Anyone able to recommend a Muskie Rod for me? I'm looking at getting a new casting rod, I think I have a decent reel to pair it up with.

Also, not opposed to looking at buying a used one either.

**EDIT**  -  Looking to spend less than $100 on a rod.

Best,

Paul

BPS makes a 6' XH musky rod in the graphite series, not great but cheap.  I've never musky fished, but I'd like to, have a pretty nice musky lake near.  

Some of the best rods for the money in the musky market.  IMO

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now go slam a pig

St. Croix makes some great musky rods.

musky is my #1 favorite fish

the best rods ever are the st.croix series

look for the st. croix catologe you can find some nice cheep ones

p.s just because its cheep doesent mean it sucks st. croix is the best

;D

musky is my #1 favorite fish

the best rods ever are the st.croix series

look for the st. croix catologe you can find some nice cheep ones

p.s just because its cheep doesent mean it sucks st. croix is the best

;D

Went musky fishing for the first time this weekend and can say that the St. Croix Premier Musky Rod is a good rod.  Went out with the notion that my 7'9''H swimbait rod and 7'6''H flipping stick would be sufficient for the task, needless to say, if I plan on doing it again, I will purchase a musky specific setup.  These two rods held their own but definitely could have been easier with the right setup.

I have used the Gander Mountain Guide series rods for several years and they are ok for me. I have also used St Croix (borrowed from a good friend) as well. For about the past year or so, I have been using a Quantum Alliance musky rod and IMO, it is close to the St Croix that I've used. Musky Shop has the rod for $80, so that would be another one to consider.

I have the Gander Mountain MH Musky rod as well.  In all honesty though, I haven't had the opportunity to use it.  I have the red round Abu

Garcia 5600 on it.

Ahhh, the musky. My favorite fish to chase...and be frustrated by.

Personally, I have a St. Croix 6'6" Musky Rod. Works great for musky cranks, jerk baits, and heavy bucktails (1.5 oz or larger). I have it paired with a Tica Caiman 200 reel. If I were to do it over I'd probably go with the 6' 10" version though.

The current movement in musky fishing is to go longer with rods. There are many companies that are now making 8' and 9' musky rods. I imagine they would throw these large baits about a mile. That's all well and good I suppose but I've always wondered how you transport them. (I don't have a boat)

However, I recently read an article on In-Fisherman called "Musky Lite". It was interesting because I have been thinking that bigger/heavier isn't always the answer. I've noticed that I've had more issues staying hooked up with musky using my musky specific rod then I did using my 6'6" bass casting rod when casting my favorite small bucktails. Also my most productive musky lure is a 3/4 oz. Mepps musky killer that has about 1/2 the hair ripped off if it. This is a lure that is manageable on a MH/H action bass rod. As an aside, my brother has no issue hooking up and landing them on his walleye rod with an Erie Dearie. :

So, with this in mind, a couple weeks back I picked up a Kistler 7'8" Magnesium Flipping stick as a closeout at Cabelas. I bought it to serve duty as both a bass jig/light swimbait/frog rod and light musky bucktail rod. I've not thrown a bucktail with it thus far but from messing around and throwing baits that are similar it seems like it will do the job fine.

So long story short(er). St. Croix makes some excellent and reasonably priced rods. However, if you are just throwing spinners/bucktails then a heavy action bass rod will serve the purpose too.

DO NOT buy anything under 7'6".  Everyone is using 8' to 9' rods.  They give longer casts, easier figure-8's, and take off a lot of fatigue from throwing heavy baits.

I recommend a 8'6" XH, depending on what size lures you will throw.  If you don't want to spend much you can't go wrong with Pete Maina signature series at Bass Pro.  They have a new 8'6" thats good for lures weighing 4 to 10 ounces and they are on sale for $100.