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Years ago my wife and I went up there along with a group of fishing guides we know. We stayed in a little motel near the town of North East. Now this was in the late 90's so I am sure it has grown up since then. Their was a local Marina and ramp just south of the town of North East. We launched there and we also launched inside Presque Isle Bay State Park as well. We went there on a day the wind was really bad out on the lake. We caught nice smallies, a couple of northern pike and a bunch of big panfish without leqaving the safety of the bay. Lots of fun on a bad weather day, but boy the damage a pike can do to a good spinnerbait should be illegal! LOL Since you will be covering new water, check out Angling Technologies on your browser. Ignore the offer to pay for a membership. Simply close that popup box and use the interactive map. It will allow you to zoom in on areas and get an idea where things are. Navionics Webap is useful too. I use both to research new bodies of water before I travel anywhere. Enjoy your trip

By far the 736. If you read the specs on each rod in the normal Champion Rods area, then you will see Gary specs the DC 735 CB Glass rod for throwing chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and topwaters. He specs the DC 736 CB Glass as a rod to throw deep diving crankbaits, chatterbaits, jerkbaits and spinnerbaits. I imagine with a mag heavy rating he is talking BIG heavy spinnerbaits and he specifically says DEEP Diving cranks. If you are interested you are always welcome to call out to Dobyns. Frequently both Gary and his son Richard help customers with deciding on a rod. Both are happyt to have a chance to help.

Have you thought about building a reservoir only electric rig powered by either a Torqueedo ( their biggest remote model is equal to a 9.9 Hp outboard or an electric engine from Parsun or Ray electric. If you are interested in looking into it contact a company here in MD that specializes in them called Reservoir Boat Works. I am sure Chris can help you get some good ideas. Also make a post on Baybass Outdoors, there are a bunch of anglers there that have setup boats to fish those NOVA lakes. Here in MD we have 5 big reservoirs that are electric only so lots of guys have gone this way. There are even some reservoir only tournament clubs.

Yea for sure I would contact Powell immediately. I own the same rod in the original Max series. I have fished it for many years and it is still the awesome rod it was when I purchased it. Luckily you will be dealing with a company that cares about customer service. I have been lucky enough to speak to Keith the owner himself several times. he has gone out of his way to be helpful to several of my friends, One was located in Canada and trying to find a way to purchase a new rod. He had him call and make arrangements personally. Whatever is going on is not normal and is clearly a defect. Powell has some dealers in Texas I am sure one of them could help you with a direct replacement under warranty. I would start out with a call to Powell.

When I fished for smallies on the Susquehanna River I loved catching smallies, but I also enjoyed the fight of a big bluegill, rock bass, or crappie. If you happen to find a school of rock bass or big bluegill you will usually find plenty of smallies close by. Those "trash " fish are there because the food supply is nearby. Tipping a lure with a piece of night crawler, or a wax worm can be helpful. Also floating a minnow can be a very successful when fishing gets tough. I realize there is limited room on a yak so carrying a minnow bucket is dificult but a really cool device has come up called a Bait UP. Check this up.

Tom I read that at first and forgot about it after reading the other comments. My Bad! Sorry. Well in that price range I would consider a Powell Inferno 755 CB MH Glass/Composite rod for $110. I think the other reliable option would be the Abu Garcia Winch mentioned earlier.

That looks really nice. Javelin made a good boat.

Notice he said " he had to use tough ones to rent" People that rent a canoe or kayak do not know what to avoid necessarily. Think about it like a car rental. Drivers will abuse a rented car worse than they will their own car. If it we my kayak I would choose sections of river that were a bit deeper or portage around the really shallow section. When I canoed the Susquehanna river I would get out of the canoe and walk the canoe across any shallow rifle. That kayak will float across the shallow rocky rifle and you can carefully wade across the ankle high water.

Yup they hide those under the "store" menu. Just for info sake I know a few guys that purchased those as soon as Gary asked if anyone would be interested in them. At least 3 or 4 guys purchased them and love them. That is a heck of a deal on a pair of great rods.

Wagster are you familiar with Anglers Express near Timonium. You and I are blessed to have a terrific tackle shop so close to us. They stock Dobyns ( although they are a bit low on stock at the moment, I was there this morning LOL) as well as Irod, Powell and many more. My suggestion is to look them up, then take you and your reel in and try it out on some rods. Call ahead and ask if they have a 703 SF in any of the series in stock. If they do not. they will be happy to get one in since they usually stock at least 2 all the time. One is usually in the Fury and one is usually either a Sierra or Champion XP seies. If you call them many times the owner Eric will answer the phone himself. The easiest way to find them is take 83 N to Padonia Road. Get over to the left lane and turn left at the light where the Irish Pub is on your left. Take that road till it dead ends (1 block) then turn left onto Old Padonia Rd. He is located in a strip of buildings on the left hand side of the road. If you have not been in there before it is amazing what he has built up in less than 2 years.

