Dobyns 703 for chatterbait

[basser27]

Have a fury 703 I want to use for 3/8oz chatterbaits. I know it’s prob a little light but can I make it work?

[FrnkNsteen]

I have a Fury 703 and I like it. Might be a little light, but a 1/4oz bait with a plastic trailer would probably work ok. If you start jumping up to 3/8 or 1/2oz, it might get to be a little much.

 

If I remember right, a 703c is rated 1/4 - 3/4oz, so keep total weight at 1/2oz or less and you should be ok.

 

Just go easy on your casts and try it!

[Boomstick]

It's manageable in clear water but not ideal with a 3/8oz chatterbait and a light trailer, but I'd step up to a 704C which will throw larger trailers or even 1/2oz chatterbaits and some grass.

 

You will be overloading the rod a little, so don't try to bomb cast it.

[jbrew73]

1/4oz plus plastic is where I rate that rod.
Give it a shot and see  if it works. 

Edited October 23, 2023 by jbrew73

[Boomstick]

23 hours ago, jbrew73 said:

1/4oz plus plastic is wear I rate that rod.
Give it a shot and see  if it works. 

Yeah a 1/4oz weight with a senko seems to be about as high as I’d ideally go. It throws them nicely weightless or with lighter weights too.

 

i have used my kid’s Sierra with 3/8oz spinnerbaits and no trailer and it’s passable.

[JackstrawIII]

I have that rod. It will be fine. I use it for jigs of that size all the time. 

[Darth-Baiter]

the Fury 703 is the rod in my arsenal that doenst know what it wants to be when it grows up.  i throw chatterbaits on it all the time.  a chatter isnt a slack line techique, so i dont worry about sensitivity.  it hucks the chatters, and the fish seem to stay pinned.  no issues.

 

i'll snip off the chatter and go to a 1/2 jig..well, i used to.  now it is backup on jigs.  

 

i have a blindspot for that rod, since it was the first rod i bought as an adult.