I am looking for suggestions about a Spoonbill (it's an oklahoma fish) blank. I have a store bought cheap surf/spinning rod, but looking to make my own. It is a 12ft, 2pc, Surf Med Action, 15-40 lbs line, 3-8 oz, Offshore Angler- Power pro (bought at Bass Pro). This is a heavy snagging surf rod that carries about 250+ yds of 80lb braid line. We use a 12/0 treble hook with 5oz weight. Cast and snag BIG Spoonbill up to 60-80lbs. This rod has a butt diameter of 1.190in/30.23mm. So it's pretty stoute! I would like to find something comparable in the range of 12-14ft and maybe heavier and about the same diameter etc. Any suggestions would be very much appreciated- Thanks


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If it matters the rod I have is stamped with the blank number 1046 A8 with the spec i mentioned above

I've actually been spoonbill fishing in Oklahoma, though I've only been once, and it didn't go all that well. It's way harder than it seems. But, I'm anxious to try it again.

If you don't get any responses with your title, you might re-post it, and just say that you're looking for a 12-14 ft. surf rod to throw 5 oz. wts. You'll likely have the expert surf casters/builders chime in with suggestions.

I think that when people see "spoonbill," they get confused and don't respond because they don't know what a spoonbill is, or what this type of fishing involves.

Think your right. I will let it sit for now and see if anyone responds by tomorrow. Go from there.

We have actually done pretty good over the years. Man is it some work lol!

The mechanics of snatching spoonbills can't be much different from the mechanics of snatching salmon. When snatching salmon was legal in tributaries of Lake Ontario the snatchers would usually use one or two-piece solid glass rods eight or ten feet long. You could hoist a refrigerator with them.

I have done it a lot back when I was a teenager. We never used a rod longer than 8 ft. But, as Phil said , you could hoist a refrigerator with one. Never saw anyone use a rod longer than 8 ft. I think the proper name is Paddle Fish but we always called them Spoonbill. Thirty to sixty lbs was about the biggest we could catch below dams on the Tennessee River.
Batson's heavier salt water blanks would fit the bill.

J.B.Hunt
Bowling Green, KY