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by Crevan » Thu May 28, 2015 10:53 am
Some advice please.
I'm after a light boat rod to target tope, not broom handle stiff but a rod that is light in the hand but enough poke to tame a tope. As I only go after them a few times a year so don't want to spend a fortune either.
€50~€60 budget.
Any suggestions?
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by Tanglerat » Thu May 28, 2015 1:37 pm
Shakey UglyStick in 15lb class?
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by keymcg » Thu Nov 26, 2015 10:24 pm
I bought myself a 12 -20 class Maver boat rod in the summer. €60 and handled a 35 lb Tope and a 90 blue shark no trouble
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by ninted » Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:56 pm
Crevan wrote:Some advice please.
I'm after a light boat rod to target tope, not broom handle stiff but a rod that is light in the hand but enough poke to tame a tope. As I only go after them a few times a year so don't want to spend a fortune either.
€50~€60 budget.
Any suggestions?
Any tope then Crevan? I use an abu 12-20lb class (I think! But I'll have to check) More important is that you have loads of line, and even more important is that you have a really good trace. we lost some good fish last summer due to poor "tope" traces. the fish's skin actually wore through the trace. I'm using blue shark traces from now on so not to lose a potential specimen. Tope fishing is great, especially in shallow water when they jump around and scream away from the boat.
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