txchaser Posted February 1, 2022 Posted February 1, 2022 I broke the handle of a rod in a tragic car door accident. Sooo careful with the tips, but a side crunch on the handle doesn't look like it does much until you cast and it comes in two. And it was a rod that gets used almost every outing because it was so versatile and a good fit for a couple of key presentations. Anyway I fish it so much I'm thinking about an upgrade for the replacement, and the AGS guides don't fit my transportation style, I'll break them. So that's got my eye wandering towards a poison adrena. Anyone have a poison adrena MH/R or MH/RF and can describe it? Ideally relative to daiwa's MH/R. One of my most-used rods was a tatula elite MH/"regular" - was super versatile, and I liked it for: bigger cranks (10-15 but not true DD), minimag squarebills, 3/8 chatterbaits esp with smaller trailers (but not 1/2oz, went to heavy for that), and medium-wire swimjigs. The daiwa had a lighter tip on it so it wasn't sensitive to being underloaded, and the tip had some give on moving baits during the retrieve. There was a big of a stage two bend with a fish on that wasn't parabolic, but definitely seemed like it was pinning them without being a floppy crankbait rod or a glass rod. I think the action was something like a mod or mod/f but I don't have anyone elses rods that are MOD to really compare, except a poison adrena H/RF "fast moving and big bait" rod. The H is almost perfect as a bigger chatterbait, or heavy wire swimjig rod. But it is stout enough it is hard to intuit what the MF version of R or RF will look like from Shimano. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted February 1, 2022 Super User Posted February 1, 2022 9 hours ago, txchaser said: AGS guides don't fit my transportation style, I'll break them Sounds like it's time for a new transportation style. If you broke that handle behind the reel seat, it's a fairly easy fix. Quote
txchaser Posted February 1, 2022 Author Posted February 1, 2022 8 hours ago, Deleted account said: Sounds like it's time for a new transportation style. Fair enough, rods get fully loaded and unloaded 1x week, and ride in the truck all week. I really need to get a boat. Re easy fix - dang.. it's too late, I thought it was totally trashed. Now I know. Quote
Solution softwateronly Posted February 2, 2022 Solution Posted February 2, 2022 I have the 7'3" MH/RF, 6'11M+/F, 7'2"H/F. I can say that fast should be ruled out for sure. I find the 7'3"MH/RF does everything pretty well. I haven't really thrown many trebles on it yet. I'm about to bring it on a trip where it will serve as my squarebill rod, so I believe it will be good. Blade baits, swim jigs, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, underspins, T-rigs, and jigs have all treated me well on that rod. scott Quote
txchaser Posted February 3, 2022 Author Posted February 3, 2022 On 2/1/2022 at 8:06 PM, softwateronly said: I have the 7'3" MH/RF, 6'11M+/F, 7'2"H/F. I can say that fast should be ruled out for sure. I find the 7'3"MH/RF does everything pretty well. I haven't really thrown many trebles on it yet. I'm about to bring it on a trip where it will serve as my squarebill rod, so I believe it will be good. Blade baits, swim jigs, chatterbaits, spinnerbaits, underspins, T-rigs, and jigs have all treated me well on that rod. scott Thanks! 1 Quote
softwateronly Posted February 3, 2022 Posted February 3, 2022 8 hours ago, txchaser said: Thanks! More than welcome. I did start out not loving the 7'3"MH, because I thought it was a bit too soft, plus it's so d**n light in hand. It wasn't till I started hooking fish, that the power became apparent and now I feel like it's one of my favorites. If you've ever handled a Dobyns DX 734, the PA has very similar action, with a touch stiffer tip, but I find it way more sensitive when fishing weeds/soft bottom. We're road tripping down to Lake Murvaul next week for a break from the cold. Hope to get on some of your legendary TX bass, even if I'm at a lake that peaked in the 90's and I'll be trying to find them on my own. scott Quote
txchaser Posted February 4, 2022 Author Posted February 4, 2022 12 hours ago, softwateronly said: More than welcome. I did start out not loving the 7'3"MH, because I thought it was a bit too soft, plus it's so d**n light in hand. It wasn't till I started hooking fish, that the power became apparent and now I feel like it's one of my favorites. If you've ever handled a Dobyns DX 734, the PA has very similar action, with a touch stiffer tip, but I find it way more sensitive when fishing weeds/soft bottom. We're road tripping down to Lake Murvaul next week for a break from the cold. Hope to get on some of your legendary TX bass, even if I'm at a lake that peaked in the 90's and I'll be trying to find them on my own. scott GL down here, although it is pretty dang cold right now and ice on the streets. It'll be pre-pre-spawn I suppose. I hope it warms up for you, and you are staying a few hours east anyway. On the MH, would you put it as a good moving bait rod that can also double duty as a bottom contact, or the other way around? Quote
softwateronly Posted February 4, 2022 Posted February 4, 2022 I guess I’m most confident saying it’s a great moving bait rod. It is also great with a 1/2oz jig and 5/16 Trig worm in light weed cover, but that’s the only opportunity I’ve given it this year. Heavier weeds, I prefer the H/F or the M+/Fast action because I feel like I can shake it free with more control. Simply put, I really like the rod and highly recommend. Yeah I’ve seen the weather forecast. Hoping they are staged just off the flats in the nearest deep water. At least the water won’t be hard and no matter how cold you get it’ll be warmer than up here. Best of luck with whichever rod you choose. scott 1 Quote
softwateronly Posted February 16, 2022 Posted February 16, 2022 On 2/3/2022 at 7:19 PM, txchaser said: GL down here, although it is pretty dang cold right now and ice on the streets. It'll be pre-pre-spawn I suppose. I hope it warms up for you, and you are staying a few hours east anyway. On the MH, would you put it as a good moving bait rod that can also double duty as a bottom contact, or the other way around? It ended up being pretty great, Murvaul is interesting for sure. I got a PB on my first fish and then again on my last fish, a 25.25" pig. All way shallower than I had originally expected. I also got skunked half the time. scott Quote
txchaser Posted February 17, 2022 Author Posted February 17, 2022 13 hours ago, softwateronly said: It ended up being pretty great, Murvaul is interesting for sure. I got a PB on my first fish and then again on my last fish, a 25.25" pig. All way shallower than I had originally expected. I also got skunked half the time. scott Glad to hear it went well! Sounds like they were up in prespawn. 1 Quote
softwateronly Posted February 17, 2022 Posted February 17, 2022 10 hours ago, txchaser said: Glad to hear it went well! Sounds like they were up in prespawn. The 2 biggest for sure, the first was 2 days after the cold front passed, and the last one and biggest got angry active when I ran into her @ 5pm the day a new cold front came through that morning. She literally hit my flashy swimmer just moments after the sun broke out for the first time that day. She also was the most aggressively feeding large fish I've ever encountered. She owned an ambush triangle between 2 docks and a brush pile, completely nuts. All the others seemed to be directly related to shad activity in the middle warm period between fronts, those went off for 2-3 hrs in one cove, making my best guess that they are still actively moving up/down in/out strictly for feeding opportunities. The biggest girls seemed to always lead the way in terms of time/temp. scott 1 Quote
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