Rod Suggestion: Targeting Stripper and Fluke

[James Hayek]

Hello, all. New to the site and pretty new to fishing.
 

I have a couple or rods but mainly bought them for the lower price point. I have one Surf Fishing rod (10' Ugly Stick Big Water) and another Berkley Lightning Rod (7' HM XF) which I believe is best for moving along the shoreline and casting soft baits.

 

I would like to add a rod where I can handle stripper (28"-32") when casting off a pier, or from the shoreline as well as sense when a Fluke strikes.

 

I was looking at the Shimano Teramar XX NE Spinning Rod, but am unsure if I would go with the M EF (1/2-2 oz lure) MH F (1-3 oz) or the H F (2-4 oz) and why. 

 

I would really l like to walk the shoreline, cast, jig and work swimbait. I often head to the inlet for Fluke, and it would be nice to fish off a pier for stripper. I am open to other suggestions and would love to learn more (that I can't just find online) on why I would want one Blank type and Action over the other.

 

Any help is greatly appreciated. 

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The Lightning you already own will handle that. Load it with braid, 15-20lb.

ST Croix's line of surf rods have a 7' version that works well for a lot of things. The Teramar is a nice stick, but not for what you are looking to do IMNSHO. 

 

[James Hayek]

 

51 minutes ago, BassWhole! said:

The Lightning you already own will handle that. Load it with braid, 15-20lb.

ST Croix's line of surf rods have a 7' version that works well for a lot of things. The Teramar is a nice stick, but not for what you are looking to do IMNSHO. 

 

 

Nice! I will save some money then (and use a lighter line. I had 30 lb SpiderWire).

I guess I just suck as fishing, for the time being.

 

Stupid question, you don't think the MH rod is too "tough" to feel a Fluke? 

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No, fluke don't nibble, when they want it, they want it. Most likely you will feel the weight of the fish before you feel anything else, Oh, and Gulp...

Fishing from shore, jetties and surf, casting and fighting the fish become the primary factors.

[deaknh03]

Blonde or brunette strippers?

[MN Fisher]

7 minutes ago, deaknh03 said:

Blonde or brunette strippers?

Give me a ginger any day of the week.

[desmobob]

 

I have a "Think Stripers" sticker on my car from the old Orvis shop on Cape Cod.  I was telling one of my buddies how often someone will look at it and, despite the fact there is an image of a striped bass on the it, will ask "Think strippers?"  

 

He shook his head and remarked that some folks never learned third grade spelling rules.  Two minutes later, his mom walked out of the house, looked at my car and said, "Does your mother know you have that sticker on there?  'Think Strippers!'  That's awful!"   ?

 

 

[bulldog1935]

Flounder (= fluke laying on their other side) are really tough to lift.  

I had a 24"er spit the hook on me after a half-dozen solid set attempts.  The fish was slowly creeping toward the big bay and taking drag the whole time.  This was on my MH rod.  I lifted him enough to see him, and that's when he spit.  (I did land one this size once on fly rod)

 

In Cedar Bayou tide pass to the Gulf one day, we watched a guy across the bayou battling a flounder for most of an hour. We each limited on specs, and the limit was 10 then.  When he finally beached the thing, it would have blanketed a coffee table.  

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38 minutes ago, bulldog1935 said:

Flounder (= fluke laying on their other side) are really tough to lift.  

I had a 24"er spit the hook on me after a half-dozen solid set attempts.  The fish was slowly creeping toward the big bay and taking drag the whole time.  This was on my MH rod.  I lifted him enough to see him, and that's when he spit.  (I did land one this size once on fly rod)

 

In Cedar Bayou tide pass to the Gulf one day, we watched a guy across the bayou battling a flounder for most of an hour. We each limited on specs, and the limit was 10 then.  When he finally beached the thing, it would have blanketed a coffee table.  

Sounds like ya'll need a flatfish PED random testing program.  

I switched to a snelled big Gammi octopus, and bent the offset straight a while back, and hardly loose any. You want a soft long rod with heavy line, you can almost fish the drag locked down, and Gulp, it's fluke crack, oh, and a net and not letting the fish break the surface is a good idea.

 

[bulldog1935]

@BassWhole!

I wasn't fishing for flounder, but was putting a buddy from out west on a tide pass between the flat and big bay.  

The lure was Tsunami SS3.  

My buddy was catching specs faster than I could count - seriously, after I set him up, he caught 5 before I got rigged.  

 

Speaking of flounder on fly rod.  Cedar Bayou is the cut between Matagorda and San Jose islands.  Jean Lafitte used to scrape off the Mexican Navy by retreating into the 4-mi bayou.  It's a 15-mi boat ride from anywhere.  

One December day with a Teeny TS-250 sinking line, slowly dragging on the bayou sand, I caught 40 small flounder on consecutive casts.  

Could have caught more, but it was cold and a long boat ride home.