Got a rod I sort of planned on using as a crankbait rod but now Im not so sure as Im reading the action shoudlnt be fast as you will just rip the bait outta the fishes mouth. 

 

Just got back into fishing last year after a LONG lay off of 30 years. When I last fished it was simple, it was a spinning rod and a pumpkinseed tube or a chartruse grub lol. 

 

Thanks

 

 

Top water walking lures, poppers and jerk baits. Also good for finesse T-rigged worms.

Tom

15 hours ago, Jimmy Wallhanger said:

Got a rod I sort of planned on using as a crankbait rod but now Im not so sure as Im reading the action shoudlnt be fast as you will just rip the bait outta the fishes mouth. 

It's a medium, so it'll have more flex down into its length. Spool up with softer mono if you feel it needs more stretch and you should be just fine.

Tubes and grubs still get bit with regularity.  A mod or mod fast action aids keeping fish pinned but you can 100% land fish on a crank bait with a fast action medium power. 

Weightless 5" senkos, and other weightless plastics that are harder to cast on a medium heavy, also a perfect rod for soft plastic jerkbaits

I think you’ll find lots of uses for that rod. If you fish from shore at all even more so. I have a 6’6” mf it’s one of my favorites. 

I have two MF rods under 7'.  They are very different from each other, but both very useful.   One is a good jerkbait rod, but I don't love it for much else.  The other is my favorite small crank, popper, and blade bait rod.  Like most of my rods, neither is exactly what I envisioned it would be when I bought it.  Tie on a variety of different lures in or close to the rod lure weight rating and see how it performs for you.  "rip the bait outta the fishes mouth" has never been a concern for me.

 

I fish lipless crankbaits and squarebills on a MH/F Zodias just fine. Big Game mono. A M/F is a good jerkbait and popper rod. All of these are treble baits. Definitely not the end of the world and the ripping the hooks out thing is way overblown. This would also make a good weightless plastic rod.

Thanks for all the replies. 

16 hours ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

Tubes and grubs still get bit with regularity.  A mod or mod fast action aids keeping fish pinned but you can 100% land fish on a crank bait with a fast action medium power. 

 

 

Oh yeah, Im ripping lips on Jumbo Perch with a 1.5" tube all day. 

13 makes a good 6.7 M power.  Theyre designed for treble hook baits and wont be too stiff to pull hooks.  Really all the M power rods I've used, other then some much older SC Ms, had enough give to work with trebles.  Even if you use braid the rod usually has enough give to avoid tearing.