rod selection for swimbais

Deejay quick · Post by **Deejay quick** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:14 pm

guys what action rod are you using for swimbaits like the 4" tru tugsten and the bbz 1

elfish16 · Post by **elfish16** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:03 pm

shoot a simple Gloomis 844 is all you need. They are stout enough to cast them and set the hook on the bites you get.

bassenvy · Post by **bassenvy** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:14 pm

depends on if your using stock hooks...I throw the 4" tru-t on a 7'6 mh crankin' stick. I've customized a few and added weight and just run a bigger single front hook. I throw that bait on the Powell 764.

WANNA HOOK BIGGIN'S · Post by **WANNA HOOK BIGGIN'S** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:40 pm

Bro your comparing apples and oranges there. the 4" TT is roughly 1OZ the BBZ1 is roughly 4 to 5 OZ's. A good quality starter swimbait rod is an Okuma 7'11" M/H 3/4OZ to 3 OZ "Guide select". They go for about $120 new and $70 to $80 used with basically a hasstle free lifetime warranty. I have already used mine... No, not a crappy rod just a bone head mistake by me but they replaced it, no questions asked. I paid $15 to $20 shipping. This rod can handle a big spinner bait or trap and handle something as big as a BBZ 1. Although the BBZ 1 is almost 5 OZ's and the rod is only rated up to 3 OZ. If you realy want to handle the weight of the bait and cast with ease you should probably use 2 differet swimbait rods unless there is one that will handle both equally as well. I dout it unless you spend $300 +. Try that M/H Okuma and see what you think, it's the chepest quality investment you can make right now. Swimbait fishing is a whole different animal than your standard bass fishing presentations. You have to go into it expecting less bites overall but getting bigger bites on the whole. You could get lucky by only throwing the swimbait 20 to 40 casts a day because it's big and heavy but you have to be willing to throw those baits for hours and hours in the right conditions. Any confident swimbait fisherman will tell you that you have to be willing and have the patience to throw a swimbait all day long to get that "monster" bite. And no i'm not a rep or sponsored by Okuma, just sharing my experience as so many others have done for me.

WHB

leachman90 · Post by **leachman90** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:54 pm

Wanna, The TT and the BBZ1 Shad are about the same weight depending on the sinking rate.I am holding the package right now and it says the floating is 1/4oz and the slow sink is 1/2oz and the fast sinking is 1oz.

DeltaDan · Post by **DeltaDan** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:33 pm

Those BBZ1's don't cast for crap..... But they do pitch very nice on a 734 -- as well as casting 6.5" Big Hammers up to 3/4 oz. on a 766.

WANNA HOOK BIGGIN'S · Post by **WANNA HOOK BIGGIN'S** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:54 pm

leachman90 wrote:Wanna, The TT and the BBZ1 Shad are about the same weight depending on the sinking rate.I am holding the package right now and it says the floating is 1/4oz and the slow sink is 1/2oz and the fast sinking is 1oz.

My bad I thought he was talking about the 8" trout bait. The rest still applies.

WHB