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| | Well, I purchased another star rod. Out of all the star rods they had the custom handcrafted ones looked alot nicer. I purchased a 6-12lb rod 6'6. The others looked way too fat and bulky. This rod seems like its got the backbone to haul in a nice fish but for some reason it only holds 12lb max. My other rods are thinner and hold 20lb. I want to rig this rod with a penn 550ssg and 30lb mono. I am fishing off a pier and so I dont need casting distance. Is this possible. Please help. thanks, chris |
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| Knooooow,dont do that ,first off the real is way to big for that rod,you need a 340 or smaller and you dont want to put any more than 12lb on for your rod because if you do than your warenty wont cover your rod if it breaks with anything over 12lb test on it.
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| No its just fine. It'll be more fun to catch fish on that rod. But I wouldnt want to hook a monster snook at the pier with that rod. |
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| | I have a Tsunami spinning rod and its no were near as thick or stiff as the star rod but yet it holds 25lb. The star rod isnt flinsey at all it looks like a decent medium or medium heavy rod but is not classified as one. |
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| im not sure if your reel is too big or not, but put briaded line on your reel...(POWER PRO) 50lb test equivilent to 12 lb test..
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| | I have used rods rated for 12 & 17 lb test to catch 30+ lb redfish, using 30 & 65 lb test PowerPro. Just remember to use the backbone of the rod (just above the reel seat) for most of the power, if you put too much on just the tip and you might run into some trouble. (in other words, don't keep the rod tip up real high if fighting a big fish, keep the bend of the rod closer to the reel than the tip). I switched to a larger rod for the redfish, but it was no-where near as enjoyable to 'winch' them in as it was to fight them on a smaller rod, so I switched back. For me, its all about the fight since I am about 99% catch and release. If given the choice of undersize or oversize, I'll take the undersized option any day.....but I'm not fishing to feed the family or win a tournament. chumhead
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