favorite all around inshore rod?
 

Bored this morning. What is everyones favorite all around inshore fishing rod for BL? What characteristics do you look for? Length, action etc.

Castaway skeleton heavy worm

For tails I like the 7ft Med-light trout series rod from Duce Rods, For tops I like the 6'8" Med action rod from Duce Rods and for Mirrordines/Corkys I use the 7ft Med action Duce Rod. They work great for me!

Sarge 843 m.o.a.r. & Duce Lite Trout

Duce

what type of action do you boys look for in these rods? are you wanting something with some finesse or something that has the backbone to handle all around fishing.

Didn't hear much about duce for a while after there were a lot of problems with customers not getting their rods back after sending them away for warranty. Has their quality both in rod blanks and customer service improved?

I dont think there was ever an issue with their rod blanks. But they were having some warranty issues and all of those issues have been taken care of from what i have seen and heard. I just had one switched out with no issues.

I started fishing G Loomis and love them

I was actually about to start building some rods of my own. Buddy of mine does it on the side. 7' split grip, microwave guides medium action.

basspro shop had a deal on penn battle II's a while back that i picked up but the rod is trash. It's a 6'6" fast action. That thing bends pulling a crappie jig across the water. Love the reel though LOVE IT

Loomis nrx mbr842c

I run that dog with a sarge freebird when throwing tops and corkies.

Duce has new owners. Met him at the boat show in Gonzales. Seemed like a nice guy and serious about it.

I like my 7' 6" Calc Extreme but my Duce 7'6" is a very close second.

RTD

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My H&H Hx4 6'6" ML and St Croix 7' M crankbait rod are my two favorite rods

falcon bucoo 7' medium. Very fun rod

Really like the Falcon Bucoo too!

Duckett ghost =$ rod can't beat it for price I
MO

X2 on the ghost


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I like the Ghost myself.. but not soft enough for trout fishing IMO

The ones on sale 😆

I recently bought a Castaway pro sport 6'7" med-light and I love it for throwing tails and mirrodines.

Also have a 6'9" allstar jerk bait rod I use for tops and corkies that I like a lot as well.


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OCR 7' 6" popping rod with long full size cork handle. You have to file a flight plan for your jig head/soft tail bait!

Sarge Free Bird or S.O.A.R. for corky's 7 ft med, light tip.

I like my duces rods and threw them for years, but Sarge makes a heck of a road once you fish with it, it is hard to put down.

I put together a couple rods on sarge blanks and now have no use for the rest of my rods.

H&H Backcountry is what I grab most often. I own a dozen of the H&H rods spinning and bait casting. Just great sticks.

I have the Sarge, the BillyStix, original AllStars, Castaways, St Croix, etc - but for trout and reds the Backcountry is the one I grab first - Curado or Chronarch 50 or 100.

It has a stout enough base to handle bruiser reds and a soft enough tip to permit flip casting soft plastics. I have caught lots of trout throwing 1/8 jig heads and a dozens of reds 34 to 44 inches on that stick.

Light, strong, sensitive. Made in SW Houston by a Sugarland FireFighter. He owns his tooling for his blanks too. Worth a look. Very good pricing for the top quality he builds. I like the foam slit grip shown in this pic, but he will do cork too.

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Very happy with my H&H got a curado 50 on it also

I'm looking for a new trout rod too. Was looking at the Falcon Bucoo Micro. What is your top choice rod?

Waterloo Hp lite with stealth handle is best rod I've ever fished. Lots of people dislike them because they're a little expensive, but they're worth every penny!!!
Definitely don't get a DUCE, they support CCA!!!

I have the falcon Buckoo with micro guides and I love it for fishing plastics! It's awesome for the price

My Abu Vendetta.. it's been good to me on countless occasions.

Well my fav rod has been Duce rods for the passed 4 years... but now that they have joined with CCA i will not support them. For the price i really like the waterloo phantom they sell at academy. The 7' med light for plastics and the 6'8" med for tops and mirrordines.

For 100$ it's hard to beat the Phantom

Whats everyones favorite academy rod or at least the gem. Yes I know they aren't 300 dollar rods but still. Seems like st. croix and waterloo lead the pack at academy.

Waterloo 4sho

They quit carrying the high dollar Falcons, but every now and then you can find a good one. I like the Buckoo with micro guides.

I have a falcon 7 foot medium bucco and just picked up a 7 foot shimano crucial. I like the crucial a little bit better because of their reel seat. I can got a lot of fingers touching that blank and I think that's why it seems more sensitive. Unfortunately they epoxy coated the entire rod and use standard guides. I like the micro guides and lighter finish that falcon puts on their bucco series.

Ugly Stik Inshore Select seven foot one-piece medium action. $30 - $40. Works great for me. Never had anyone prove to me that a $100 - $600 rod caught more fish.

My rod/reel setups are all universal rigs. We fish 4 adults on the boat so the rods have to be able to horse around trout and such without much regard for finesse. It would be awesome to have a high dollar rod but the academy rods catch fish just fine when your chunkin poppin corks and the occasional 1/8oz jighead on the bottom.

Duce rods
 

I love my Duce rods and enjoy supporting a local company that makes a great product. The same guys telling you not to buy a Duce were the ones saying it was the best rod on the market two weeks ago. Duce accepted a working relationship with CCA, which will help them across the state with the exception of the 20 SC guys butt hurt about them.

Buy a rod because its a great rod and you like it. Don't let a few people discourage you from a high quality local product because they dislike a business relationship that has nothing to do with the quality of the rod.

Im sorry Brent but i cannot support a company that is supporting an organization thats making money from the local fisherman and not using that money to help our fishery.

All good man, if you don't support Duce Rods because of their support of CCA that fine.. but you will also need to stop supporting the following companies for the SAME reason..

Academy Sports
Powertech Props
Costa Sunglasses
Rouses Stores
K2 Coolers
American Rodsmith
Chevy
NaticStar
Mercury Motors

and those are just a few. So there is no issue not supporting DUCE but you will also need to stop supporting ALL brands associated with CCA in order to make it fair and for your boycott to be effective.

I have officially boycotted all of those except academy and costa.... Because... Well that just ain't happening. I sold my Chevy because they support CCA! Now that's dedication!

and thats what I'm getting at. If one stands by their hate of CCA they must boycott all products that support them. Picking and choosing what products you want to bash isn't passionately opposing CCA. When you bash Duce Rods for their marketing partnership with CCA, All its doing is hurting a local company who has risked all their assets to provide a quality product.

Okay come pick up all my and costas and gear I've bought from academy. I'll leave it all by the road.

I fish artificials except for June/July/August time period. A lighter rod doesn't wear me out as fast as a heavier one so that allows me to casts a lot more each day. It should statistically allow me to catch more fish. :)

I fish FishStix. Very nice rods