6'8 Vs 7'1 Med/ Heavy Baitcast Setup

[Poolshark]

Fish a lot here in south Florida and and am looking for a versatile rod to handle as many applications as possible. I am looking at buying my first top shelf setup to carry along with a spinning rig and flipping stick to fish out of a canoe. I am looking at either the 6'8 med/ heavy fast legend tournament or 7'1 in a med/ heavy fast legend tournament to fill the gap. Too many rods get cumbersome in the canoe. Is there any advantage or disadvantage to the shorter rod as a kinda all purpose setup to fish traps, t rigs, spinnerbaits and senkos and shallow cranks. Or should I go with the seven footer as an all purpose setup? What singly guys think? I fish a lot of grass and weed lines and wanted an informed opinion before I shelled out the cash for a new combo.

[Catch and Grease]

Shorter the rod generally the more accuracy, longer the rod generally the more casting distance.

Get what your comfortable with.

[Poolshark]

Sorry, meant to post that in the south east section of the forum. Thanks again for replies.

[einscodek]

its 3 inches

imo its not gonna make a whole heck of alot of difference

especially since yer in a boat

when I'm in the canoe, my flippin rod gets more cumbersome and my short glass rod begins to see more appreciation

if you were shore fishin.. the longer the better

[kschultz76]

Are you set on the LTB or open other suggestions?

[Poolshark]

I'm open To anything. I've looked into the upper end st croix to upgrade my older avids. Though, if a setup you recommend offers the versatility I am looking for, I will absolutely give it a look. Thanks again for the replies.

[Catch and Grease]

its 3 inches

imo its not gonna make a whole heck of alot of difference

especially since yer in a boat

when I'm in the canoe, my flippin rod gets more cumbersome and my short glass rod begins to see more appreciation

if you were shore fishin.. the longer the better

Its 5 inches

[fishballer06]

If you're mainly a kayak/canoe fishermen, I would go with the 6'8". 

[kschultz76]

I'm open To anything. I've looked into the upper end st croix to upgrade my older avids. Though, if a setup you recommend offers the versatility I am looking for, I will absolutely give it a look. Thanks again for the replies.

Cool. I responded with some ideas on your other thread that I think would be worth you considering.

[kikstand454]

Like I mentioned in the other thread. .... I personally feel there's nothing worse than having too short of rod in a paddlecraft. If you can't get the rod tip past the front and back of your boat, then just fish for bream or crappie because the first bass that you catch that runs under your boat is going to break your heart. The longer ( within reason) the better.

[CWB]

Its 5 inches

Beat me to it.

P.S., if it's 5 inches......oh let's not go there.

[WRB]

In your price point the Lamiglas INF723C is my suggestion, 7'2" MH.

Tom

[long island basser]

All my rods are between 6' and 6'8" as I like using the shorter rods better, but to each his own.

[Nick goes Fishing]

On 9/4/2014 at 9:50 PM, einscodek said:

its 3 inches

Its 5 inches and it makes a big distance in casting distance. 

[Dens228]

I am 5'9 and fish out a kayak and my shortest rod is 7 foot even.  I have no issues using any of them. 

I like the longer sweep of the hook set with a longer rod but in reality don't think it's much of a difference. 

[Dumbbassanglr]

If your standing up in the boat there is really no reason to go with a shorter rod. That being said, I think 6’10” or 7’ are the best “all around” lengths.

[new2BC4bass]

Another thread resurrected from the dead.    I will say this:  When I was mostly a Light/Ultra Light spinning rig guy, I liked short rods.  Quit for 23 years and when I decided I wanted to get back into fishing locally, my desire was to try baitcast gear.  Several of the first rods I purchased were 6'6" (which were long compared to my previous rods).

 

What I soon discovered was that I liked 7' or longer in MH.  I have shorter rods that I like a lot, but most have less power, but have two 6'10" HF that I am very fond of.  A 6'6" casting rod that I will never get rid of is an Aetos crankbait rod.  Simply light and a pleasure to use.

[FishTank]