Alright for those questioning it, Gary does make a Dobyns Champion XP model DC 705SF spinning rod as well as the Champion XP model DC705C baitcasting rod? Yes they make both. My wife owns the Sierra SA 705SF heavy spinning rod. It is just a tiny bit slower in taper than my Champion XP model DC 705C baitcasting rod. That is normal since the entire line of Siera rods were designed that way. Both of them are terrific weapons to fish frogs, bid jigs, and carolina rigs. That is what we purchased them to do. Her SA 705SF spinning rod is matched up with a Pflueger Supreme 35 sized reel. That reel has the same retrieve rate ( inches per turn of the handle) as my Tatula Type R 8-1 reel has. It is setup with 30 pound Power Pro Spectra Braid. That rig throws a Strike King Popping Perch a mile! My wife is a very talented angler and can handle any spinning gear and fly rod you hand her, but refuses to fish with a baitcaster. Period! LOL. Since you were actually asking about the DC705C then I will tell you I am tickled pink with mine. Gary Dobyns says the better choice is the Dc735C, but I can not fit a rod over 7 foot in my rod locker and it sounds like you may be in the same situation. That rod balances perfectly at the threads just in front of the reel seat nut. The reel is an original Tatula Type R 8-1. Personally I like a 704C for my swimjigs but if I was going to throw heavier football jigs on a deep river ledge it is the rod I was going to pull out. I am not saying that it will not throw them, I just prefer a little more like a Heavy fast rather than a mag heavy fast rod. go ahead and order the rod confidently you will be pleased with it for sure. You wil also be amazed how well balanced and light it is. Just a heads up, Tackle Warehouse does indeed carry the DC705c. Look under the Champion XP split grip rods. You will find it listed as "Dobyns Champion XP Split Cast Rod 7' Mag Heavy 705".

Check with your local tackle shops they may know someone more local to you that does rod repairs. They should be able to make the repair. You could ship the rod back and forth to Tom. His customers do it a lot.

Deep cranking takes a special rod to do it well. You di not mention your budget either but I will give you a couple of really good options. Dobyns has some factory mislabeled Champion glass crankbait rods. They are brand new, come with a factory warrant and besides having two set of rod markings they are perfect. They normally cost around $240. They are being sold from the factory for $170 including shipping. This rod was made for deep cranking. Next I would look at a Powell Max 3D 7115 CB Glass/Composite Mod Fast Medium Heavy. They sell a bunch of cranking rods including this one as well as a 8 footer. You will be amazed how light these rods are for their length. This rod runs $160 Last choice I would give you is an Irod Genesis II IRG7113CC “Fred’s Crank Launcher, I am fishing rods from each of these rod makers. If I was spending my money these are the rods I would buy. I would match it up with a Daiwa Tatula CT in the lowest gear ratio available. I think that was a 5.5 in a right hand retrieve.

Since you said bass striper and some flounder my suggestion would be Pflueger President 6935 ( slightly more line capacity and a bit better drag). That reel is on sale at Dicks Sporting Goods and there is currently a $10 rebate as well. That means the cost will end up being around $40 for a reel that normally sells for $60. Now I would look for an Abu Garcia Veritas 7 foot medium heavy spinning rod. This will cost $80 from either a local shop or ordered online from a company like Tackle Warehouse. I live on the Chesapeake Bay and fish its rivers, so I do fish for bass and stripers. I am confident that combo would work good for all of your dad's needs to begin with. It would also fit in your budget.

I have to suggest a reel that I have come to love. Take a serious look at a Daiwa Tatula CT. I fish 7 Daiwa Tatula, Tatula CT and Tatula Type Rs. The CT is probably a good all around choice. It should run you around $100 to $130 depending where you order it from. For me i love them, they are easy to fish with and are super reliable.

A rod I love for those baits is the Falcon Micro series 7 foot MH 1/4 to 3/4. It specs for baits like spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, cranks etc. They call it the Trap Caster model. I do not think BP or Cabelas carries the Bucoo Micros.

I would go with a Pflueger Supreme 30 series reel.

They are a bit different. the Sierra series is built with a tad bit slower graphite blank. I like both series, but here is how I justify if I am willing to spend roughly $90 more. If I want a really super sensitive rod for bottom bouncing baits like texas rigs or jigs I would spend the extra money. The Champion XP will transition faster from tip to backbone, and it will be a bit more sensitive. However if I wanted a rod for reaction baits like spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, chatterbaits etc I doubt I would see enough performance improvement to ever notice. I will liken them to G Loomis rods. My wife and I have each owned a pair of Spin Jig rods, some in GL2, GL3 and 2 IMXs. They are the exact same rod models in the different series. My wife owns the GL2s and can compete with me any day while I am fishing my GL3 and IMX rods. I can tell the difference in bottom sensitivity if I change from her GL2 to my IMX. I just feel more. That has never mattered to my wife. The GL2 rods she has are the best she has ever fished with. She loves them! We originally chose the different series only so we could tell them apart in the rod locker.

