Cabelas surf rods?

[firstmatefluff]

Anyone tried one? Father in law purchased a SaltStriker inshore rod/reel combo, reel looks to be a daiwa re-packaged for Cabelas (forgot which one, but sure looks like a daiwa) and very nice. Rod also looks nice, and is light as a feather, so I had to ask has anybody tried the Cabelas Salt Striker surf rods? They have a 12' 2-8 oz which looks pretty nice (assume that is really 3-6 oz or so in actual real life vs marketing), curious has anybody got a comment on these rods?

Mark

[firstmatefluff]

Nobody??? That's not real promising....... :(

[widgeonpintail]

just bought a salt striker combo today. taking it to jamaica on a weeks vacation near negril. i bought the 10' two piece with an ss-65 reel.will let you know how it did in feb!

[Alforreca]

taking it to jamaica


That's a nice way to test fishing gear :D .
Hummm, next time I buy a reel or a rod I'll test them in Brasil... :D :cool: :D

Great holidays.

Pedro

[widgeonpintail]

took my salt stryker combo to jamaica and had a blast. only fished a little from shore with it, no luck, but took it out on a boat and trolled with it. rod wasnt built for trolling obviously but ran it as a long line with #15 trilene xt using a red and white bagley shallow running plug and caught amberjack, king mackeral, yellowfin tuna and bonita (the kings and tuna made great sushi!). none of the fish were over #20. but the rod held up beautifully, great action and the reel was as smooth as could be. 10 ball bearing and a nice big handle made for great control. the drag knob was large and not overly sensitive which made adjustments easy. would have liked to hook into a 40 plus pounder to see how it would stand up, but no such luck. at $120 for the combo i'm delighted with it and it'll make a great pier rod or long line for trolling the great lakes for salmon and steelhead until i can get back to jamaica.

[The Bucket]

fmf,

Sorry no info nor have I used SaltStriker gear.

wpt,

On the MI salmon fishin' subject, I've been salmon fishin' a week each summer for last 6-7yrs w/my Dad ~ trolling at the mouth of St. Marys River (out of Detour-Drummond Island)using down riggers. Using mainly Penn 320GTIs on various 9'-9'1/2 Salmon Rods (Shakespheare, Penn, and a Heartland) while dragging spoons, J-plugs, flies, squids, and using other inline jewelry (dodgers/flashers, fish catchers/hoochie mamas, etc) :p

Were looking at using Dipsy Divers more such that I'm looking at setting up two r&r combo's w/line counter reels :D

Cabela's info leads me to think I should go w/longer salmon rods for trolling a Dipsy like the 10'6 Cabelas rod in catalog. Leaning towards setting one combo up w/Cabelas Depthmaster rod-reel and the other a Diawa combo.

Your thoughts? Any input is appreciated. Thanks.

MI Salmon Dance :cool:

`bucket

[rattler]

when i was in MI(alpena, oscoda) my f-i-l...took me on one of these deep water trips(90 ft down, 200 ft of water)...got no thrill from from it...28lb coho?...like dead weight...i think a rod with a lighter tip would have been better...i did learn "walleye"...and pearch...never could figure out steelies on 4lb test in the AuSable or Thunder Bay rivers...killed the smallmouth...blew the F-I-Ls mind...to me...salmon are like speed carp...short fight and slime to no end...jmo

[The Bucket]

rattler,

Whole heartedly disagree with your opinion of MI Salmon fishing :mad:

You obviously have not been fishing (or close to catchin') like we have ~ catching 10-20 lb Kings (Chinook) on medium freshwater tackle 15-65' of water = a fishin' blast that is on par or better then most saltwater trolling w/a bit of kingfishing from the end of the piers (rod watchin') mixed in for great anticipation :D

If salmon are "speed carp" then rockfish are just plain ol'rocks :rolleyes: so like ya did ...

Go fish somewhere and for something else,

`bucket

[rattler]

this was down rigger stuff...i got the biggest fish and it did not impress me...caught some casting a cleo...that was a little better...i still thought the fight was not up to par...i guess it was spawning time...i killed the smallies, and showed my fil a trick or to...big pike fight like crazy...and are great smoked...i used alot of my southern techniques abd they worked well...i have 2 noodle rods(11-12') that i think i will try on schoolies striper and trout...but not with 4lb line...