Good For a Pitching Stick?

[gotarheelz14]

Would the 7'8" Heavy, Fast action carrot stick be good for a dedicated Pitching stick?

Right now I am using all my soft plastics on my same spinnerbait rod, a 7' st croix avid. I kind of want a rod that will handle all if not most of my plastics.

I plan on doing a fair amount of casting but a lot more pitching with this rod. I usually won't be throwing anything at or above 1oz. Probably more like 1/4> and >1oz.

Do you think the carrot stick will do?

PS. I don't have a boat. I don't know if that matters. I think it shouldn't. Let me know what yall think though.

[gotarheelz14]

Forgot to mention that I am a bit concerned that the heavy power will be too overbearing for the smaller, lower weights I plan to be using on that stick.

THanks for the advice.

Carlos

[Hornytoad 10]

I have pitched with carrot stix for a while now, and recently purchased a Powell 765 and i am BLOWN AWAY!!!the action, weight, and balance of this rod are AWESOME, look into a Powell, you wont be disappointed.

[Bass_Fanatic]

I agree...I just got a Powell and it is AMAZING!!

[flippin and pitchin]

Pitchin is a technique, a dilvery method for a lure.  You can pitch with casting or spinning, 6' to 8' and everything in between.  Your 7'8" C-Stick will work just fine.  If you have a good reel with a super smooth free spool you are in business.  Have fun !

[bandsr4me20]

powell rods

[Micro]

My preference is for a 7' rod, heavy, with a fast tip, but one that is a little softer than, say, a flipping stick. You can pitch with any rod, but one with a little more give that loads up will give you better performance. I have two heavy All Star American Classic rods, a pitching rod, a flipping rod. They are rated the same. The flipping and pitching are both heavy, extra fast rods. Even so, the pitching rod has a bit more give than the similarly rated flipping rod, which is extremely stiff to the tip. It's much easier to pitch with the pitching rod since pitching will put some load on your rod and the give helps with bait delivery.

[fenwick30]

daiwa light and toughs make a good pitchin rod

[AbuGarcia-4-Life]

Id so NO!!!! Carrot Stix break WAY to EZ, Id get pretty much anything else but they do make good Crankin Rods

[SoFl-native]

My preference is for a 7' rod, heavy, with a fast tip, but one that is a little softer than, say, a flipping stick. You can pitch with any rod, but one with a little more give that loads up will give you better performance. I have two heavy All Star American Classic rods, a pitching rod, a flipping rod. They are rated the same. The flipping and pitching are both heavy, extra fast rods. Even so, the pitching rod has a bit more give than the similarly rated flipping rod, which is extremely stiff to the tip. It's much easier to pitch with the pitching rod since pitching will put some load on your rod and the give helps with bait delivery.

What he said. A flipping rod doesnt make a good pitching rod most of the time. You want a lighter fast tip that you can load. My flipping stick is a 7'6" heavy castaway with braid.....conversely my pitching rod is a 7' MH XF Shimano clarus with 15 lb FC.

Big difference.

[SJB1226]

daiwa light and toughs make a good pitchin rod

I agree its a good rod thats pretty cheap! fairly light and fairly sensitivity is about AVG. they are very tough rods that you can really lean on and not worry about a break. with a 8+ oz reel balance is not bad....I have 2 of the 7'6 L&T rigged with Zillion PE (That I use for when I need a rod that I dont care about breaking if it happens.. I dont want to break any of my Compile-X's lol) and the other has a Zillion 7.1 on it.... its a rod that I let fishing guest use if they dont have a flipping stick...

But IMHO The Daiwa S rod flipping stick is a very nice flipping stick its even cheaper then the L&T. I have two of them... I like them a lot they fish well and with a 3/8 to 3/4oz the tip loads up very well! the rod is more Sensitive then the L&T rod (The tip is a little faster on the S then it is on the L&T) Im shooting praise at these rods because they are IMPRESSIVE at there price points. this is coming from someone that fishes really only JDM and a few USDM Daiwa Steez rods, Megabass rods and Evergreen rods.. so I can really give you insight on these rods because I own both and also own  Elite equipment so I can tell you what quality is!

Plus the Daiwa S rods have a SUPER comfortable reel seat! One of mine has a TD-X 103 freshwater special and the other has a M-Ito 103 on it. I use them when Im fishing lakes that are known for breaking rods while trying to get fish out of cover I wont fish my super high end rods, so thats what these are for and a couple others... simply said they are fine rods for the coin! I think you will like the S model better!