Texas Rig/crankbait Rod

[Caliyak]

On 8/6/2012 at 2:53 PM, JHudd11 said:

What type of rod would be best for both texas rig and crankbait fishing?

7 foot MH Berkley Shock rod. Great product, can be used for many applications and cheap in price. Walmart has them on sale. That is all you need. And I will add this, 30# braid for both. 

[ArticWolf]

All these people keep telling you to get two rods but I disagree. Yes it will help you but no it’s not necessary. For my weighted t rigs and jigs I use a 7MHF , I have two an avid x and a Lews Mach 2 combo I beat up. However I see no issue with you getting like a 6’8”-10” medium rod with a fast tip and using it for weightless t rigs and your slightly weighted t rigs, running like 12-15lb straight flouro , and doubling it as a cranking rod and just lowering your drag slightly when doing so and throw mainly 1.5 cranks and slightly bigger or smaller. It will work just fine because we are humans and we can use any rod for any application with practice, it’s just much easier and more convenient to spend more money so that your hook sets are easier right off jump street. But with time you can nearly master both with just one rod. I mean come on , you guys can’t tell me that when you were 9-18 years old you had the money to own 5-7 set ups, I’m sure you had a spinning rod and if you were lucky a casting set up. And guess what , we all caught our biggest bass at 7 years old without a scale on a Walmart rod throwing a Senko lol ?? 

[LionHeart]

Sounds like you already have a good rod for Texas Rigs.  Now just get a cranking rod.  Not sure why you would be looking for one rod that can do your two favorite techniques while you could just use a rod for each and not have to re-tie.  Am I missing something?

 

If for whatever reason you absolutely want a single rod for both, a medium fast or medium heavy moderate fast would do well with both IMO.

[LionHeart]

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[new2BC4bass]

Wow.  Six year old post.  I can see cabin fever during the winter, but now?    The OP probably either has 20 rods laying around by now or he gave up fishing.

 

For others I'll just say that I didn't buy my first crankbait rod until a couple years ago.  Before that I used whatever MF I had in hand.  This year for the first time since starting to visit relation in Florida, I used a MF (spinning rod) instead of a MHF (casting) for casting worms into the lily pads.  I had neglected to take a baitcast reel set up with braid.  All my fish this year were caught on that rod.  An older 7' MF Jig & Worm Elite Tech, an older Stradic and either 30# or 40# braid.

 

For one rod doing it all, I would suggest a MF with an extra pool for added versatility.  Naturally braid on one and a nylon type on the other.  As much as I love baitcast, I would pick a spinning rod since I fish from shore and this would let me cast in tight quarters much easier than with a baitcast rod.