Best bass rod under 100$

[ReelNonsense]

Looking for a durable rod for bass under 100$

[CroakHunter]

There is a giant thread about the "best" rod in the general bass fishing forum. Check there

[roadwarrior]

 

[new2BC4bass]

OP:  The best $100 rod is a $200 rod on closeout. 

 

What are you looking to do with the rod?  A little bit of everything?  For all around rods, I like 7'-7'3" MHF.  This is for casting rods.  I like shorter for spinning rods...around 6'-6'6".  Pick your poison.  At full price the Fenwick HMG is hard to beat of the rods I own.  I've read good things about the Cabela's Tournament ZX and about the BPS Carbonlite rods, but have zero experience with them.  No experience with the Dobyns Fury, but it is a $110 rod that fishnkamp says fishes like a $200 rod.  It is one that I will buy when I find a bargain.

 

The Berkley Lightning Shock has been around a long time (and the regular Lightning even longer) and are excellent rods for the money.  I have a Lightning spinning rod that is around 45 years old.  Don't use it much anymore for the simple reason I stick with baitcast rods whenever possible.  It is the only rod I kept from that time period....as I did the Penn 430SS that is on it.

 

Also look at Abu, Daiwa and Shimano rods in that price range.  A rod I've never fished, but handled in store is the Escalade sold by Dick's Sporting Goods.  Very light.  Feels nice.  It is a $100 rod that was on sale for $50 the last time I checked.

[kylek]

I am a big fan of the Abu Garcia Veritas rods.  They are normally $99.00 but some places have sales on them to around $80.00.  Also if you have an Academy Sports in your area, their Ethos brand rods are pretty decent.  

[Chance_Taker4]

6 minutes ago, kylek said:

I am a big fan of the Abu Garcia Veritas rods.  They are normally $99.00 but some places have sales on them to around $80.00.  Also if you have an Academy Sports in your area, their Ethos brand rods are pretty decent.  

The Gen 3 Veritas are on the verge of release I believe this month. You can get the 2.0 for as low as $65 new I seen at Walmart website.

 

 

Edit: Sportsmen's Warehouse has them for $59 as of right this second.

[webertime]

what are you planning to do with it?

Frog/Flip?  Drop Shot?  Swimbait?

[WRB]

Dobyns Colt series $80

Tom

[Todd2]

Check out the Allstar Rods..I have about 5 that were all well under $100 and they're my favorite rods. 

[DogBone_384]

10 hours ago, kylek said:

I am a big fan of the Abu Garcia Veritas rods.  They are normally $99.00 but some places have sales on them to around $80.00.  Also if you have an Academy Sports in your area, their Ethos brand rods are pretty decent.  

X2. I have three Veritas casting rods and one spinning stick. Not to mention the Veracities, Villain, and Fantasista Regista.

[Boomstick]

The Abu Garcia Veritas or the Berkley Shock comes to mind. If you are willing to spend another $15, you can often land a Daiwa Tatula on amazon at that price, and I also hear very good things about the Dobyns Fury as well.

[jonkevin]

Cabelas has the Fenwick Silverhawk II on sale for $59.99.  I just picked up a MF casting rod and it is a great rod for $60.

[primetime]

BPS Extreme when on sale or not. 

Any of the cabela's rods have lifetime warranty, they have a Bass Tourney rod that is $49 and feels nicer than many of my more expensive rods. 

 

The Fenwick HMG for $99 also has a lifetime warranty and a local shop in my area that sells them will replace them on the spot, The grips on the rod can handle a beating and it is just a great rod. The Medium Action is my favorite of them all, think it is 1/4-5/8 so handles most applications plus it is up to 16lbs I believe. I used to buy mostly MH for casting rods, but once I picked up a quality Medium action, I now find I use that most since you can cast a weightless worm, most common sized lures much further. Some companies MH is really a Medium, but for one rod if not fishing heavy lures, A medium action 7' is a fantastic all around rod.

 

You can also pick up the Daiwa Aird one piece rods for $40 and i have not picked one up yet, but it looks & feels like a $100 Rod, think it is the Air series. Shimano has a new rod out for under $100 that is just as nice as the Compre in my opinion. 

 

TW has the Daiwa casting rods, S series for $70, but look for sales, I always look for a model from last year that is half price. Or I will buy a combo when on sale, You can pick up a Carbonlite rod with a Pro Qualifer for $100 certain times of year, or get lucky and find a Revo on a BPS Extreme for $129, Sell the Revo on Ebay for $90 and now you have a $30 Rod. Dicks has the Lews Combo's on sale for $119, That rod is nice, especially for $15.

[ww2farmer]

IMHO for sub $100 rods, almost anything under the Pure Fishing umbrella is tuff to beat. I own/use or have owned/used many, from several of their lines. This Includes:

 

Fenwick HMX's - $80

Fenwick HMG's -$100

 

Berkley Lightning Rod Shock's -$50

 

Abu Garcia Vendetta's - $80

Abu Garcia Veritas - $100

Abu Garcia Vengeance's - $50

 

If I had to pick favorites from all of those right now..............6 months ago it would have been the Lightning Rod Shock, but as of today, It's the Abu Vengeance.  A few of my Shocks were getting up there in age, and over the course of this season were replaced on a whim with Abu Vengeance's for the simple reason of I like my other Abu rods, and Walmart carries them, so local procurement was attainable and easy. As of right now, they are my new "best bang for the buck" recommendation. I like them better than the previous Gen Vengeance by a mile. And I much prefer their reel seats/nut to the metal nuts on the Gen 1, 2, and 3 Vendetta's and Gen 1 and 2.0 Veritas. I am excited for the new Veritas  casting rods though, I like what they have done (at least on paper/in pictures) with the reel seats.....**DISCLAIMER** ...I HATE the reel seat on the Veritas 2.0 spinning rods, but that's just a personal pref.

 

I also just got some new Daiwa Aird X and Fuego rods too, but am waiting for more disposable fishing funds (I don't go into debt for a hobby) to put reels on them. 

[ThisEndUp]

On 9/7/2017 at 5:46 PM, WRB said:

Dobyns Colt series $80

Tom

Have you got to handle some of the Colts? How do they compare to the fury line?

[Dtrombly]

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