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Gerry Zagorski · #21 12-31-2016, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ismellfishy

The foregrip may not be too long but the butt is long enough to tuck under the arm for the fight. And Dan I agree it may not be easy to turn a big tog but lets face it, its not easy to turn a big tog. Other rods are certainly more ideal, but I can lift my coffee table so we shall see what it can do. I wanted to be able to fish from light to heavy jigs so short of a custom or more perfect, its what ill try for now and will be able to use for plenty of other applications.

Also had I had the option to try out different/more sizes I may have chosen a different setup, but I was working off gift card money lol.

Yes, like you said, the longer butt is a big plus too. If however you have to high stick after the hook set to keep the fish up, the longer fore grip the better.

Having said all this, Dustin caught his 21 pound blackfish on a St. Croix Mojo spinning rod with a short fore grip so we know it can be done

Gerry Zagorski · #22 12-31-2016, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Payoff5a

I'm using my st.croix legend elite 7'1" rated for line 12-20, 1/4-3/4oz weighing 5.5oz & an Abu Garcia revo rocket bait caster 37" retrieve 20lb drag weighing 6.75. This set up is superlight as you can see its under a pound. Got my PB at 8.2lbs, bunch of 5lbs and I feel everything with this setup, jig up to 2oz max. The rod has a good backbone and the reel I've put a powerhandle on it, the one thing I wish the rod has was a longer grip on top for better leverage. It's a fun set up for togging

I have a Revo NACL and love it as well... It's pared with the 7'6" Loomis GL2 Heavy rated 1-6 ounces... I tried jigging with it and could not feel the jig on it, especially lighter ones so I use it exclusively for rig fishing.

Looks like your set up is a lot lighter then mine and as mentioned above, that makes all the difference in the world.. With a lighter set up you get much better sensitivity and feel. You can practically feel the fish breath on the jig and it makes a HUGE difference.

Mako333 · #23 01-01-2017, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

I watched the whole thing Dan... Gave Joe a 20 minute time out for high sticking

Man did he really did high stick that fish until he felt it was up and out of the reef and started swimming.

I got the one up from him based on his suggestion (s731m) so a bit heavier. He has both and said if he could only buy one, he'd buy the m.

Hard to tell if it was the right choice or not since I'm such a hack. I will say it is sensitive enough to feel a 1/2 or 3/4 ounce jig hit the bottom... I've also fished it with a 4 ounces and it still felt good.

Gerry where do you get the black hole rods?