Sturgeon Rod Reel Setups

[Swamp Rat]

Heading out tomorrow for some sturgeon fishing around Lillooet.

Just curious what setups others have?
Type/make of Rod & Length?
Make of Reel?
Line size & type?
Leader size & type?

I started with a cheapie combo Shakespear unit but i want to upgrade and keep the cheapie as a back-up.

[shawnwells]

i bought a halibut rod and a big daiwa levelwind for sturgeon fishing...but my plans fell through and ive never used it

[870]

shimano technum
pen 320

[rymac]

Shimano 8 ft wit a Penn 230 with some heavy line pendin on current 12 2 18 oz weight

[Leaseman]

Heading out tomorrow for some sturgeon fishing around Lillooet.

Just curious what setups others have?
Type/make of Rod & Length?
Make of Reel?
Line size & type?
Leader size & type?

I started with a cheapie combo Shakespear unit but i want to upgrade and keep the cheapie as a back-up.

Shore or boat fishing??
-I use the Techniums and they are a great rod, but, IMHO, they are not a shore rod, too hard on these sensative rods to be hucking out your weights......
-Reels comes down to what you can afford.... penn 330 is a good entry level reel (actually great reel unless you ar fishing them all the time!) TLD20 is the next step up and a better reel (again IMO)
-Line weight, everyone is different, some like 100#, some 130#, some like 200#.... depends on the type/style you fish!
-Leader length? I like 20-24" depending on the bait I am using....
-hooks, 9/0 or 10/0 for me

[Swamp Rat]

Shore or boat fishing??
I use the Techniums and they are a great rod, but, IMHO, they are not a shore rod, too hard on these sensative rods to be hucking out your weights......

I would say its close to 50/50 - shore vs boat

[Leaseman]

Techniums are great rods and I would never change them, that being said, I never shore fish...... as you know, from a boat you are just lobbing them out, where from shore you need some distance......!

Trouble is for me, I like the techniums so much that I would be hard pressed to change to something else to have dual purpose!!

Mike

[Swamp Rat]

Techniums are great rods and I would never change them, that being said, I never shore fish...... as you know, from a boat you are just lobbing them out, where from shore you need some distance......!

Trouble is for me, I like the techniums so much that I would be hard pressed to change to something else to have dual purpose!!

Mike

Whats the Length of the Rod?

[srupp]

hmmm I have several ACCURATE reels the BIG 30 wide... 2 speed with 100 # line has been waiting for several years for a MONSTER..got really good fish but waiting for the WALTER..:mrgreen:

The reel WILL put over 100 # s drag ..twin titanium brakes between stainless..a beast..Leasman has seen this reel they dont come any better..

the rod is a custom made CALSTAR graphiter..model GF 760 H..130 # RATING for line .....with 6 s/s rollers and roller tip...just stand back and pull..it'll take it and more..that combo would easily handle shark and 300 # yellowfin Supercows..(yellowfin tuna ) with Dino fishing its not a sprint its a marathon..

Yes pretty pricey outfit..but fishing with Leasman..Priceless..:wink:

steven

[frenchbar]

I use a 10 ft Berkley Kodiak series with a 7000 Amb level wind with 30 pd mono .all you need imo..caught sturgeon up to 10 feet long.

[BigfishCanada]

6foot UGLYSTICK with a penn 320, the ugly stick is the best

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[Barracuda]

we have a 6 foot ugly stick with a 330 penn sensitive tip and tough to boot .40lb big game mono

I have a okuma soltera slx 15 and i had it on a 5.8 speed jiggin rod which shit the bed today so i replaced it with a 6.5 foot okuma rod .30lb big game mono

also have a 9 foot shimano rod with a daiwa saltist . 30lb big game mono.


Much prefer the shorter rods in the boat and the newer crop of short rods are sensitive yet very strong.

You have far more muscle with a short rod .

[SHAKER]

I used to run those berkley big cat rods with pen 320's loaded with 100# braid!

30" Strugeon leader to a 5-6\0 Gammy. and yes to slip weight system too!

Bait is one I keep under my hat though!

[Swamp Rat]

Okay.. got my new setup:

Penn 330GT2 @ Surplus Herbs - ($79.95 seemed like a good price)
8' Amundson Rod - (No 8' Techniums in stock)

Cant wait to try it out