Squarebill rod/reel/line

[RodBusterWithAnAttitude]

Dobyns Gen1 Champion 706CB
Shimano Core 100Mg w/Boca OS ABEC 7 ceramic bearings
Super Silver Thread AN40 12lb. CoPolymer

[MOLON LABE]

Around riprap and lighter cover
St Croix Legend Elite 7' Medium Fast
Shimano Core 100mg
12 pound fluoro

Wood and heavier cover
St Croix Avid 7' Med Hvy Xfast
Core 100mg
20lb Power Pro Slick Timber Brown

[mrpao]

Shimano cumara 7' med hvy and Lew's TP1S. #15 trilene big game.

[moodyjeremy]

Quantum KVD tour signature 7' med/heavy cranking rod
revo winch
15 lb p line floroclear in shallow cover or 12 p line floroclear in open water

[Spinnerb8]

Falcon Cara Composite Cranker or Cara CC-5-17. Depends on Cover. Reel is a Chronarch 200 E6 or E5.

[The NHBassmaster]

Abu Garcia Veritas Winch 7' M - A good length that allows long casts or short accurate casts, yet gives enough rod to fight the fish. The moderate action is a must when fishing anything with treble hooks.

Abu Garcia Revo STX 6.4:1 - The faster 6.4:1 is a good choice, 1. Because there isn't usually a lot of torque with the squarebills, and 2. Squarebills are usually fished pretty quickly to force reaction bites.

Spiderwire Ultracast Fluoro 15lb. - Fluorocarbon in tougher, it sinks, and is sensitive - important with squarebills because you can feel it hitting and deflecting off cover. When you feel it bounce into something, that's a great time to pause your retrieve and draw a strike. Squarebills are usually used in cover heavy enough to warrant the 15lb. line.

[JigFshr32]

Dobyns 705CB Glass
Lew's TP1S
15 Lb. McCoy Fluoro

[shakyhead10]

Denali Rosewood 7ft medium heavy crankbait rod/ bps carbon lite gold reel/ McCoy 15lb fluoro..

[barrys]

Duckett 7' med. Micro Magic
Shimano Calais 200
16lb. Magnathin

[bassmd]

St. Croix Mojo Bass 7'4" glass
Shimano Caenan
12lb mono

[No Wake]

Falcon Lowrider XG 4-17 7’ M Shimano Curado 201DPV 10lb Izorline

[taylor4911]

Use a Denali jadewood 7' mh crankbait rod with quantum tour edition burner 7.0 and 12lb. Flouro. Throw most cranks on this setup

[Chode]

7'm tatula with lews tp 5.4 n sniper 10lb fluoro...just butter

[BigRiverrat]

Old setup was Dobyns 705CB & a chronarch spooled with 14lb mono. This year I'm using the Dobyns 764CB RM

This is a great rod for larger squarebills, swimjigs with larger trailers, and paddle tails.

[rgbtr196le]

Dobyns 705CB and Daiwa Tatula 6.3

[zodiak311]

Dobyns 705cb glass, Zillion, 12 lb big game
Dobyns 705cb, Zillion, 12 lb big game

[bscl1969]

B+R Outlaw 7'6"mc IMO best sq. bill rod made!!

[CrappyBassfishinDude]

I use a Falcon Bucco BMC72 M/H w/ a Revo S. Also 15lb Big Game. I'm on a budget!!!

[stratos284]

Castaway Skeleton 6'8" Medium Moderate
Shimano Chronarch
10# Suffix Elite, sometimes Trilene 100% Fluro

[STEVE81]

I vary my rod action by the size of squarebill that I'm throwing. Both are made by Denali.

For 1.5 sized squarebills, I go with the 7' medium action Jadewood Crankbait rod. For the 2.5 models, I go with the same size rod and class but use a med/hvy.

For reels, I like the BPS Pro Qualifier in a 6.3:1 ratio and 12-17 pound floro.

I also use the same 2.5 set up on 1/2 ounce or bigger traps.