Am I unicorn hunting? (Heavy Swimbait Rod)

[txchaser]

I'm looking for a swimbait rod; I was fishing a 4oz (with weighted hook) and snapped off my travel swimbait rod at one of the ferrules. It was at the high end of the rods range, so my fault I guess. And I have a Deps 250 sitting on my desk staring at me with no rod to fish it on. I think it's 6.5oz.

The soft bait fishing will be on owner 10/0 or 12/0 hooks, and hover around that 4oz weight +/- 1/4 oz.  

 

Is there one rod that will fish both of these really well? Should I care that much about sensitivity anyway? And for what it's worth the difference between the $150-range and the $300 range is really noticable to me on bottom contact. While I'm fishing the soft swimbait mostly dragging on the bottom, it's not a jig, so maybe there's no subtle bite anway.

 

I know 100% the soft swimbait is in the permanent lineup... after BR helped me get dialed in on getting them to the boat it's been a high-results and lots of fun way to fish. I have no idea if the glide bait thing will stick, but I also don't want to half-way commit and have a bad experience that keeps me from fishing it.

 

I'm inclined to fish heavier mono and flouro (vs braid) if that matters. 

 

There's an iRod air that's rated 3-10oz, but it seems like in swimbait land the rod ratings are not terribly reliable as slinging these big baits around is serious work.

 

Budget is up to $400.

 

Advice? 

[FishTank]

You will get tired of throwing that big bait no matter what......

 

Not my thing but Megabass Destroyer TS line. Asian Portal Fishing..... Good luck. 

 

[WRB]

IROD IRG 805XH swim gen3, $150

[NorcalBassin]

It's a unicorn. Matt Allen is a longtime swimbait fisherman and has said many times the IMX Pro 966 (3-8oz) is one of the only rods he felt could do a good job throwing an 8" Hudd or 250. A couple other options that do really well with one and could pull off the other are the Dobyns 807 (mag heavy, 3-10oz that would be great for jig hook soft swimbaits and would do okay with a 250) and Dobyns 867 (4-16oz that would be great for a 250 and okay dragging a soft swimbait).

[KP Duty]

Poison Glorious 7'4" XH.  Rated up to 150g's...can do a 1/2oz total weight jig as well. I picked mine up last month.  Shipping was only $27.  

 

https://japanlureshop.com/21-poison-glorious-174xh-sb.html

 

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5 hours ago, KP Duty said:

Poison Glorious 7'4" XH.  Rated up to 150g's...can do a 1/2oz total weight jig as well. I picked mine up last month.  Shipping was only $27.  

 

https://japanlureshop.com/21-poison-glorious-174xh-sb.html

 

Is that the g spot?....

[KP Duty]

1 hour ago, Deleted account said:

Is that the g spot?....

Middle of the reel seat would probably be considered  the rods 'g spot'.