What's your lightest...

[FrankN209]

What is your lightest bass baitcaster setup? 

 

With my Steez LTD w/roro xspool, ceramic bearings, i have 20lb braid to 10lb blue label and a Expride 7'2" ML, it all weighs at 10.4oz. 

[bulldog1935]

9.2 oz, Steez (Ray's Studio spool), PE#1.2, on Valleyhill ROC-67MMM

 

Same reel on my salt finesse rod, though, comes in at 8.5 oz.  

(was just talking about this on a different forum)

[looking45]

Daiwa Tatula 1000 spooled with 4# fluoro on a GLoomis IMX 781

[casts_by_fly]

in physical weight, its my 6'10" Falcon expert topwater MH with an Abu MGX and a full spool of 14 lb mono.  With the senko that's on it the whole thing weighs 9.3, so right about 9 oz when you cut the senko off.  

[FrnkNsteen]

I think my lightest setups would either be the Kistler Helium 7' MF with the Daiwa T3 MX or the the 6'3" e21 Carrot Stix with the Daiwa T3 SV.

 

I believe the T3's are about 6.5oz. I don't know that I have any casting reels lighter than them. Maybe the new Zillion or my Shimano Scorpion Metanium MG7??

 

If I remember right, the Carrot Stix is 3.4oz and the Helium is like 3.5oz.

[Peacedivision]

I haven't put them on a scale but in hand I think either the Dobyns SUF701C + Aldebaran BFS or Expride 610M + Aldebaran MGL

[TnRiver46]

I wouldn’t even know how to weigh it haha

[NavyToad]

Mine are all about the same.

[JediAmoeba]

Idk, probably in the 10 oz range

[LrgmouthShad]

iRod Harold’s Lone Star Special with a Curado MGL 150 is my lightest. 
 

But I saw @A-Jay comment a bit ago that he’s not really all crazy about super light setups and I thought about what I like in a rod and reel after that and gotta say I kinda agree. I can do without super light setups 

[Tennessee Boy]

I’ve weighed my socks before.  I’ve never weighed a rod and reel. 😆

[bulldog1935]

hmmm

    

[dave]

I have custom built, light power, fast rod and a Shimano Stile 100XG.  I have to hold on to it so it doesn't float away like a helium balloon...

[WRB]

Curious went into the garage and weighed my 2 casting combo’s.

Custom ALX JWR 5+F, 6’10” w/Daiwa SV70 12# FC is 10.4 oz

MJ Iovino Splash-It , MF, 6’8” w/Shimano SLX MGL 11# Armilo is 10.7 oz.

Spinning St Croix MXF 7’3” w/ Vanford 2500 is 11.6 oz.

Light combos but not super light weight. Surprised my ALX was the lightest of the group weighed.

Tom

[shackman]

Aldebaran 50/ 6’ 10” med expride

8.2 oz 

[MN Fisher]

Casting: 19 Tatula 100H on a Victory 7'2" MHM - my main crankbait rig - 10.3oz

Spinning: Miravel 1000 on a Mojo Bass 6'10" MLXF - my main finesse rig - 9.8oz

[Reel]

Shimano Cumulus with a Aldebaran 50, under 8 onces.

[MeatHead1313]

Edge Epitome with a Daiwa Zillion g. Comes in right at 10oz fully spooled. 

[Catt]

Kistler Helium 3.5 ozs

Lew's Tournament Lite 5.3 ozs 

[FrnkNsteen]

To be clear,... I have never weighed my rigs either. Just going off online weight listings for my rods and reels. 

[Mike L]

Loomis 843C / Shimano Chronarch 100 SF

 

 

 

 

Mike

[bulldog1935]

3 hours ago, FrnkNsteen said:

To be clear,... I have never weighed my rigs either. Just going off online weight listings for my rods and reels. 

Frank, you don't need to apologize for coming up with an original thread OP.  

Feigning lack of imagination is colloquial humor, used too often in off-topic posts to imply those posting on-topic are elitist.  

[FishTank]

Shimano Aldebaran BFS and a Kistler Hunt BFS. 

[Fishingmickey]

Kistler 6'9" Helium 3 - 3.5 oz

Shimano Stephano -  4.9 oz

Total                           8.4 oz

[casts_by_fly]

16 hours ago, LrgmouthShad said:

But I saw @A-Jay comment a bit ago that he’s not really all crazy about super light setups and I thought about what I like in a rod and reel after that and gotta say I kinda agree. I can do without super light setups 

 

The bigger and heavier the setup the more tiring it will be to use.  There's no question about that.  But how it affects you and whether that's important is another matter yet.  A-jay lifts weights so I'm sure he could pitch with an offshore rod all day and not feel it.

 

For me, tip weight/swing weight is more important than absolute weight.  Most of my rods are in that 10-11 oz range in total like most everyone else here.  Considering how many baitcasting reels are in the 7-8 oz range, that's putting most of the weight right in your hand which is where it should be.