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If youre fishing a rocky bottom try to get the crankbait to crash down in to the rocks, deflecting the bait off of them with the bill of the lure

6-6-7-0 Baitcasting Rod Power: Medium-Medium Heavy Action: Fast Lure Weight 3/8 1 oz Test line rating 10lb-17lb Fishing: Bass and Northern Pike spooled with 12lb-15lb test monofilament with a leader primarily for heavier artificial lures 3/8-1oz (spoons, crankbaits, inline spinners, spinner baits, topwater) Length: 7-0 Type: Baitcasting Rod Power: Extra Heavy Action: Fast Lure Weight: 1-3oz Test line rating: 25lb + Fishing: Northern Pike and Muskies spooled with 50lb-80lb braided line with a leader for presenting heavy lures 1oz and up ( inline spinners, spinner baits, jerk baits, gliders, crank baits, top water) Rod Materials Fiberglass: Fiberglass rods have been popular since the 1950s taking over the era of steel rods, in terms of performance and features fiberglass does lack the sensitivity of the newer rods today made from graphite and weighs more, but is noted for its toughness and soft/moderate action

The rig creates the illusion of a small baitfish school, which triggers predatory instincts in striped bass

For jigs and topwaters I use a 7-3 Abu Garcia Vendetta VDTC76-6 rod and Daiwa Lexa reel spooled with 30- to 50-pound braid

I fished the reel for everything I could target in saltwater and fresh, lakes, ponds, and rivers, and it will do it all, but the methods that most benefit from this style of reel is nymphing in rivers or feathering the lever as you slowly crawl chironomids to the surface of a lake