03-01-2007, 07:33 PM
[black][size 3]Ok, since I just checked your other posts and found out you are kind of in my area. I can help narrow down the options a little bit better. Are you in the Salt Lake area ?
Sportsmans in Midvale has Abu Garcias for cheaper (the 5500 C3 is $69 - plus Abu has a factory rebate going on right now to cut off another $10). There are also a number of low profile baitcasters available in your price range (depending on if you want a round reel or a low profile).
At Cabelas, they have a couple of Cabelas Gold Label Rods in 6' medium and 7' medium heavy for about $49. Those are nice starter set-ups for a reasonable price that will cover many applications. However, you only mentioned types of presentations that would be better applied with heavier duty gear than the typical all around set-up might provide. Therefore, I would lean towards the Medium Heavy rods.
Now here are the caveats. You mentioned Spinner baits, buzzbaits and single hook plastice for bass (I am assuming you meant heavy bass jigs and not the small finesse jigs here). Those three types of presentations would be optimized by using different equipment. This is what I mean; For buzzbaits, you would be better served by having a 6'6" Medium heavy rod with a higher ratio reel (6.2 ratio) spooled with 17-20 lb. line(14 lb would be the absolute minimun I would use, and then, only if the cover were sparse). The same set-up would work for a Jig and Pig presentation in cover - with the exception of the reel - no need for high speed with a Jig. You also would not need high speed for slow rolling a Spinner Bait. But in both of these two latter cases, you would still want heavy line if you are in heavy cover.
The only real application for 12 pound line for bass that I would use is for crankbaits and then I might even consider 10 pound line if I were going deeper with the plug. For anything less than 10 pound, I would consider it a finesse presentation and I would personally employ a spinning rod set-up for that.
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Sportsmans in Midvale has Abu Garcias for cheaper (the 5500 C3 is $69 - plus Abu has a factory rebate going on right now to cut off another $10). There are also a number of low profile baitcasters available in your price range (depending on if you want a round reel or a low profile).
At Cabelas, they have a couple of Cabelas Gold Label Rods in 6' medium and 7' medium heavy for about $49. Those are nice starter set-ups for a reasonable price that will cover many applications. However, you only mentioned types of presentations that would be better applied with heavier duty gear than the typical all around set-up might provide. Therefore, I would lean towards the Medium Heavy rods.
Now here are the caveats. You mentioned Spinner baits, buzzbaits and single hook plastice for bass (I am assuming you meant heavy bass jigs and not the small finesse jigs here). Those three types of presentations would be optimized by using different equipment. This is what I mean; For buzzbaits, you would be better served by having a 6'6" Medium heavy rod with a higher ratio reel (6.2 ratio) spooled with 17-20 lb. line(14 lb would be the absolute minimun I would use, and then, only if the cover were sparse). The same set-up would work for a Jig and Pig presentation in cover - with the exception of the reel - no need for high speed with a Jig. You also would not need high speed for slow rolling a Spinner Bait. But in both of these two latter cases, you would still want heavy line if you are in heavy cover.
The only real application for 12 pound line for bass that I would use is for crankbaits and then I might even consider 10 pound line if I were going deeper with the plug. For anything less than 10 pound, I would consider it a finesse presentation and I would personally employ a spinning rod set-up for that.
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