6 hours ago, BeardedBassGuy said:

Yeah I'm thinking about going with a 6:1 ratio somewhere in that area. There is a possibility (depending how much sleep I get the night before) that I may go insane lol.

That's more what I'm thinking. I already have some smaller swimbaits under 2oz that I would like to still use on a new rod rather than having to buy only swimbaits over 2oz.

Whatever you do I would recommend getting a rod that will do a certain thing well. If that certain thing is 1-3oz smaller treble lures like swaver 186, 7" slammers and stuff, then get it. You can always add to your arsenal. Where I think guys regret later on is they try to start out with a "jack of all trades" rod, and then  when they realize they do want to throw the bigger baits they realize they really need to upgrade anyways, and their "jack of all trades" rod turns into 3 separate combos and ultimately gets sold or forgotten about. I'm still pretty new to swimbait fishing myself but if I could do it all over again I would have bought the 795 and then maybe gotten the 806 or 867 at a later point. 

2 hours ago, MassYak85 said:

Whatever you do I would recommend getting a rod that will do a certain thing well. If that certain thing is 1-3oz smaller treble lures like swaver 186, 7" slammers and stuff, then get it. You can always add to your arsenal. Where I think guys regret later on is they try to start out with a "jack of all trades" rod, and then  when they realize they do want to throw the bigger baits they realize they really need to upgrade anyways, and their "jack of all trades" rod turns into 3 separate combos and ultimately gets sold or forgotten about. I'm still pretty new to swimbait fishing myself but if I could do it all over again I would have bought the 795 and then maybe gotten the 806 or 867 at a later point. 

I think that's the direction I'm headingbut not gonna rush iy. Where I'm from we still have probably another month or so of ice. I appreciate all the wisdom, thanks for taking the time for all the responses!