Beach Spin Rod Metal Lures

[Sido]

Good Morning All,

I am looking to get a rod for the above throwing out metal lures up to 50 grams. Have looked at a few rods as below all 9 foot. Could you please helo with any recommendations and whether 9 foot is adequate.

Shimano T Curve Inshore Revolution 902
Shimano Starlo Stix Classic Shore Spin 902
Shimano Jewell Shore Spin 902

Cheers,

Sido

[BloodWorm]

Originally Posted by Sido

Good Morning All,

I am looking to get a rod for the above throwing out metal lures up to 50 grams. Have looked at a few rods as below all 9 foot. Could you please helo with any recommendations and whether 9 foot is adequate.

Shimano T Curve Inshore Revolution 902
Shimano Starlo Stix Classic Shore Spin 902
Shimano Jewell Shore Spin 902

Cheers,

Sido

9 foot seems to be a good length, consider the weight of the rod as well as you will be casting it a fair bit. Have a look at the Zing as well.

[The G factor]

Check out the Daiwa sea jigger range mate (old version, not the new ones). They are a great rod for throwing around slugs and are light for their length. Beautiful rods to fish with, the 305 is the all rounder and 325 is much heavier. I wouldn't go the 315 as I found that a bit too light if you want to throw around slugs that are a bit heavier

[The G factor]

Check out the Daiwa sea jigger range mate (old version, not the new ones). They are a great rod for throwing around slugs and are light for their length. Beautiful rods to fish with, the 305 is the all rounder and 325 is much heavier. I wouldn't go the 315 as I found that a bit too light if you want to throw around slugs that are a bit heavier

[Green Hornet]

I recently picked up a Shimano Tcurve Revolution Coastal 902.
9' long and casts 50g metals well. Light enough to cast all day.
I matched it with a Stradic 5000 and I'm happy with the outfit so far.

[rooboy]

The above posts pretty much cover it. One of the 9' shimanos, zing, or old seajigger. I've had both the shorespin and zing, and they are very similar IMO. Ray and Anne's and a few other stores also have differing versions of daiwa shore jigging rods, I think these and the leato rod in your cast range are 10'6 though.

[Paz]

mate have a look at the new Rapala 9'6" rod by Lee Rayner called Imperium

http://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/...f-fishing-tips

[Windknot]

What species of fish will you be fishing for mainly? The reason I ask is that many people think they need a rod that's capable of throwing 50 gram lures when they just don't. If you're fishing for salmon mainly, then you would be better off with a rod that can only cast lures up to around 25 grams. The reason being, that big stiff rods will make all your salmon feel small. The rod will over power them and you won't enjoy catching them. Any rod that's capable of casting 50 gram lures will simply be too much 'gun', IMO. It's a different matter if you are targeting larger fish, but most people don't regularly do this.

Catching salmon and tailor on suitable light gear is great fun. Catching them on a 'pole' isn't. For salmon and similar sized fish, I would recommend a rod that's rated as 4 to 6 kg and ones that's designed to cast lures up to 25 or 30 grams, max. The rod should be between 8 feet and 10 feet long to make long sessions less strenuous and more enjoyable.

I use a 315 Seajigger (the lightest one) with a Certate 3000 loaded up with 6 kg braid and it handles any salmon with total control. It will cast 30 gram lures great distances. I'm considering going even lighter in the near future, because catching salmon on light gear is so much fun.

[Sido]

Thanks Everyone for your responses really appreciate it.

Windknot - you ask some great questions - rod will mainly be used to chase salmon and tailor so your commentary has got me thinking - thanks.

[seanh]

Originally Posted by Windknot

What species of fish will you be fishing for mainly? The reason I ask is that many people think they need a rod that's capable of throwing 50 gram lures when they just don't. If you're fishing for salmon mainly, then you would be better off with a rod that can only cast lures up to around 25 grams. The reason being, that big stiff rods will make all your salmon feel small. The rod will over power them and you won't enjoy catching them. Any rod that's capable of casting 50 gram lures will simply be too much 'gun', IMO. It's a different matter if you are targeting larger fish, but most people don't regularly do this.

