Recommendations for a new bass rod?

At the suggestion of various members and given the magazines will run a mile from criticising a piece of kit, here is your chance to tell us what you really think about a rod, reel, line, lure... keep it legal please!

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sailnfish
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Recommendations for a new bass rod?

#1 Post by sailnfish »

Hi folks,
I'm toying with the idea of adding an 11ft6 bass rod to my arsenal. Would be willing to spend around 80 Euro. I have two rods from the Penn powerstix pro range: a surf 13ft and a 10ft bass spin. Was wondering if the salt bass might make a better scratching rod than the Penn ?

Opinions from owners greatly appreciated :)
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Re: Recommendations for a new Bass rod?

#2 Post by Ric0shay »

I picked up my grauvell teklon concept on ebay for 80 bucks posted but I haven't seen them since but you might get lucky
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Re: Recommendations for a new Bass rod?

#3 Post by sailnfish »

Ric0shay wrote:I picked up my grauvell teklon concept on ebay for 80 bucks posted but I haven't seen them since but you might get lucky
I'll check out the teklon so and add it to my shortlist :) Cheers for the reccomendation !
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Re: Recommendations for a new Bass rod?

#4 Post by saving private brian »

my advice on the salt bass is to go for it,,,class rod...just got one myself,,,,,theres the normal salt bass then theres the slightly dearer salt bass xt,,,the only difference as far as i can see is the white tip on the xt is bigger but any of them are fine,,,,,,you should get one for around 60 or cheaper


sailnfish wrote:Hi folks,
I'm toying with the idea of adding an 11ft6 Bass rod to my arsenal. Would be willing to spend around 80 Euro. I have two rods from the Penn powerstix pro range: a surf 13ft and a 10ft Bass spin. Was wondering if the salt Bass might make a better scratching rod than the Penn ?

Opinions from owners greatly appreciated :)
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sailnfish
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Re: Recommendations for a new Bass rod?

#5 Post by sailnfish »

I think I'll splash out on the salt XT so. Its rated to 4oz whereas the penn is rated to 3oz. I'll be using this rod on on rock marks also so I think it might be that wee bit more capable of lifting fish than the Penn. Thanks for the advice folks :)
saving private brian wrote:my advice on the salt Bass is to go for it,,,class rod...just got one myself,,,,,theres the normal salt Bass then theres the slightly dearer salt Bass xt,,,the only difference as far as i can see is the white tip on the xt is bigger but any of them are fine,,,,,,you should get one for around 60 or cheaper


sailnfish wrote:Hi folks,
I'm toying with the idea of adding an 11ft6 Bass rod to my arsenal. Would be willing to spend around 80 Euro. I have two rods from the Penn powerstix pro range: a surf 13ft and a 10ft Bass spin. Was wondering if the salt Bass might make a better scratching rod than the Penn ?

Opinions from owners greatly appreciated :)
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Re: Recommendations for a new Bass rod?

#6 Post by Ric0shay »

My mistake i thought you were looking for a plug/plastics rod.
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Re: Recommendations for a new Bass rod?

#7 Post by thecatcher »

salt bass have one myself you wont regret it
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Re: Recommendations for a new Bass rod?

#8 Post by sailnfish »

thecatcher wrote:salt Bass have one myself you wont regret it
Another one for the salt :) I'm hoping to use whichever rod I buy on rock marks also, do you think it would be up to lifting good sized fish up the side of the rocks? Cheers for the info !
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