Carpenter would make not only fishing stickbaits easier but also landing / unhooking fish.  The OTI does swim stickbaits well ( only watched it swimming Falcons ) but I don't think it would fold away so well for a kingfish under the boat / ski/ yak , I think AP or someone with experience of fighting / landing fish on this rod would know better , I haven't seen one with a fish on. Don't know anything about the Caranx , but do think the OTI swims baits well.

Posted By: NZ-Kayaker
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 7:38pm
Awesome stuff guys, thanks heaps for the advice

Posted By: Nomis
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2011 at 8:02pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6IYkqxC4K8
check these out believe you can get them in white only,



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