Looking for a good idea for a pole to make to use for fall musky fishing with suckers. I was thinking of Rod Geeks MODEL #MKY86HF

8'6" | Mono. Line Wgt: 30 - 65 lb. | Lure Weight: 4 - 10 oz. | Fast Action, Heavy Power.

Thanks in advance
JB

John thats a great blank. I have built probably a dozen of them for casting rods for musky.

However, if i were building a sucker rod, I'd probably go with a rodgeeks SG711XXH. The blended material handles the brutal hooksets of sucker fishing way better IMO. Sucker fishing for musky is absolutely brutal on gear all things considered. When you pair freezing temps with the hardest possible hookset on a fish that you are purposely waiting to be swimming directly away from you, you end up with broken rods.

This type of presentation wouldn't be my first pick for a custom built rod but if I had to choose a blank it would be the one i mentioned above.

Good luck have fun

At RainShadow we released a new Revelation Musky Series where we have both 7'10" and 8'10" - for 30-65lb we'd recommend MH but we have a Heavy and X-Heavy version as well.

Check out the specs at: [www.rainshadowrodblanks.com]

James Taylor
Batson Enterprises
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> However, if i were building a sucker rod, I'd probably go with a rodgeeks SG711XXH. The blended
> material handles the brutal hooksets of sucker fishing way better IMO.

I've sold a few Rodgeeks XC 804's to musky fishermen. IF the SG 2X will work, the 804 wil be perfect as well. They love how the rod loads when fishing heavier bucktails, it's so easy to cast all day every day and it doesnt' wear you out like an all graphite blankl because the composite rod does all the work.

consider the size of suckers you will be using some get up to 2 lb rigged on a quick strike rig or a quick strike jig rig and the fish is looking for more than a tooth full of food so 8 ounce - 32 ounce suckers about 10 - 18 inches is what most use and it is a dead stick method drifting with the boat while tossing other lures the fish caught on a sucker rig usually followed a lure to the boat at a deeper depth and wasn't seen by the angler so you got a hungry 40 - 55 inch fish anywhere from 20 - 35 lbs. lurking below the boat . the guys I have built for prefer 8" plus rod and 2x heavy pared with a medium heavy trolling reel with 80 - 100 lb test because as was mentioned the brutality of the hook set and it is game on they fight like crazy and want to run and dive and roll you have to have enough rod back bone to handle that. a rod for tossing lures isn't the way to go can be done but not recommended. but then the guys here that do it all the time could have it all wrong. I think their success says different though. watch this video
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The best day to be alive is always tomorrow !!
Think out side the box when all else fails !!!
Wi.



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thanks all of you for the great info. Mathew what would you recommend that you had good luck with?

rod wise a telescopic Tackle industries MHXH 9" used or either one of these from rod geeks Musky Rod Series - MKY86HF or this heavy duty one Musky Rod Series - MKY86XHF have used them all and customers are more than happy with their build
reel wise the favorite here in Wi. Abu Garcia® C3-7000 Casting Reel Abu Garcia® Revo® Winch Casting Reel or you can buy any reel that has a good line cap and drag

The best day to be alive is always tomorrow !!
Think out side the box when all else fails !!!
Wi.

thanks so much

A reel simple rod for that use is an 8 foot broom stick. Tie on a piece of 80 lb line with a quick strike rig on the end - baited with a big sucker and lay it in the boat. I would also put a big bobber on the line about 10 feet above the hook.

When the fish bites, toss the rod overboard and then go find it 30 minutes later and boat the fish.

Years ago, virtually all of the fall fishing was done using this method with great success.

You can go to the big box store and pick up a threaded broom handle for $10 and you are set to go catch some big fish.

Its both legal and effective.

Good fishing.

It has been a while since I did any serious sucker fishing but, I have built a bunch of rods from ice rods for gills to off-shore rods for sailfish. When I get back to sucker fishing and I will. I will be looking at saltwater live bait rods. They are made for live bait fishing with bait that might weight 5-10 pounds. They typically have a very fast, light tip and a ton of power. I built a couple that were 7.5 '. left them in Zihua with the captain, too expensive to transport with airlines. But, they were excellent for suckers. They were from rain shadow blanks.
Just my two cents.

See you on the water, Doug
Captain Paddlefoot