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Originally Posted by Justfishin73
Good morning all.
Stellar weekend, still wish I was out there. Fantastic father’s day---nailed 80 with the boy, 6 doublr headers, just awesome day.
Boy broke a rod on a massive walleye, and I broke one on a huge jack. I typically use $60-100 rods. I primarily fish walleye, some jack, but of course have dedicated rods for each. For walleye, love the feel of the light rod, but they have had a tendency to snap. Getting ready to hopefully not drop more than $200-$250 on a good rod. My question is, is it worth it, will they fare that much better, or I am just better to get a medium –light and give up on the light rods?
Looking at this St Croix---https://www.tackledirect.com/croixps66mlf2.html
$200
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I think hi end graphite rods are probably less durable. You need to take care of them so they don't get scratched as they can break, like glass, on the score. They are much more sensitive though. I always put my graphite rods into rod gloves or rod bags but never do for my ugly sticks.
Like Walleyedude said "high tipping" is one good way to break any rod. One should try and keep the line at 90 degrees or so to the rod when fighting a fish. The other way I have seen rods break is by having the drag set to tight and and when the fish pulls down or goes under the boat the fisherman lowers the rod to the outside gunnel of the boat causing it to breakoff there. Certainly need to lower the drag pressure and get you hands outside of the boat. Take a look at your rod, most good rods have a line pound rating and one always takes a risk when exceeding it. Not saying you can't put 30 pound braid on a 4 pound line weighted light rod but you will have to set drag and fishing style accordingly.
Personally I use Med to MH for walleye and MH to Heavy and above for pike. Seems to work very well and I don't have to over play the fish and release them exhausted.