Needing Rod / Reel Advice

[wordty]

1.  I need a cranking set up to use from a boat...not extremely deep cranking...I have an extra rod sitting around, a 7 foot Medium Vendetta with Medium / Fast tip...would it work for a cranking rod, and if not, I will get a BPS Crankin Stick...but tell me why it wouldn't work if you don't advise me using the Vendetta (also I'd like to know if I should use a 5:4.1 baitcasting reel, or what?)

 

2.  I have a KVD 7:0.1 burner that I might as well use as a frog / pitching type rod I guess...is 7'3" a good length rod for this, and what stifness / action should I get on it? 

 

Thanks!

[dave]

Never fished the Vendetta but,  I really like my Crankin Stik.

[ww2farmer]

1.  I need a cranking set up to use from a boat...not extremely deep cranking...I have an extra rod sitting around, a 7 foot Medium Vendetta with Medium / Fast tip...would it work for a cranking rod, and if not, I will get a BPS Crankin Stick...but tell me why it wouldn't work if you don't advise me using the Vendetta (also I'd like to know if I should use a 5:4.1 baitcasting reel, or what?)

 

2.  I have a KVD 7:0.1 burner that I might as well use as a frog / pitching type rod I guess...is 7'3" a good length rod for this, and what stifness / action should I get on it? 

 

Thanks!

I have the same Vendetta..........I don't care for it for cranking at all. It's a pretty stout and stiff M powered rod.............IDK where they get the "mod. fast" rating from, because IMHO it's a fast to Xfast rod all the way. For my shallow, mid-depth, and lipless cranking I use a Veritas 7' M Winch. Unless I am needing to rip baits out of thick grass, then I go with a 7'MH Berkley Lightning rod shock, that has just enough tip for cranking, but doesn't just load up when the bait hangs in heavy thick grass like it does with the M Veritas. I used to have a 7' M BPS cranking stick, and IIRC it was pretty similar to the 7' Veritas Winch, I used it for the same things, but also swapped it out for another rod for ripping  heavy grass.

 

Yes your 7:1 reel will be fine for frogging and pitching, that's what I use and prefer. I use 6'9" and 7'3" MH rods for pitching, and a 7' for frogging, but that's just what I prefer. If I had to pick one rod out of the three to do both.......it would probably be the 7'3".