Looking for a chatterbait/spinnerbait rod that wont break the bank amd was thinking of going with a glass rod. I generally throw 1/2oz baits but will occasionally throw a 1oz spinnerbait. Fishing fairly open water and usually slow rolling. Anybody have any ideas on a decently priced rod. Would even prefer a used rod if i could find what im looking for
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a couple rods that are out of production I think. The Powell paddletale rod is what I use in Florida for both the techniques you note in about the same weight. Nice tip but big backbone and reasonable sensitivity. Seems when I hit on a big chatterfrog fish in KY it is in April and around laydowns I don't see until too late. This rod can move her.
Another that I own but don't fish enough is a looms MBR847 crankbait rod. Mine is a custom and I don't fish it nearly enough.
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Glass for heavier spinnerbaits/chattebaits is a no-no in my book. Need more "backbone"
Dobyns 736C glass. This rod was designed for chatterbaits and larger spinerbaits.
I have always used a 6'6" medium heavy rod, the same one I throw a spinnerbait with. But, when the fish are biting short, I do not seem to always get a solid hookset and often pull the bait away from them. In several articles on BassFan, Brett Hite says to use a glass rod for chattebaits. So, late last fall, I started throwing chatterbaits on my medium action (actually it's really a medium heavy, but marked as a medium) glass/graphite combo cranking rod. I noticed that I was hooking more of those short strikers than with my graphite spinnerbait rod. So, I am going to buy a BPS cranking Stick to try. For $79.00, if I don't like it, it's no great loss. I have heading to the BPS store in Toldeo this Saturday to buy one, as I want to feel the action of the rod to determine if I want the medium or medium heavy action before buying.
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I've said this before, I got a Hammer rod, specifically the 6'9" H and I got it for larger topwaters, 3/4oz and up. Anyway I decided to see how well it would do with spinnerbaits and chatterbaits and it is now the only rod I use for those baits. It is the best chatterbait rod I've ever used by a large margin, the rod is stout for those larger baits with big hooks but when you pull on the fish it has a slower action, like a mod-fast so you will have no problem keeping fish pinned. I'm on my second season with it and I have never lost a single fish on a chatterbait yet with it and I use that bait a lot. If you prefer a longer rod they make them, and they will have the same characteristics as they use the same versatile taper for all their rods.
^^^ This, Hammer! I use a 7' H for all of that, as well as T-rigs, light jigs, even weightless senko sometimes, and a few other things... It's def a great rod! Very versatile.
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Another Hammer user here. 7 foot heavy I use for swim jigs, chatterbaits, and spinner baits.
Thanks guys i may give the 7' H hammer a try although ive never held one and dont think theres anywhere ariund here i could get my hands on one
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Unless you try the new Kistler Rods KLX Feel n' Reel...glass tip with a graphite backbone. Loads up incredibly well on a hookset!Originally Posted by OhioChamp183
http://www.kistlerrods.com/store/fis...l#.WHUbmVMrJpg
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Call The Tackle Trap. It's in stock and ready to ship, you'll enjoy the rod for this application, and a lot more. Great stick!
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I think you'll decide on the MH power. The M power in the crankin rod lineup is pretty whimpy.
That would be one I would look at.
Really like the Cashion chatterbait rod i got last year.
That's what I am thinking too. But, I won't know for sure until I get them both in my hand.
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Just got the 736 Glass rod in from Dobyns yesterday. The stick feels incredible! Haven't used it yet, but will post a review this weekend. Plan on using it for chatterbaits, and trying it for traps in grass.
Not sure how but a chatter ended up on my 764 CBRM this past year and that's where it'll stay now.
The wife and I drove up to BassPro in Toledo today. I need a 6'6" rod to fit in my Lund rod locker. I checked the MH BPS cranking rod and I thought it was too stiff. It is the same action as the rod I have been using. I checked for a M action and they didn't have any in stock. Rats! So, I picked up a ML, knowing it would be too whippy, WRONG! Turns out, the ML was far stiffer than I would have guessed. So, i bought it. If it turns out to be too light when I get it on the water, I can at least throw shallow crankbaits with it. But, I think it will be perfect. It's just the action I was looking for.
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Many of the rod makes are way stiffer than one would think.
The "glass" or glass composite rods of today are so different than the older glass rods. I use a Powell Endurance 705CB for 1/2oz baits and it is a near perfect rod for that size bait. If you pick one up you'd swear it was a graphite rod, but load it up and fish it and it feels like a glass rod.
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