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Title: Just got new stick toys
Post by: steelfish on January 24, 2017, 06:50:46 PM
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
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Phenix Axis HAX 820H ---> Baja Special, Fathom 40LD2, 113h with tib kit or newell 540 5.5

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


Title: Re: Just got new stick toys
Post by: Keta on January 24, 2017, 06:56:15 PM
Nice!  I realy like my Megledon.
Title: Re: Just got new stick toys
Post by: MarkT on January 24, 2017, 09:07:25 PM
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.
Title: Re: Just got new stick toys
Post by: steelfish on January 25, 2017, 12:12:48 AM
Quote from: MarkT on January 24, 2017, 09:07:25 PM
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
Title: Re: Just got new stick toys
Post by: MarkT on January 25, 2017, 12:33:48 AM
I've caught 60# ands 85# bft with the 760h so it'll certainly catch fish in your size range!
Title: Re: Just got new stick toys
Post by: steelfish on January 25, 2017, 12:53:00 AM
Quote from: MarkT on January 25, 2017, 12:33:48 AM
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)