I have gathered up a nice collection of crankbaits and would like to start seriously fishing them. I would like to get a whole new settup specifically for fishing crankbaits. Anyone have any good suggestions? I would like to spend in the area of $200, give or take. For the rods i was looking at maybe a St. Croix mojo bass or Wright and Mcgill. Anyone familiar with these two? Also, which do you think is better graphite or glass? Suggestions on reels would help too.
Hey man. The mojo rod looks nice. Almost got one myself, but invested in a BPS Carbonlite instead. Sick rod. But for Cranking, i would go with either one of them you suggested. You would want something on the MH side. Nothing to stiff, you want to be able to feel the action of the bait. So i would say probably a soft tip, glass rod. 7' With mono for cranking.
You dont wanta rip the hook out of it's mouth
You dont wanta rip the hook out of it's mouth
I use the reel from a Bill Dance select baitcast combo that was 60$ (rod and reel) and a 6' MH bionic blade rod from bass pro. I have caught most of my big fish on this setup and it works well. The reel feels cheap and bulky, but casts a mile, has a good drag setup and has given me no problems in the 2 years I've owned it. I don't know if the rod is glass or graphite, but it doesn't really matter to me, as out of my 4 rod and reel setups, this is my favorite. This year, I've had a lipless cranker on that setup 90% of the time, but use it with all types of crankbaits. It has a fair amount of sensitivity and also some backbone to land decent fish.
I would go with a graphite rod, sensitivity is key even is crankbait fishing. Graphite rods are more sensitive than glass rods, but glass rods handle fish much much better. I usually go with a MH fast action for my cranking rods. I have 2 mojo rods and I love them. One of my buddys has the Skeet Reeese Jig rod and loves that, I personally dont like the weight of glass rods.
It all comes down to what feels better for you.
It all comes down to what feels better for you.
I cant find the settup he talks about anymore. So I am leaning towards the Wright and McGill s-glass (or maybe the mojo). Anyways, they have two different legnth crankbait rods. 7 feet and 7'10''. What are the differences in size for? Is one for shallow diving and one for deep diving crankbaits?
7'10" sounds like borderline surfcaster to me!!! That thing is huge. If you do a lot of shore fishing with trees around, you may want to lean towards the shorter one. Not sure what the difference would be as far as action between the longer and shorter...I do a lot of shore fishing around trees/things that aren't the lake and I use a 6' and 6'6" for all types of baits and that seems to work.
