Will this work for neah bay lingcod from my kayak?
I bought this with the intent for rockfis sensitivity, but now I’m worried I won’t have enough power for >4.5oz jig heads.
Am I overthinking it?
Posted by archbido
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Impossible-Strain921 on
Overthinking for sure. as long as the rod clears the front of the yak it’s a good rod.
CupcakeMerd on
30 g in an oz(28.5 or something but about 30 for quick math). 4.5 oz is 130 ish g so outside of the recommended range. Not that it won’t work, but you risk overloading when casting. If you’re dropping vertical jigs it’s probably fine, but idk casting big swimbaits. Make due with what you got, but if you’re itching for a new setup there’s probably better options out there
DOUBLECLIPS_999 on
some will say it’s a perfect rod, some will speculate….should get the job done for all species minus salmon IMO
HolstsGholsts on
I mostly target ling by casting out swimbaits and reeling back, and I only recently started trying vertical jigging. My two cents based on my experience and research:
In 30-70 feet of water, I’m typically throwing 2.5-3.5oz (usually a 2 to 3oz jighead with a .5oz swimbait body; or a 3.5oz lure). I would feel comfortable using this rod for those purposes, though I might draw the line at 3oz instead of 3.5oz. My understanding is that vertical jigging rods are not intended for casting; they can do it, but when doing it, you should treat the lure rating as roughly 85% or less of vertical jigging lure rating.
I’m not sure I would use that rod for actual vertical jigging. Again, I don’t have as much experience with vertical jigging rods and how their greater bend (than the conventional and swimbait rods I use) might keep less weight at the bottom more easily, but I would think that a 130g/4.5oz max is a little too light to keep lures and irons reliably near bottom.
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Overthinking for sure. as long as the rod clears the front of the yak it’s a good rod.
30 g in an oz(28.5 or something but about 30 for quick math). 4.5 oz is 130 ish g so outside of the recommended range. Not that it won’t work, but you risk overloading when casting. If you’re dropping vertical jigs it’s probably fine, but idk casting big swimbaits. Make due with what you got, but if you’re itching for a new setup there’s probably better options out there
some will say it’s a perfect rod, some will speculate….should get the job done for all species minus salmon IMO
I mostly target ling by casting out swimbaits and reeling back, and I only recently started trying vertical jigging. My two cents based on my experience and research:
In 30-70 feet of water, I’m typically throwing 2.5-3.5oz (usually a 2 to 3oz jighead with a .5oz swimbait body; or a 3.5oz lure). I would feel comfortable using this rod for those purposes, though I might draw the line at 3oz instead of 3.5oz. My understanding is that vertical jigging rods are not intended for casting; they can do it, but when doing it, you should treat the lure rating as roughly 85% or less of vertical jigging lure rating.
I’m not sure I would use that rod for actual vertical jigging. Again, I don’t have as much experience with vertical jigging rods and how their greater bend (than the conventional and swimbait rods I use) might keep less weight at the bottom more easily, but I would think that a 130g/4.5oz max is a little too light to keep lures and irons reliably near bottom.