Rod Recommendation

davids8477

Ok I took my nephews from the UK into the Glades for some Oscar fishing using shiners. Shiners because they have zero experience and I wanted to be sure they caught a decent few fish - all catch and release as always.

Anyway, one hooked into a good fish and manhandled it out of the water and snapped the tip of the rod off - top 6 inches.

So time for a new rod .

I want it for shiner fishing using a sliding bobber - my preferred method - targeting bass etc.

I prefer to shop at Basspro as I get a good discount on their branded products.

I'd appreciate hearing of your combined experience/recommendations as to the best rod.

Thanks

David

kmander3

I don't use any bass pro shops branded stuff, but will share some other ideas.

In my tournament line up I have a mainly Mojo Bass but I've got two duckets and they are hard to beat between price, weight, strength and sensitivity. For shiners I would get the same one I use for swimbait's which is also the one I would use shiner fishing. It's the 7'3" heavy action. Your gonna have a very hard time finding a better rod at the $100 price point.

capt louie

Did you like the rod that got broken and what was it ?

davids8477

It was a Shimano Compre. I liked it but I just picked it up when I was very new to fishing and repurposed it for shiners.

Corrected for rod model

capt louie

davids8477 wrote: »

It was a Shimano Compre. I liked it but I just picked it up when I was very new to fishing and repurposed it for shiners.

Corrected for rod model

Figure out what you did and did not like about it. Will help in making the decision.