First the question has to be qualified by price range. As much as I am in love with all of my Daiwa Tatula, Tatula Type Rs, and Tatula CTs they are all reels that range roughly from $100 to $200 in retail price depending upon the retailer'e offering at the time. All of these reels have shown they cast great, are super reliable, and have great drag systems as well as smooth easy to adjust braking system. They do everything I need them to do and I feel they are the best choice in their price range. However Daiwa makes plenty of reels that retail much higher and have built a reputation for even better performance. I am sure those that are willing to spend up to $400 for reels like the SV103, a SV105, a Steeze SV or a Zillion TW would tell you that those are the best. I would be disappointed if a reel like a Zillion TW was not significantly better than my Tatula CT since it costs nearly 4 times as much.

I saw the same thing you did slonezp on Eastern Marine's website.

Have you ever been to Susquehanna Fishing Tackle. It used to be near the big mall on route 30 near Lancaster. It is now closer to Columbia PA. They carry a lot of different brands including Powell. That is where mine came from. However if you were willing to take a ride down to Anglers Express , which is located in Hunt Valley MD. they stock Powell, Dobyns, Irod and many more brands. Both shops are worth the trip. That would let you handle the rods and see what you like. I am lucky Anglers Express is about 20 minutes from my house. If you look them up they are very close to the MD State Fairgrounds. If you ever came down for the MD Bass Expo that ran from the 70's to around 2010 then you went right past the Padonia Rd Exit to get there. Eric is the owner and has built an awesome store in less than 2 years. SFT is great as well but has had 30+ years to grow. I was fishing with them and shopping in their original shop back in the late 80's and early 90's. Basically ever since. Their newest shop is about an hour from my current home

Where sre you located?

Okay well the Sierra SA 705SF is a really nice rod. That is, as I said, my wife's frog rod. Lots of backbone and a nice light quick tip. I own the Dobyns Champion XP DC705C ( baitcasting version) and that is very similar to her frog rod. I use it also as a frog and big deep jig rod.

Lets turn the question around a little I believe that between your two spinning rods you have the ability to fish most finesse baits. These will include drop shots, grubs, tubes, small texas rigs, lightweight jigs, and things like paddle tail swimbaits. Your ML rod will handle other baits like ned rigs as suggested. You have many of the techniques that baitcasters do well covered. The type of water you regularly fish should determine what your next rod choices should be. For instance, in almost 40 years of fishing rives, relatively shallow lakes, and ponds I never needed a flipping stick or a punch rod. Heck, I rarely ran into the need to own a dedicated frog setup. Those conditions just did not present themselves often. That is not true since I settled next to the Chesapeake Bay and fish its rivers. Places like the Potomac river and the Susquehanna Flats provide bass plenty of heavy grass to live in. Now frogs, floating worms, buzzbaits, and punch jigs do end up on my deck. The difference between my crankbait rod and my jerkbait rod is mostly the length of the handle. So if you fish water that a jerkbait is useful look at a rod like the Abu Garcia Ike series 6'4 jerkbait rod or something like it. Since you already have a couple of 7'3 mh rods lets look at shorter rod that would offer some multiple techniques. One of my favorite rods is a Powell Max 683CEF. It has been updated to a MAx 3D version now. I love this rod for its versatility. Being a little shorter it has a unique feel and performance. Check out the review of the rod on Tackletour. I use mine as a spinnerbait. swimjig, rod but it can do much more. Another option would be a Dobyns Sierra 684C. I believe these rods could fit a bunch of your needs. I like the shorter length when fishing rock bluff walls, docks, and along a rip rap wall as well. I still use it for swimjigs on open flats so do not think I mean its uses are limited to up close work only. If you need a flipping stick well there is no substitute for one. http://www.tackletour.com/reviewpowell683cxfast.html

I guess you need to think of it this way. A 330 yard spool of Stren Original Clear Blue is roughly $8.00. That works out to $ .024 per yard of line. So that is less than 3 cents per yard. My 30 series spinning reel holds 130 yards of 8 pound test so it costs less than $3.00 to fill it. Most lures cost more than that today. That is why I only use quality line. I like Stren mono. I use only that line for backing on all of my reels, spinning and baitcasting. I use Berkley FireLine on almost all of my spinning reels and the Stren backing helps save cost. As for using Stren for mainline, it is a great line and always has been. I personally only use mono for topwater though. For many anglers replacing mono annually is enough. If you start getting more casting issues, knots breaking etc, than change your line. Also you could remove 1/2 of the line and just respool that much.