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Walleye Fishing Rods
Walleye fishing rods come in many different shapes, styles and lengths. Depending on where you fish (river walleye or lake walleye). One of the more popular manufacturer of walleye rods in our area is the St Croix Walleye Fishing Rods. To be more specific their avid series is the most popular. However, you don't need a St. Croix walleye fishing rod to catch these fish. You can go with Shimano, G Loomis, Shakespear, Daiwa and a host of others. What you really need to look at is the feel, the strength, the length and the type of fishing you will be doing for walleye. By far the most popular method of catching walleye is jigging. Swift current fisherman are not afraid to jig and neither are lake walleye fisherman. Matching your line, to the strenth of your rod along with length will go a long way into helping catch walleye. Here are some tips for finding a walleye fishing rod. Length: a lot of fisherman like shorter rods for jigging. Some will go as small as 6' and others will want a longer rod like a 7' or 7'6". I personally don't like the smaller rods so I stick with a 7 footer. Action: you have a light, medium light, medium, medium heavy and heavy. When I hear heavy I always think salmon and not walleye. A lot of people think you'll be catching monster walleye but the norm is far from it. Select the action that you will catch the majority of fish with. Around here it's from 1-2 pounds with an occasional 5+ pounder. I have caught 10+ pound walleye with a medium lite action rod but it's not the norm. Tip Action: you basically have 3 types of action. x-fast, fast and moderate. Basically it's tied into the hook setting power and where you want it. x-fast is geared towards the tip, a fast tip or moderate will have the power towards the middle and guess where he moderate tip will be? Tip action is very important if you are jigging, pulling cranks or pulling bottom bouncers. I do use a different rod for bottom bouncers and crank pulling. What's very important is the feel and when you get a bite. Price: always a big factor and those of you who don't fish a lot, will tend to stay towards the bottom end and those of you who fish a lot will get the higher end models and own several different rods. I've expermented with different rods and really like the St. Croix line but I have several Bass Pro rods that I am in love with. Again it comes down to personal perference but if you know a little about rods before you head to the local shop you will have a better idea of what you are looking for. Another reason I like to St. Croix rods is because they are American made. I like to support people in the US. Here is a rundown on the various types of rods St. Croix carries. Mojo Bass- These fishing rods are technique-specific bass fising rods to meet the needs of flippers, casters, jiggers and all other bass fishing techniques.Avid Pearl- specially designed for women who want high performance and girly appearance. Avid Series Casting- most popular St Croix casting rods, designed for performance and value. Avid Series Spinning- same as above except a spinning rod. Legend Tournament-superb-performance for walleye & musky fisherman. Featuring innovative design and detail. Legend Tournament- same as above except it is designed for bass fishermanl. Legend Elite- unbelievable design and performance, yet light and extremely sensitive. LegendXtreme- the lighest St Croix fishing rods made as well as the most sensitive. Cutting edge techology and performance. **What I find unique is the St Croix Fishing Rods Warranty Program. Depending on which series you purchase you will either get a 1 year warranty, 5 year warranty or a lifetime warranty. Be sure to read their Gold Star Warranty program. You can find St Croix rods at just about every major sporting goods stores and online at Cabela's, Bass Pro Shops, and even Amazon. Take a look below:
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