Boat Rod Recomandation needed

[Only Coddin' Ye!]

Can anyone recomend a 20/30lb boat rod for around €100. Is the penn powerstick any good or is that just penn's huge marketing project coming to the forefront.

[DAMIEN]

well for about 100 what about the ronrhompsom rang??carbo stick i have the 20.30 good rod.

[paulbryson75]

The Penn Powerstick is a good rod though it is a little heavy. A friend of mine bought one and I found it to have an action like the Ugly Stick due to its glass content - though does seem a bit of a bullet proof general purpose use for most things kind of rod - and they have apperently sold millions of them, As Damien mentioned the Carbo Stick 20/30 is available for the money and it is a good rod, my wife has one which we got from Veals and its a very well put together and balanced rod. Another good rod is the Shimano Beastmaster 20/30 which again is available for around 100 E if you look around.
Cheers
Paul

[Terry]

You should be able to pick up a shakespear ugly stick gold for that money, ive used them for years and they are excellent rods. :D
i know thay were doing a special on them recently at galsgow angling center as im looking to get meself a 12-15lb version.

[DAMIEN]

now that you saw that terry glasgow hav a deadl penn boat rods 40sterling buy one get one free and then all you need is a reel.

[Neil]

I got a couple (12 & 20lb) Shimano Beastmaster Boat for around 40 sterling apiece from Veals - they do the job..

[JimC]

Derek in Guileen Tackle (Cork) is selling Penn Tuff stick 12-20 rods for under 30 euro. They're a fine rod if minded.

[DAMIEN]

under 30 :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:

[JimC]

25 euro to be exact. But as he's also a pub you could end up spending a lot more :lol:

[Terry]

nice one Jim, would he post or cod stuff to dublin?

[JimC]

Can't see why he wouldn't. An post COD is very expensive though. You could post a cheque to him before he dispatches? Give him a ring. Tell him you were on to me. 021-4661249. Ring him at night after 5pm as the pub usually dosen't open till then.

[dtsacs]

Jim

I'm heading down that direction this friday (Cobh for a weekend charter boat fishing with the club), might stop off and have a look providing he's not too far out of the way.
On an other point what's being caught in and around Cork Harbour at the moment.

Damien

[JimC]

Howdy Damien,
I haven't fished the harbour in about 4 weeks. At that stage we were getting a good show of blondes and plenty dabs all on the Bank. There were a few codling as well.
Outside, we've been doing a good bit of work out on the Ling Rocks. They have been fishing well. Further east towards Ballycotton plenty whiting and a good few haddock showng.

What boats are ye fishing on?

Jim

[dtsacs]

Jim

Not sure of the names of the 2 boats but bookings were made with Donie Geary in Cobh. We're travelling down on Friday and we will check out the boats then. What rigs are working best?.

Damien

[Terry]

Ta for the number Jim

[JimC]

Damien,
The weather looks good for the weekend so I would imagine you should be heading out. If ye go to the Lings or East have plenty Hokeyes. Try not go to the Smiths. The skipper should know where "the bottle" is. There a huge showing of whiting there with some nice haddock to boot. Also bring your shadding/jelly gear. If you get to drift clean ground off the lings use a ledger. No doubt ye'll anchor for some congers if so bring a few pirks to bait up under a 2 muppet paternoster. You'll be well covered for all eventualities. If ye decide to try for blondes on the bank, rig a 2-3 foot ledger trace with a 6/0 long shank. Bait up with fresh mackerel. Bring some calimari along as they can be the difference with blondes. If fishing two rods on the bank bring some worm along for the flats. There'll probably be a lot of charter and small boat activity around at the weekend.

Enjoy, looking forward to the report.

[Never mind the pollocks]

Jim, I was out recently on the Dirty Fecker with Mr scully. He was redgilling over a wreck while I was using storm wildeye shads. However I was getting snagged every drift. I had the shad set up identically to the redgill set up. ie 8ft snood on a boom beside weight. As the shads also have a lead head should the setup be different?

[JimC]

NMTP,
Doing a bit of guessing here but:
Firstly if you were reeling slowly (as most gillers would do) your shad (which is weighted) would be in the wreck before you would get your lead off the bottom.
Next time round try a short trace of about 3feet or less. (use heavy mono as I think it helps prevent tangles on the way down, but maybe thats just me!)
I retrieve my shads at speed. As fast as if you were changing bait. The second you touch the bottom begin the retrieve. You can imagine the shad which is travelling above the lead on the drop doesn't get time to snag (all the time!!!). Shads outfish all other artificials for us. The only time I wouldn't use a shad would be when the drift is poor. Then I would switch to a jelly/twintail etc. as they need less movement to work well.
Hope that helps.

[dtsacs]

Jim

Thanks for the tips, nearly missed the reply from you did'nt see page two at the bottom.
I've made up a lot of different rigs to try and cover all possibilities, but as you said it depends where we go. The weather is looking good so hopefully we should have a good weekend fishing. I will let you know how we got on when I get back.

Cheers
Damien