What do you look for in a blackfish rod?

[Scrubby]

not that I catch many, being the giant hack that i am, but i could use all the help i can get..so what say you, what do you look for in a tog stick? what do you look for in a whole rod and reel set up for that matter??

[Jay]

I have three Tog rods, Bogan Custom and two are Lamiglas TFX 7030 and 7040. For reels, I have Avet's SX. The Lami's are very light and have a nice back bone to them. The Bogan rod I use when we have to use heavier sinkers.

[spyro]

blackfish....

[mickrazz]

Good advice from Jay. The TFX 7030 is a very nice rod. I'm not a fan of lever drags for bottom fishing but thats just me. The Daiwa saltist 20 is a great reel for the money, or the graphite frame version of the same reel is the Daiwa seagate for about $125. Either one will serve you well.

[shrimpman steve]

I look for a 40 year old hollow glass blank at the flea markets. I have found two over the last year or two that I would not change for the world. I like the bend in the old glass blanks, I feel it makes up for the non forgiving braid. I have not popped a hook on a big fish since going to these older rods.

[Leif]

7ft med action rod that will handle a 10oz sinker.

I prefer a matching quality star drag reel for this type of fishing.

See Kevin Bogan. He has some nice custom fiberglass rods and graphite rods that are a great value.

Mike Garone has some nice one of a kind custom rods as well.

Thanks,

Leif