Any baitcasting rods you'd recommend?

Dobyns Fury 795SB - or any Dobyns rod rated as a Swimbait rod.

Diawa DXSB - Diawa's swimbait line...about $100 - you'd only need the MH for that.

Any requirements for length..?

 

Have a look at the Irod Geneses II rods. The 783SB jr. swimbait rod would work great for that weight. 

Dobyns  fury 795 sb 

You doing treble hooks or single heavy wire?

Look at the Phenix X Series of rods. 
They have rods rated up to 3 oz from 7’ to 7’6”

 

 

 

 

Mike

Oh wow, some great suggestions here, definitely have my work cut out for me picking something out.
Perfect, thank you and happy holidays!

Others will disagree, but I'm not a fan of the Fury 795SB. I disliked fishing with it. However I'm a big fan of the Champion 794SB. Perfect for 2 oz baits. Great stick and totally worth the difference in price, especially if you're sticking to that weight range and not using 12/0 beast hooks.

Ah man, another one to think of!

Perfect, thanks @PhishLI

Okuma Guide Select Swimbait. 

St. Croix 7'11'' H Mod-Fast Mojo Bass.

A MH muskie rod would work well. 

What type of 2 oz lures; jigs, crank baits or swim baits?

Tom

Jigs and swim baits 

Swimbait weighing 2 oz usually uses a longer moderate swimbait rods between 7’10” to 8’ line rated for lures 1 to 5 oz.

Swimbait rods  are good application specific casting lures long distance 40 to 60 yards, not good for fishing bottom contact jigs as a rule.

So what is your primary use; swimbaits or heavy punching jigs?

Tom

 

It’s really serving a dual purpose.

Casting swim baits and vertical jigging deep water structure. 

Jigs or spoons? Seems like a lot of questions but The heaviest jigs I use for deep (over 60’) are 1 oz. If you have current then I see going up in weight. 

I used a IROD IRG754F Fred’s Magic stick /frog rod at times for smaller 2oz swimbaits, big deep crankbaits and jig rod for punching 1 1/2 oz jig successfully. Good multi purpose rod in your budget.

Tom

Not asking a lot of questions, I appreciate your advice. 

Vertical jigging in waters that will reach 60’ max. There will be current and traditionally early and late season the wind really picks up. I’m guessing that it’s possible a 2 oz weight will be required. 

Vertical jigging will be SOP. 

Casting swim baits will be for those days where I fish at night. Few and far between but I do fish nights on occasion. I didn’t want this thread to get moved but this may help.

 

Off topic, vision is very important.

I had cataract surgery in both eye retiring 6 years ago at age 72 and was shocked how my vision had slowly degraded. For the 1st time in my Life had 20-20 vision without night blindness!

On the 11 of Dec I now facing Retina surgery to save my right eye. 2020 has been a ***** is so many ways!

Going fishing on the 9th to enjoy a day on the water....

Tom

Oh wow, I feel for you @WRB, the past couple of years dealing with vision issues hasn’t been fun for me either.

I've been in and out of the eye doc so many times, and this is no lie, they asked me to write a review for their web site.

My condition is known as central serous retinopathy. No known cures and a possible “we think it’s caused by stress”. “Usually, it corrects itself, but we may be able to do laser eye surgery with a 50/50 chance it will get corrected.” 

In my case the fluid build up is directly inline with the optic nerve and the condition has left scarring. Laser surgery will correct the fluid problem but potentially, could leave more scarring.

I had an eye appointment this past Friday and the subject of laser surgery came up again. I got decisions to make.

Anyway, good luck fishing Tom, my fingers will be crossed for you with your vision issues. I pray the outcome from your surgery restores your vision.

You really don’t know what you got until you lose it.

 

 

To those who posted on this thread, thanks a million! You gave me a lot of good ideas here. Now it’s time for some research to see which will work best for me.

Have a great holiday season!

On 12/4/2020 at 8:09 PM, PhishLI said:

Others will disagree, but I'm not a fan of the Fury 795SB. I disliked fishing with it. However I'm a big fan of the Champion 794SB. Perfect for 2 oz baits. Great stick and totally worth the difference in price, especially if you're sticking to that weight range and not using 12/0 beast hooks.

I feel the same way, very unimpressed with my 795SB.  The OAL:handle length ratio feels off and the blank is dead as a doornail.  I got it for throwing 68 Specials but the rod gives no bottom feedback at all and the handle length too much for smaller glides as I use the rod to work them a lot of the time.  It’s still sitting in the rack, waiting the day I decide to go try to catch a huge Potomac River blue catfish.