Medium Heavy Spinning

[Jeffrey Walker]

For those that prefer Casting rods.  Is there any use for a MH Spinning rod?

 

I have am thinking of picking up a spinning rod for drop shotting and most recommendations seem to be Medium or Medium Light spinning rods.  That makes sense. 

 

So I just started wondering, I dont see much talk about MH spinning rods.  Does anyone have them what do you use them for?

 

 

 

[MN Fisher]

I'm pants at skipping with baitcasters, but wanted to skip jigs, spinners, etc. So this year I've set up a 3000 size reel on a MH/F for skipping duty.

[jimmyjoe]

   Spinning rods - no matter which power - are advantageous to use on your strong side. The St. Croix Avid and Avid-X MH/F spinning rods are lights out for all sorts of bottom contact and twitching techniques when you want to use slightly heavier lures.

   When I used senkos, I would use baitcasting rigs, held in my left hand, with hi-viz line on the slack. I'd watch the line, not needing to feel anything. But if I went to tight line or semi-slack techniques, I wanted the spinning gear, not the casting gear. Easier to feel, quicker to react.

 

   YMMV           jj

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

Windy days when casting is challenging 

[Log Catcher]

I use one for senkos and finesse jigs. It has worked very well for me.

[EzyEric]

Heavier tubes.

[Jeffrey Walker]

What is a tube and how do you rig them?

[gim]

I also use a MH spinning rod for skipping weightless lures like wacky rigged stick baits. I’ve gotten to be pretty good with it too.

[kayaking_kev]

I bought a MH Dobyns Champion XP once just because the price was too good to turn down, but I personally didn't have a use for it, so I ended up selling it without ever using it to someone who wanted to use it at Lake St. Clair for Heavier Tubes & Drop Shots. This guy was afraid of Baitcasters at the time, but has since came around.

[OkobojiEagle]

11 hours ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

Windy days when casting is challenging 

...and during the night.

 

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[Johnbt]

I use them with a 2500-size reel loaded with 10- or 15-pound braid for 10.5" worms, frogs, toads and jigs. 10# Invisibraid breaks at 22# fwiw. Nothing like a big, cheap, stiff MH broomstick to horse a large bass out of scary places.  The rod does the horsing, the reel gathers up the line. I've done it enough over the years that I bought a Conquest 843S. Nice rod, casts well, but it's a shame it doesn't have full cork. 

 

They're also useful the small breakers or soundside when a 9-, 10- or 11-foot rod is overkill.

[tander]

 

Check this out for a use of med/heavy rods.

 

https://majorleaguefishing.com/tips/randy-howells-daiwa-tatula-elite-spinning-rod-setup-for-power-fishing/

 

 

 

[MIbassyaker]

Heavy tubes or heavy shakyheads in open water are good uses for MH spinning. I also like it for t-rigs when I'm trying to get a vertical drop at a distance. Because the line comes freely off the spool, I find it easier to minimize the "pendulum" effect as bait drops through the water compared to baitcasting. 

 

So a typical situation for me would be clear water, where I want to avoid getting on top of them, but I have an underwater target that I want to hit vertically.  Often this is the edge of a cabbage bed, where stalks will rise up vertically through 10-15 or more feet of water, and bass may be positioned at any depth in the forest.  I want the bait to drop as vertically as possible along that edge, while keeping my distance. That's a pretty specific application, but it occurs where I live frequently enough to get regular use out of a rod that's well-suited for making that kind of presentation.

[MIbassyaker]

14 hours ago, Jeffrey Walker said:

What is a tube and how do you rig them?

 

Check it out:

https://www.bassresource.com/fishing-lures-articles?field_tags_target_id=153&items_per_page=20

[The Maestro]

I picked up a used Shimano Crucial drop shot specific rod (green blank) and it's medium heavy. Haven't had the chance to use it but it's definitely stiffer than my medium Cumara drop shot rod.

[optimator]

I agree with the above posters. A couple of my favorite lakes always have a stiff late afternoon/early evening breeze. They are also great for night fishing. I always kind of snubbed my nose at spinning gear for bass. That is until I tried braid last year, it was an absolute game changer for me. Since adding 4 different spinning rigs to my arsenal I caught more fish last year than any past year that I can remember. 

[Johnbt]

I'll add that my favorite old spinning broomstick is a 7' All Star Coastal Select MHF 3/8 - 1 oz. of 12-25#. Not exactly a pure largemouth rod, but it works.

I usually have a Shimano Sustain 4000FE on it. One spool has braid and one has mono.

 

 

[Jeffrey Walker]

I dont Skip, I mostly fish ponds and small bodies of water.  No boat.

 

Based on the above, I dont see any application where I would grab a MH spinning rod over a MH Baitcaster, would you agree or disagree?

 

The only thing I am considering a MH spinning for is for Live Bait bobber shiner fishing.  I think I would prefer a spinning set up for that, but I cant even explain why, its maybe the bobber/float would be taboo on the baitcaster.  I dont know, just shairng my thoughts. 

[WRB]

Most Medium Heavy fast bass casting rod from the same rod maker differ from MHF bass spinning rods. I use bass to isolate from trout, walleye or inshore coastal application specific rods. The fact there isn’t a Standard to objectively judge difference between rod makers all I can do is use a general definition.

Spinning reels are limited by the spool diameter verses line diameter bait casting reel are not. 

I use a Major Craft NAS-701MHF spinning rod, 2500 size Stratic reel, 8 lb Sniper FC if bass are in or near cover and more power is needed to control them. Prefer bait casting if I can effectively cast the lure.

Tom