Catching salmon and tailor on suitable light gear is great fun. Catching them on a 'pole' isn't. For salmon and similar sized fish, I would recommend a rod that's rated as 4 to 6 kg and ones that's designed to cast lures up to 25 or 30 grams, max. The rod should be between 8 feet and 10 feet long to make long sessions less strenuous and more enjoyable.

I use a 315 Seajigger (the lightest one) with a Certate 3000 loaded up with 6 kg braid and it handles any salmon with total control. It will cast 30 gram lures great distances. I'm considering going even lighter in the near future, because catching salmon on light gear is so much fun.

+1 to that. I've also got a 315 Seajigger and it will handle any salmon that swims. Another rod I use is a Nitro Sniper . Its 10'6 and very versatile as it will flick lures and can also be used to catch bream and whiting in the surf. I reckon a lighter outfit is a whole lot more enjoyable to use.

[stella fella]

Gen black shore hunter perhaps?

[Windknot]

You might check out the Daiwa Seabass range of rods. They're not all that expensive, but they feel pretty good in the shop. There's some that are just about perfect for salmon, IMO.

Another rod that's worth checking out is the new Daiwa Lateo Pirates rods. There's a few in the range, but I'd go for the 9'6'' one which would go close to being ideal. This could easily be my next rod.

A rod that's very popular with some of the Surf Coast guys is the Lox Egi rod. This rod is 8'3'' long and it's rated to cast lures up to 25 grams and it casts them out a very long way. One excellent feature of these rods is the 'K' guides that they're fitted with. The shape of the guides stops you getting those really annoying wind knots where the line wraps around one of the guides, resulting in a bust off and re-rigging. The guides are angled, so any knots will simply slip off them.

[grave41]

Hi ,
i recently bought back from England a specific 11ft 2piece rod for this purpose and have used it for 10 days at Fraser Island tossing 3-50 gram slugs at anything that would bite.It uses the latest 3m nano resin system.I could cast a 3 gram slug using15lb braid with 17lb leader 60m without a problem and caught average tailor and big dart on this outfit.it was awesome!
I can import the blanks for $179 pounds as i build custom rods this is what i was looking for as well as a specific heavy tailor blank which i have also found just waiting to see if they will sell to me
You can hold the 11ft rod on your little finger it is that good and out fished everyone around me including bait fisherman.
Graham

[grave41]

Hi ,
i recently bought back from England a specific 11ft 2piece rod for this purpose and have used it for 10 days at Fraser Island tossing 3-50 gram slugs at anything that would bite.It uses the latest 3m nano resin system.I could cast a 3 gram slug using15lb braid with 17lb leader 60m without a problem and caught average tailor and big dart on this outfit.it was awesome!
I can import the blanks for $179 pounds as i build custom rods this is what i was looking for as well as a specific heavy tailor blank which i have also found just waiting to see if they will sell to me
You can hold the 11ft rod on your little finger it is that good and out fished everyone around me including bait fisherman.
Graham

Shimano Sonic 'SSV' Series 2 "Shore Spin 902" - Under $90. Its the same as the Jewel and is a graphite blank with a clear coat and looks pretty clean and tidy with silver and black binding. I've mated it to my Shimano Sustain 5000FG - balances extremely close to the reel seat which equals no fatigue after lots of casting.

Cant complain with the guides, seat, binding / epoxy or the blank - all seem top notch for such a cheap rod! Bought it just in case I swan dive off a rock up here at the Seaway. Epic caster of anything about 10gr to 70gr and doubles up great at casting HB lures and plastics in the estuaries and off the rocks.

The Samiki spin surf rod $190 '15-30lb'. Saw it again the other day - too heavy a action for general casting.