Just got new stick toys

[steelfish]

seems like Santa Claus arrived litte late for me for thats ok, Yellowtail open season starts on Feb 15th so its all good!!

Finally I got some better rods for my reels, I just bought a pair of beautiful rods for fishing north Sea of Cortez (San Felipe and Gonzaga bay area).

as some of you might know, normal fisheries here are big Sierras 8-12# (spanish macks), pesky angry Triggerfish (4-6#), Cabrillas (leopard grouper 8-15# ), yellowtail (10-20#), sometimes white seabass (10-25#), and many other smaller fish and with luck some big golf grouper.

just got me a pair of phenix rods to cover light line for inshore fishing and casting spoons and big hardbait lures and heavy line for yoyo/irons, I just need help to know which of my reels is more suited for those rods

my rods and current reels to pair are:
Phenix Black Diamond psw-700h ---> Calcutta 400TE with power handle / lexa 300 / Trini16 gold










Phenix Axis HAX 820H ---> Baja Special, Fathom 40LD2, 113h with tib kit or newell 540 5.5










currently Im using a 8" XH musky rod for calcutta 400TE, Trevala XXH for trini16 and Sabre boat rod for FHT40LD2/Baja Special

[Keta]

Nice!  I realy like my Megledon.

[MarkT]

I have a 760h I use for 30-40#.  I don't have the Axis but it should be good for 30-40# too.  I'd say mix and match these with what you have depending on the target and what you feel like that day.  They should all work together.

[steelfish]

I have a 760h I use for 30-40#.  I don't have the Axis but it should be good for 30-40# too.  I'd say mix and match these with what you have depending on the target and what you feel like that day.  They should all work together.

thanks Mark, actually I saw on BD that you have the 760h rod and like it, I also read the black diamond series is kind of parabolic so, it  looks that will work good with the calcutta 400TE and the trini16, as you say, I need to test them both and decide which one use depending on the targeted fish, for the lexa I think I will better use an Okuma inshore shadow stalker 8XH, some guys say is pretty similar to phenix M1

cant wait to use both rods

[MarkT]

I've caught 60# ands 85# bft with the 760h so it'll certainly catch fish in your size range!

[steelfish]

I've caught 60# ands 85# bft with the 760h so it'll certainly catch fish in your size range!

wow that are some nice catch on that skinny rod, thats what I wanted to hear amigo.

then I use them with confidence for yellows and big cabrillas ("cabrilla sardinera" google it)