SpokaneDude Posted March 17, 2023 Posted March 17, 2023 I hope someone can help me find the proper rod for this; I don't have to get out very far, maybe less than 60 feet in still waters... looking for Bass of course! I just don't want to break the rod and lose the sensor! I already have the reel (Revros LT 2000) bought a few years back... I was thinking along the line of a 7' heavy, fast tip and use 50lb braided line (not sure of weight I need) TIA... SpokaneDude I need to edit parts of my post: Reel is a Diawa BG 3000 tossing 50 lb braid... sorry, couldn't figure out how to edit the original above! Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 25 minutes ago, SpokaneDude said: I need to edit parts of my post: Reel is a Diawa BG 3000 tossing 50 lb braid Reel should handle that - I'd go higher braid to be sure. 25 minutes ago, SpokaneDude said: I was thinking along the line of a 7' heavy, fast tip Standard heavy power rods only go to 1.5 oz...for a 2oz weight you're looking at an inshore or surf rod...this'll handle it and for under $50 https://www.tackledirect.com/penn-squadron-iii-inshore-rods.html 1 Quote
Super User ATA Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 32 minutes ago, SpokaneDude said: I hope someone can help me find the proper rod for this; I don't have to get out very far, maybe less than 60 feet in still waters... looking for Bass of course! I just don't want to break the rod and lose the sensor! I already have the reel (Revros LT 2000) bought a few years back... I was thinking along the line of a 7' heavy, fast tip and use 50lb braided line (not sure of weight I need) TIA... SpokaneDude I need to edit parts of my post: Reel is a Diawa BG 3000 tossing 50 lb braid... sorry, couldn't figure out how to edit the original above! Just get UglyStik GX2 for $39 and you can use the rod for fishing when needed as well. 1 Quote
SpokaneDude Posted March 18, 2023 Author Posted March 18, 2023 Hey Guys... the weight of the sonar sensor is 2 pounds, not two ounces! It's 1/2 of a Namo Fish Finder. Quote
Super User Solution ATA Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Solution Posted March 18, 2023 Just now, SpokaneDude said: Hey Guys... the weight of the sonar sensor is 2 pounds, not two ounces! It's 1/2 of a Namo Fish Finder. Do the Berkley 8’ Big Game Spinning Rod, Two Piece XXH $35 , It will do it, I am casting 2lb weight with it. If you want I can go to my truck and take picture for you. I have Dobyns Mag Swimbait rods but they are expensive for your job. Quote
SpokaneDude Posted March 18, 2023 Author Posted March 18, 2023 17 minutes ago, ATA said: Do the Berkley 8’ Big Game Spinning Rod, Two Piece XXH $35 , It will do it, I am casting 2lb weight with it. If you want I can go to my truck and take picture for you. I have Dobyns Mag Swimbait rods but they are expensive for your job. I found a Penn Squadron III Surf Spinning Fishing Rod Titanium/Red/Gold, 10' - Medium Heavy - 15-30lb - 2pc for $70 on Amazon... I think it will work, since it's similar to what you have suggested... and I'm familiar with the Penn name 1 Quote
Super User casts_by_fly Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 If you need to get two POUNDS out to casting distance I’d be thinking about something other than a fishing rod. That’s 32 ounces. A big surf rod will throw 8 and bait for a common big surf rig, so 12-16 ounces. I have an 8oz rated surf rod and I’ve throw. 12 plus bait for about 16-18 ounces total and wouldn’t do it again. You’re really straining the rod. If it were me I’d be looking at a 12-16 ounce rated rod and given what you’re doing I’d go with 130 lb braid. Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said: If you need to get two POUNDS out to casting distance I’d be thinking about something other than a fishing rod. That’s 32 ounces. A big surf rod will throw 8 and bait for a common big surf rig, so 12-16 ounces. I have an 8oz rated surf rod and I’ve throw. 