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Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski
Do you plan to use the it for fishing with jigs or rigs? Most have a heavier set up for rigs and a lighter set up for jigs. You want the rig rod to be able to handle 10 ounce weights and the jig rod needs to be a lot lighter and sensitive so you can feel a 1/2 ounce jig hit the bottom and the small tick bites. It would also be helpful to know what your budget is...
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So to Gerry’s point - I actually have 2 spools for my saltist 3000 but when I’m fishing from rocks I run the spool with power pro braid 50 on it with a 6-8 foot of 30lb top shot. From there I normally run conventional rigs but I’ve run jigs with that set up also.
Remember - the thinner and lighter braid is to help you with not just feeling the bite but also cutting through 50-100 feet of water in wind and tide movement. You don’t really run into that issue fishing from rocks when you’re only dealing with 10-15 feet of water if that.
I’ve done very well from the rocks fishing my conventional spool set up with jigs.
When I go out on a boat I bring 2 rods - 1 for conventional set up and then my jigging world rod with my spool with 30 lb j braid but I even think that’s over kill I could get away with 10 or 20 for jigging.
Everyone has their own preferences. Gotta find what works for you!
And on a side note -Don’t worry by the time your a couple hundred bucks in the hole in lost rigs , jigs, and top shot you’ll be too hooked to fishing TOG to give a crap.
Tight lines!
