Looking for a recommendation for planer board to use in freshwater, fishing for hybrid stripers with live skipjack and potentially medium crankbaits?
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church's inline walleye board would work, i use them for salmon, they average 18 lbs
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Get a light, freshwater reel. The Shimano FX Spinning Reel looks like a good affordable option, but I can't say from personal experience. Shimano FX1000FB Spinning Reel - 8 lb./240 yds
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You can but the guides are kinda cheap so i would watch that area. After years of complaining about the cheap guides Shakespeare finally listened and introduced the Gx2 rods. However the ugly cat as far as i know (might wanna check) didnt get the new guides and other improvements. Rinse the rod out with freshwater as soon as you done. This rod doesnt have a lot of backbone so unless you fishing for smaller game i would go with something else.
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I agree with the others on this one. good choice for great lakes salmon and lakers but i'm not sure you will have the ability to feel much with crappie. i think its over kill for your application.
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I use the 600LC with mono for Chinook and Coho and braided for Sturgeon. In both cases it handles both lines with no problem.
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GH- I use a Wright and McGill "Magnum Plug" 10' 6", Medium Fast Action + Heavy Power for trolling and mooching Chinook, sliver and humpy salmon. I've even jigged for ling cod but it's not as efficient as a shorter, stouter glass rod. I'm able to back bounce for steelhead as well. However, it can be alot of pole length on a busy drift boat so I borrowed my sons Okuma Blu Diamond BD-C-762MLa 7' 6" and it proved challenging with a fish on in big volume water. I'm happy with the trade-off of having one rod for multiple uses as opposed to multiple rods. Both of my boys just started salmon fishing so I like the economy of these rods, hopefully they will be durable as well. Hope this info helps-ML
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I had bought the pan fish specific model which is only used for smaller fish. I would go to you local sporting goods store or call a bass pro shop.
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I just came back from Lake Erie, where these poles were used to troll for walleyes with planer boards. They worked excellent for my application, we pulled smithwick perfect 10's on in line boards. I was satisfied with how they preformed for me. Russ
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Any fish you would need to use a braided line for would be too much for that reel. Stick with mono.
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I didn't own mine long enough to give a qualified answer, but any sectional poles (I use an ultra-light one for spin-casting) aren't really going to be well geared for really large fish. I picked this up to throw in the back of the truck as a basic utility rod to use on whims rather than specific fishing trips. I accidentally broke the tip off pulling it out of the car. I only broke about an inch off and picked up a new tip at Cabela's and glued it on and it was no worse for wear. I emailed the company to see if they could send me an extra tip or two and said I was more than happy to pay for it as I'm infamous for bonehead moves like that. They sent me an apologetic letter saying that they don't have separate parts but would see what they could do. A few days later a whole rod kit (two piece instead of a take down) showed up in the mail! A few weeks later my dad stumbled on a more expensive orvis take-down with a smaller tube case, so I sent the Crystal River take-down to a friend of mine in Ukraine who said she had never tried fly casting before and the smaller rod was cheaper to ship than a 2 piece. (it still cost me over $50 to ship, but she enjoyed the gift)
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It depends a lot on what kind of flies that u intend to use and your target fish. For a beginner, u can look at the SA species fly line for a start.
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If you are fishing for larger fish, I would go with the Penn 4000. If you want to fish for bass, catfish,crappie I would go with a smaller rig. Look for reels that use 15 pound test or less and a reel that would compliment the rod. Have fun. Jim
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I don't know what the best is.... but I bought two of the Freeride 130cm intermediate boards for my boys (11 and 13) last christmas just to use for fun in the backyard and I am very happy with them .... I didn't want to have much money tied up in an entry level board .... so these were a great buy for our family......
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First I would have recommended a higher drag weight on the reel. It sounds like you want heavy fish, so I would go with the 300 yds. You also may want to consider going to 50 lb. line, between your rod and the drag you can handle some pretty large fish with this set up. Remember to balance you drag with the weight recommendation of the rod builder.
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The SLV is a great reel for many species. I own 3 SLV's in various sizes. It is light weight, dependable, and very fairly priced. If you want to spend a little less, the sierra is well suited for trout as is the cascade. None will let you down. The SLV is a large arbor design which means it is wider and the spool is not as deep, which I like for several reasons, and the drag nob is large and convenient. If you prefer the traditional shape over the large arbor go with the Sierra.
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I talked to the folks who make Fishmate - they recommended the 4000, which we purchased. Its 4200gph. I wish that I had gotten the 5000.
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I am using monofilament 50 lb line and is working very well. You can go with less powerful line if you're fishing for smaller fishes.