12 plus bait for about 16-18 ounces total and wouldn’t do it again. You’re really straining the rod. If it were me I’d be looking at a 12-16 ounce rated rod and given what you’re doing I’d go with 130 lb braid. I wouldn't use braid or spinning (of course I wouldn't cast a FF either) I'd use a conventional fiberglass rod. We use to use 8' rods and Penn conventional reels with 50 or 60 lb mono, and would fling 16-24 oz jigs underhand quite a bit for cod from a rocking boat. You should be able to lob 2 lbs fairly easily from land with something like that. If I was going to go through all that trouble, I'd just tow it behind an RC boat... Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 This seems like a recipe for disaster. I'm surprised they would make a castable sonar transducer that weighs 2 lbs. I definitely wouldn't use braid for that. If you haven't already bought it I would look for a different option. 2 lbs is a ton of weight to try to cast. 2 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 16 minutes ago, Jrob78 said: 2 lbs is a ton of weight LOL Quote
Super User Jrob78 Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, Deleted account said: LOL I should have said literally ? Quote
KP Duty Posted March 18, 2023 Posted March 18, 2023 I'd load that B in a water balloon slingshot and launch it. Seriously though, I'd think a more quiet entry would be beneficial. Quote
padlin Posted March 18, 2023 Posted March 18, 2023 9 hours ago, JediAmoeba said: What fish finder is 2 pounds? Jesus I think the op may be mistaken, the ones I’ve seen are more like 3oz. 1 Quote
SpokaneDude Posted March 18, 2023 Author Posted March 18, 2023 BIG MISTAKE ON MY PART!! It's 2.6 ounces! not pounds! Sorry for putting all of you through this waste of time... I certainly appreciate it from all of you, and in the future I'll have my wife verify weights for me!☹️ 1 2 Quote
Super User Darth-Baiter Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 two pounds. can you just put some line at your feet and simply throw it like baseball? 60 feet? use one of those Chuck-It dog ball throwing toys.! 1 Quote
Fishin Dad Posted March 18, 2023 Posted March 18, 2023 17 minutes ago, SpokaneDude said: BIG MISTAKE ON MY PART!! It's 2.6 ounces! not pounds! Sorry for putting all of you through this waste of time... I certainly appreciate it from all of you, and in the future I'll have my wife verify weights for me!☹️ No worries. It made it a very fun read!! 1 Quote
Super User Deleted account Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 What is it from Northern California to the Canadian border? Inhaling too much Mount St Helens dust maybe?... Quote
BustedSwimbait Posted March 18, 2023 Posted March 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said: two pounds. can you just put some line at your feet and simply throw it like baseball? 60 feet? use one of those Chuck-It dog ball throwing toys.! This was going to be my option, 2 lbs is heavy as frick to be casting. Grab some heavy braid and toss her as hard as you can, good ol handlining it. 1 Quote
padlin Posted March 18, 2023 Posted March 18, 2023 That being the case, look for a cheap Heavy saltwater rod, longer will cast it farther, so maybe a 2 pc surf casting rod. Check out Purefishing, they do Ugly stix, Shakespeare, and such. You might even find a combo. You can even cast it like a surf rod where you lay out 6’ or so of line and launch it like a trebuchet. If needed you can get a surfcasters trigger which I found useful for heavy baits that tore up the finger. Quote
Fat Ika Posted March 18, 2023 Posted March 18, 2023 22 hours ago, MN Fisher said: Reel should handle that - I'd go higher braid to be sure. Standard heavy power rods only go to 1.5 oz...for a 2oz weight you're looking at an inshore or surf rod...this'll handle it and for under $50 https://www.tackledirect.com/penn-squadron-iii-inshore-rods.html Agreed! Look for a cheap, shorter inshore rod. Quote
Super User MN Fisher Posted March 18, 2023 Super User Posted March 18, 2023 7 hours ago, SpokaneDude said: BIG MISTAKE ON MY PART!! It's 2.6 ounces! not pounds! Sorry for putting all of you through this waste of time... I certainly appreciate it from all of you, and in the future I'll have my wife verify weights for me!☹️ Rod I posted above will handle that as long as you don't try 'for the fence'...just a good lob should get it out far enough. Quote
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