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Punching Blanks
Posted by:
Jacob Clark
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Date: March 24, 2024 01:16PM
What is everyone's recommendation for a god punching blank? I think one of my next builds is going to be a punching rod but haven't really narrowed it down to anything. The Rod Geeks Carbon 3 7' 11" H MF is about the only one I have my eye on right now. Re: Punching Blanks
Posted by:
Kendall Cikanek
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Date: March 24, 2024 03:56PM
The Carbon 3 blanks are the St. Croix Victory series, as you may know.. I think they are very good rods for the money. The thing with punching is that it actually varies a lot across the country. In some locations, the minimum rig is one ounce. Where I live, the maximum is usually 1/2 of an ounce with 3/8 ounce being pretty common. Some anglers use really heavy four-strand braid and others straight fluorocarbon. What are the parameters you wish to match? Re: Punching Blanks
Posted by:
John Santos
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Date: March 24, 2024 04:33PM
I recently built some on the NFC X-ray MB7108. Re: Punching Blanks
Posted by:
Jacob Clark
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Date: March 25, 2024 01:25PM
Kendall Cikanek Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > The Carbon 3 blanks are the St. Croix Victory > series, as you may know.. I think they are very > good rods for the money. The thing with punching > is that it actually varies a lot across the > country. In some locations, the minimum rig is one > ounce. Where I live, the maximum is usually 1/2 of > an ounce with 3/8 ounce being pretty common. Some > anglers use really heavy four-strand braid and > others straight fluorocarbon. What are the > parameters you wish to match? I regularly punch with anywhere from a 1oz-1 1/2oz weight and 65lb braid so I'm looking for a lure rating around 2- 2 1/2oz and something with a MF tip Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/31/2024 07:18PM by Jacob Clark. Re: Punching Blanks
Posted by:
Ancelmo Fernandez
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Date: March 27, 2024 11:58AM
Hey Jacob,
I have found in Florida we also use a 1 1/2oz-2 1/2oz for punching threw thicker mats. My experience is to go with the Moderate-Fast actions as well. I have had negative experiences with blanks that are too fast in action like MB (Mag Bass) even in the heavier powers. My recommendation would be to take a look at the FP937 (MHX) and the LS8/20-40(American Tackle). They are both incredibly strong but have moderate enough action to flip a fish and not need to worry about material recovery. Re: Punching Blanks
Posted by:
Spencer Phipps
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Date: March 27, 2024 03:40PM
I use a Rainshadow XB 944.5-TC for that, it would be an IMMC blank now, Schneider's has some at a real good price in their Hot Specials section. They punch well above the rating shown. Re: Punching Blanks
Posted by:
Jacob Clark
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Date: March 28, 2024 08:14AM
Has anyone built on the XRAY MB7109? The specs seem to match what I'm looking for and the sale on them is ending soon. Re: Punching Blanks
Posted by:
John Santos
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Date: March 28, 2024 10:46AM
I thought about going to the MB7109, but the MB7108 I already had was way stiffer than the stated lure range. I was using that rod for heavy weight Carolina rigging (throwing 1 oz weight + leader and bait), and thought it could be a little softer to be better (hence how I came up with trying another one for punching). The power of the MB7108 seems fine for 1 1/4 & 1 1/2 oz punch weights, but would have loved to been able to find the same power blank at the same length, but maybe 1/2 oz. lighter in overall weight. Re: Punching Blanks
Posted by:
Jacob Clark
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Date: April 05, 2024 08:00PM
Well I ended up ordering the Rod Geeks C3 7'11" H MF that I initially had thought of. NFC doesn't list the weights of the blanks for the two that I had thought of so I figured the 2.7oz for the C3 was a pretty good weight for a rod of that size. Re: Punching Blanks
Posted by:
John Santos
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Date: April 05, 2024 10:35PM
Sounds like you got a good blank. The weight of the recent NFC 7108 X-Ray I got weighed 3 oz. I would have liked to have found a lighter blank, but the 7108 is definitely more powerful than what the listed lure rating would insinuate. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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