Dobyns Furys with a Dobyns Sierra 6'8" medium for your jerkbaits.
I love the Daiwa Tatula line of rods. Not a stinker in the line. 7'1" or the 7'2" MHR are great spinnerbait, swimbait, chatterbait rods.
For ME:
Avid or Avid-X
7' MH Fast for the Rigging and Jigs (light cover pitching)
7' MH Moderate for the cranks
6'10" MLXF for the Drop Shot
7'4" H Fast for the Pitching in heavier stuff.
I went up to the same company's 7'7" ML Green model for Spybaits. The longer rod really helps get the LONG casts that really help with this technique. 7lb Sniper and a 2500 Shimano reel and you have a great Ned, DS and Spybait set up.
Keep an eye on the handle length. the 6'6" Savy's and Fury's are 14". You might not get along with the longer handle while working the bait. I've borrowed a buddy's 6'6" savy and what hitting my forearms with the handle.
The Sierra has a Medium 6'8" that's got a 13.5" handle... That's a bit nicer for sure.
Champions have 6'3" model with a 12" handle and a 6'8" with 13" that's a much nicer set up.
Snub-nosed creatures of the St Lawrence. Mine (weigh in picture) was 5.2, the other 5.9. The upper section of the jaw/head seemed to have stopped growing at around 2 lbs. Thing is.... there are a lot of fish like this up there.
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