Hi! Guys:
I just started surf fishing mostly Long Beach in L.I. I was @ long beach on sunday & broke my Penn Captiva Rod(12ft) 4 inches from top of rod. I also have a shimano Tallus rod (7ft one piece) with a shimano 6500 baitrunner & penn captiva reels. Based on other posts here I did a search & found a St. Croix Premier surf rod psrs100m2 -3/4 to 4oz lure max 20lb line(10ft medium action) for $170 & also looked at Lamiglas Tri Flex surf rods. My main question is if I want to fish for stripers in Long Island due I need a rod that can hold more than a 3oz lure? Due I need a fast action rod to cast a decent distance? Especially since I had a problem casting bucktails for any distance. I would spend up to $ 225 for a rod. I probably will also look @ a Okuma reel since I'm not crazy about the Penn captiva reel, I will let my kids use the captiva off the fishing pier.
thanks,
Danny
I just started surf fishing mostly Long Beach in L.I. I was @ long beach on sunday & broke my Penn Captiva Rod(12ft) 4 inches from top of rod. I also have a shimano Tallus rod (7ft one piece) with a shimano 6500 baitrunner & penn captiva reels. Based on other posts here I did a search & found a St. Croix Premier surf rod psrs100m2 -3/4 to 4oz lure max 20lb line(10ft medium action) for $170 & also looked at Lamiglas Tri Flex surf rods. My main question is if I want to fish for stripers in Long Island due I need a rod that can hold more than a 3oz lure? Due I need a fast action rod to cast a decent distance? Especially since I had a problem casting bucktails for any distance. I would spend up to $ 225 for a rod. I probably will also look @ a Okuma reel since I'm not crazy about the Penn captiva reel, I will let my kids use the captiva off the fishing pier.
thanks,
Danny