I will be fishing in both Lake St. Claire and Lake Huron. Is there a particular set up that will be excellent for everything in the lakes so I don’t have to buy too much? Also, what kind of bait should I get?
What Kind Of Fishing Rod And Reel Do I Need To Catch Walleye?
February 11th, 2010 
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For different ways of fishing there are different rods and reels
if you plot on trolling from a boat I recommend a positively stiff heavy rod that way it doesn’t bend excessively. otherwise a excellent standard action rod will do fine for casting and retrieving different lures, or live baits
Get yourself a excellent spiraling rod/reel combo. Very flexible and has a very nice feel. Get something in the 2000 series that can hold 8-10lb line. Rod should be 6’6 to 7′ in length. Excellent luck and excellent fishing
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You need different equipment depending on how you plot to fish. If you are going to be casting a jig, then a standard spiraling rod w/8# line would be the ticket. If you are going to be trolling with crankbaits, then you need a longer, stiffer rod and perhaps a baitcast reel with 10# or so line. If you are going to drift over structure with a live bait rig, then a spiraling rig with about 6# flourocarbon would be the ticket.
If you are going to rely on one setup, get a 7′ med/heavy spiraling rig with 8# Fireline.
Hey!
Now what type of an outdoorsman has too many fishing rods?C’mon now, really!
That’s nearly like me telltale my wife that she has too many pairs of shoes!
I’ve got 2 flyrods, 4 bass rods, 2 catfish rods, 1 glow in the dark rod (it’s for walleye, I just bought it last week, $34.95 @ Cabela’s, please, don’t let on to my wife)
And 2 days ago, I hooked up with the folks that make the Powerbait Worms @ Berkeley, and found out that I can order the 10″-100 pack, packages for $44.95 direct from them, in the colors that I’ve been searching for, Black, Black/Blue, Black Grape, & Black/Blue Fleck (and that small feat earned me a couple of brown bottled liquids from my fishing partner’s).
Go on drop a couple hundred, it’s excellent for the economy, not to mention your own confidence & ego!
Goodluck & Excellent fishing
It’s springtime in the Northland and that means only one thing, fishing! This next month or so before the opener people will be going to sport shows, seminars, and looking for new equipment for the huge day. In this article we will talk about what to look for in a new Walleye Rod.
First off let me say, all the higher end rods are excellent. They have made them light, ultra sensitive and use excellent high density Graphite. You have to pick one up and get the one that feels the best in your own hands. I always try and get the best rod I can afford.
There area few different actions to look for. Standard-heavy, standard, standard-lite and light. They all work for different situations. If you are fishing a lot of deep fill up or fishing a river with heavy current you might want to go to a standard heavy or a standard action rod. If you are fishing mainly lakes where the fishing takes place in the 5-12 ft like around our area I would stick with the standard-lite to lite action. I have a lot of people come up to fish with me that bring there own rods in the boat. Some of them come in with a standard-heavy, or standard action rod and loaded with 10-12 test pound line since they read an article that says “you gotta really set that hook” so they reckon heavy is better. That’s just not the case.
Lets take a look at different styles of fishing and what to look for in a rod. First off we will discuss jigging probably the most well loved stylishness of fishing for most of us. Seems like everybody likes something different in a jigging rod, some like small, some like long, some like standard, some like lite. So lets talk about the tip action the key to a excellent Jigging rod. There are basically 3 types of tip action, X-quick, quick and moderate. This just means where in the rod you get your hook setting power or where the backbone of the rod Is. you use a quick action tip you have the hook setting power more toward the tip of the rod. On the moderate tip it is more toward the middle. The additional factor we have to look at is the length of the rod. Most people like to Jig with a rod in the 5’5″ to 6’ range. That seems to be what I see as the most well loved length. Something simple to handle, Lightweight and stiff enough to set the hook. I personally like the longer rods for jigging. I use a St.Croix Avid series 7’ standard lite with a quick action tip. I feel like I get a better hook set and can hold onto the fish better with the longer rods. Like I said though you have to match your rod to what conditions you fish. I jig mostly in shallow fill up 4’ to 15’with a 1/8-oz jig being my bread and butter so I can get by with the lighter rod. One thing I have to discuss before we get off the jigging is the use of the new super lines on the promote. I have on many occasions had people in the boat who just get a new rod and place fireline or a additional brand of no stretch line on their system. So they are there with their new Standard action rod and their 10-pound test fireline and wondering why they are having distress. If you want to use the new no stretch lines on the promote you have to get a rod that matches. If the line does not have any forgiveness than you better have a rod that does. So go with a lite rod so when you get a bite the fish don’t feel you right off the bat.
Now lets talk about livebait ropes rods. When it is ropes time the walleyes are usually in the deep fill up of mid summer. That means you have a lot of line out, on top of that you usually have to give them line to let them swallow the bait no matter if it’s a crawler or a leech. So with all that line out when you finally get ready to set that hook you are going to need a lot of backbone to set it. This is where to me the x-quick action tip comes into play. You have a lite tip so when you get that bite you can feel him without the fish feeling you, and you have the hook setting power to really bury that hook with all that line out. I like a 7’ rod for ropes. When you use a longer rod in the deep fill up you get a more sweeping hook set and more power on it. I also found with the longer rod in this situation you loose a lot less fish since you can keep a nice steady pressure on the fish when you are getting it to the boat. So when you are ropes be sure to look at a longer rod.
Now lets just touch on trolling alittle. I like to troll cranks for mid summer walleyes its fun and you can cover a lot of ground to find the active fish. So what kind of rod fits for trolling? I use 7’ or 7’6’’ lite action rods for my cranks. I usually use a fireline in the 10 LB test range, so when I get that strike I want my rod tip to really bend otherwise you can pull the hooks right out of their mouths with too stiff of rod. If I were using a monofilement line I would go to alittle stiffer rod since then you got the stretch in your line and you don’t need as much in your rods.
Buying a new rod can be somewhat of a major buy anymore and I hope this article helps you in making the right choice.