aaronczl

both the blackout and the Berkley emotion felt like butter when I held them. do you fish any treble hooks with it? im worried about blowing mouths open.

Ive got 2 ugly sticks. one for catfish and one for panfish. Both do well. I haven't held an elite tho. ill check them out

Been lurking you guys forever but just now decided to sign up! My current crankbait setup is a Abu Garcia Cardinal reel that I love (and its been beat!) and a 6'6 med/fast rod that got the top 6" snapped off. Been fishing it like that for a while and im pretty tired of it now. Ive been shopping for a while and I am in Texas for some business. Ive held some rods here that ive really liked. Ive tried to keep the price point under $80. Im also wondering if I NEED a moderate action or fast with mono would work ok. I crank mostly shad raps, model a type plugs ( and a size bigger too, name?) 3" jerks, lipless and squarebills. Most of them don't go past 8ft. anything deeper than that and I usually use soft plastic (dedicated rod for that). Heres what ive found: Berkley E-motion 6'9" med/mod. - $80 *** Blackout 7' med/fast - $80 H20 academy brank (the realtree camo rod)- 7' Med/fast - $60 Diawa Laguna 6'6" med/fast - $60 Abu Garcia Vendetta6'6" med/fast - $50 (marked down at walmart) Also found a Daiwa Jupiter that's marked as a med/heavy but looks just as big as the others I listed. its also $50 Have any of you guys fished any of these rods? how was the sensitivity, action, and casting? I want to be able to cast my small/medium sized cranks well and will obtain a larger setup later if I start fishing bigger cranks. Thanks a lot fellas!