Cod/trout setup advice

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Cod/trout setup advice

Post by phil1818 » Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:32 pm

Got a place up at Bonnie Doon and time to get serious on chasing up a cod and some trout, would head down further towards goughs Bay Area id think for cod. Question is what kind of rod/reel combo would be good for this kind of work mostly flicking lures or trawling?

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Re: Cod/trout setup advice

Post by matari » Sat Aug 25, 2018 9:45 pm

i have a revo winch rod and a revo4s which is great for flicking lures and trawling. Cheers Matari

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Post by phil1818 » Sat Aug 25, 2018 10:21 pm

matari wrote:i have a revo winch rod and a revo4s which is great for flicking lures and trawling. Cheers Matari
Cheers mate I’ll check them out

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Re: Cod/trout setup advice

Post by ben475 » Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:32 pm

look for a rod in the 6 or 6-10kg range for the cod. I have a shimano raider baitcast 6" 6-10kg (impoundmend barra model) which I think is nice.
shimano curado 200 or abu revo4 are nice. abu black max would do well if you want something a bit cheaper.

1-3 or 2-4 kg rod would be the go for the trout. I like rods around the 6" length.
and a 20-30 sz, or 2000-2500 sz spin reel would be my go.

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Re: Cod/trout setup advice

Post by phil1818 » Mon Aug 27, 2018 7:57 pm

ben475 wrote:look for a rod in the 6 or 6-10kg range for the cod. I have a shimano raider baitcast 6" 6-10kg (impoundmend barra model) which I think is nice.
shimano curado 200 or abu revo4 are nice. abu black max would do well if you want something a bit cheaper.

1-3 or 2-4 kg rod would be the go for the trout. I like rods around the 6" length.
and a 20-30 sz, or 2000-2500 sz spin reel would be my go.
Cheers mate I’ll scoot into the tackle shop in the next few days and check it out

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Re: Cod/trout setup advice

Post by Shakes » Fri Aug 31, 2018 8:53 pm

ben475 wrote:look for a rod in the 6 or 6-10kg range for the cod. I have a shimano raider baitcast 6" 6-10kg (impoundmend barra model) which I think is nice.
shimano curado 200 or abu revo4 are nice. abu black max would do well if you want something a bit cheaper.

1-3 or 2-4 kg rod would be the go for the trout. I like rods around the 6" length.
and a 20-30 sz, or 2000-2500 sz spin reel would be my go.
This makes me happy.

I went into Aussie Angler for the first rod I've brought (everything else has been hand me downs) to get a light but versatile rod.

They put me on a 7" raider travel 'bream' with a legalis2500 reel.

Being clueless I had to trust the sales guy, seems he sold me roughly what I thought I wanted.

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Re: Cod/trout setup advice

Post by ChuckH » Sat Sep 15, 2018 6:57 am

Shakes wrote:
ben475 wrote:look for a rod in the 6 or 6-10kg range for the cod. I have a shimano raider baitcast 6" 6-10kg (impoundmend barra model) which I think is nice.
shimano curado 200 or abu revo4 are nice. abu black max would do well if you want something a bit cheaper.

1-3 or 2-4 kg rod would be the go for the trout. I like rods around the 6" length.
and a 20-30 sz, or 2000-2500 sz spin reel would be my go.
This makes me happy.

I went into Aussie Angler for the first rod I've brought (everything else has been hand me downs) to get a light but versatile rod.

They put me on a 7" raider travel 'bream' with a legalis2500 reel.

Being clueless I had to trust the sales guy, seems he sold me roughly what I thought I wanted.

Funny I saw this.. yesterday I put a pre lined JW 2000 reel on a 7’ Shakespeare ugly custom, and selected a few different hard lures, plastics, softies on weighted hooks to test out and see how they perform wth distance and accuracy, it was actually a good setup, nailed the accuracy, casted fine using the roll whip side cast thing technique, into the wind and with the wind
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Re: Cod/trout setup advice

Post by Sinsemilla » Sat Sep 15, 2018 6:36 pm

Can you use a baitcaster well? There is heaps on sale at bcf at the moment with both spin and baitcaster reels going for good prices

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