Spinner bait rod suggestions

[filthyPhil]

Losing a bunch of fish lately, using 7ftMH rods that have worked well for years. Just curious if a 7ft or slightly shorter medium would be better hookup ratio. Open to any suggestions.

[rando]

I use jerkabit rod for spinner bait duty and it has been working great for me. The rod I use is ALX zolo jerkbait, it has medium tip and mh backbone at 6’9”. Before I used 611 m+ Poison adrena and it worked great too. I throw mostly 3/8 oz. spinner baits, of various profiles (big warbaits, snagler river spinnerbaits and zman slings).

Loosing fish may not necessary mean you need to change the way you been doing things for years. Maybe just an unlucky streak.

[eyra_kid]

My go-to spinnerbait rod is a 7' medium fast St Croix LTB. It's an older Bass Teaser model. I feel like I get better hookups with the medium over medium heavy. Kind of the crankbait rod principle, gives them a bit more time to eat it. Tried a G.Loomis MBR 842, but it was too soft for my liking. St Croix's medium rating is just a bit heaver than Loomis, but not a medium heavy. My 2 cents

[godshippy]

I use a Dobyns 733c for 3/8 and 1/2 oz spinnerbaits--but I typically use a trailer hook on most of mine.

[filthyPhil]

Tried my loomis crankbait rod this morning, kept the fish pinned till about five feet from the boat and he spit it out. Anyone use a treble as a trailer hook on a spinnerbait? My only worry with that is I like to fish in heavy cover and could see it losing a bunch of baits. I do like the idea of a jerk bait rod. The two rods I've used for the last decade are the first run St Croix Mojo Bass spinnerbait rods in 7MH. I have caught 100's of fish on them but yeah bad luck might be the ticket as well. Nowhere local to me to actually hold a dobyns rod, I've heard nothing but good things about them would just prefer to hold one or any rod for that matter before committing.

[godshippy]

You could always order through Amazon and see how it feels and return it :/

[Bronzeye]

The two rods I've used for the last decade are the first run St Croix Mojo Bass spinnerbait rods in 7MH. I have caught 100's of fish on them

Since the time when that Mojo rod was so effective with spinnerbaits, have you switched from nylon monofilament to braid, or from older spinnerbaits to newer ones with smaller barbs? Either of these changes could make it easier for bass to throw the hook (the braid by creating a bigger hole on the hookset).

[filthyPhil]

Have always used 12lb floro with Booyah, Strike King, and war eagle spinners. Those are the easiest for me to get locally.

[Hobie-Wan Kenobi]

With the crank rod, losing them close to the boat could be a lack of hook penetration. Need more swing to set the spinnerbait hook because the rod gives more.

A MH rod with mono or fluoro works. I used braid for years and it worked. I had to set the hook with less power to make sure I don't tear a hole in the fishes mouth. That allows the fish to throw the hook easier.

Use your current setup and inspect the fish before and after you unhook it. If you have holes bigger than the hook, dial your hookset a little down. If they get off next to the boat, maybe try mono instead of fluoro.

[filthyPhil]

Thinking about picking up a used lews custom pro jerkbait rod off facebook, the price is right but it's a 6"7 M fast action. I havent used a rod that short in twenty years so who knows. Going to try mono as well. Landed a few dinks today so got some confidence back, still heartbroken over the two toads I lost though.

[goldrod]

Losing a bunch of fish lately, using 7ftMH rods that have worked well for years. Just curious if a 7ft or slightly shorter medium would be better hookup ratio. Open to any suggestions.

I wouldn’t suggest that but what I will advise is the old sbr rod by g Loomis
I love mine and it’s paired with a conquest dc 6:8 model and 20lb floro.
I love the rod, I call it the cinnamon stick because of the color

[russ57]

Okuma TCS 69MHMF

Amazing spinnerbait rod that I have a great hookup ratio with. The tip is super soft and it absorbs strikes super well, even right at the boat. With a curado K it balances on the lock nut and it just floats in your hand. It can be used for most moving baits IMO.

[Hobie-Wan Kenobi]

Okuma TCS 69MHMF

Amazing spinnerbait rod that I have a great hookup ratio with. The tip is super soft and it absorbs strikes super well, even right at the boat. With a curado K it balances on the lock nut and it just floats in your hand. It can be used for most moving baits IMO.

What line are you using?

[russ57]

Okuma TCS 69MHMF

Amazing spinnerbait rod that I have a great hookup ratio with. The tip is super soft and it absorbs strikes super well, even right at the boat. With a curado K it balances on the lock nut and it just floats in your hand. It can be used for most moving baits IMO.

What line are you using?

mono, 14 pound suffix seige

[goldrod]

SBR 812 and 813