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Have to agree with the poster just before me - went with St. Croix for the sensitivity & lighter weight.
Was using a 11 foot Eagle Claw - too heavy to repeatedly cast. Wore out the arms after awhile. With the St. Croix you get more sensitivity & a rod you can cast with all night without wearing out the arms & can cast a country mile. My 8 footer outcasts the 11 foot rod I previuosly used.
If you're gonna leave it in a sand spike - the heavier rods will do - I don't & perfer the lighter weight St. Croix. Lighter but you lose nothing in the strenght department.
Was using a 11 foot Eagle Claw - too heavy to repeatedly cast. Wore out the arms after awhile. With the St. Croix you get more sensitivity & a rod you can cast with all night without wearing out the arms & can cast a country mile. My 8 footer outcasts the 11 foot rod I previuosly used.
If you're gonna leave it in a sand spike - the heavier rods will do - I don't & perfer the lighter weight St. Croix. Lighter but you lose nothing in the strenght department.
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sandman - so it should be excellent for slinging eels from shore then - that's it's intended use.
Fishing on the river is best in late August thru September & really tops out during the first 3 weeks of October. So we got a way to go yet.
I'll start fishing it experimentally within the next couple of weeks tossing lures - switch over to floating clams & worms when the bass season opens in May & move to eels late June/early July.
Rumor has it there are a fair amount of schoolies lurking around in there now. I check it each morning before leaving for work - have yet to see any telltale "swirls".
I'll let you know how it progresses & maybe we can hook up some Friday night. That's when I do most of my bassin'.
Regarding the vacation- Venezuela was excellent - tremendous fishing - more species than you can shake a rod at. Look for my post in the Reports Section dated somewhere around 3/13 - 3/14 for the full report. Used the 8 foot St. Croix off of the beach a couple of mornings - unforetunately nothing hit it. Was hoping to grab a tarpoon or two from shore. A local told me they do come in there.
Fishing on the river is best in late August thru September & really tops out during the first 3 weeks of October. So we got a way to go yet.
I'll start fishing it experimentally within the next couple of weeks tossing lures - switch over to floating clams & worms when the bass season opens in May & move to eels late June/early July.
Rumor has it there are a fair amount of schoolies lurking around in there now. I check it each morning before leaving for work - have yet to see any telltale "swirls".
I'll let you know how it progresses & maybe we can hook up some Friday night. That's when I do most of my bassin'.
Regarding the vacation- Venezuela was excellent - tremendous fishing - more species than you can shake a rod at. Look for my post in the Reports Section dated somewhere around 3/13 - 3/14 for the full report. Used the 8 foot St. Croix off of the beach a couple of mornings - unforetunately nothing hit it. Was hoping to grab a tarpoon or two from shore. A local told me they do come in there.
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