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| I'm looking for a set of good quality telescopic trolling rods in the 8-9ft range. I don't want to spend a ton of money on them but I know you get what you pay for. Fleet Farm in Wis. has these Peregrine rods that are reasonable priced, but I'm a little skeptical on the quality. Has anyone had any experience with these? How about the Cabela's Depthmaster series trolling rods? They seem reasonably priced, and offer combo's that are tempting. Just looking for the best bang for my buck like everyone else, and this site seems to be the most helpful. Thanks. |
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Location: Essexville, MI./Saginaw Bay. | MD.
I was going through 8 outfits a year on my charter boat. Either the reels or the rods were failing because of either client abuse, cheap or faulty components and/or bad manufacturing practices/processes. I bought 10 new BPS Gold Cup Reels/along with Walleye Angler Series WX76T 7'6" Telescoping Rod and Reel combos two years ago now, and they have both held up fantastic. The reels are what promted me to try the combo, and I was originally going to sell the rods off because I had 10 Ugly Sticks I wanted to team them with. Man, am I glad that deal fell through. These rod are great. They were researched and tweeked by the two best walleye men on the circuit, Gary Parsons and Kieth Kavejeck. They take a licking and keep on ticking, honest.
Edited by walleye express 9/19/2004 3:42 PM
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| Take a look at Bass Por;s "Walleye Series" trolling rods. I've used these for some time and have been satisfied. |
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Location: Port Washington, wisconsin | I'll second the Bass Pro shops walleye trolling rods! I love them. Nice and lite, with a soft tip. |
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Location: Milw, WI | BPS walleye rods been using them since before they went public and they are great.
You will not be sorry. |
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| Thanks for the info guys. I will give the BPS rods a look, am still curious if anyone has feedback on the Peregrine or Cabela's Depthmaster rods. |
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| I use the Cabelas Depthmaster rods and really like them, soft tips for fireline but still enough backbone, for the money I think they are a great rod. |
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| I've got 8 of the Cabelas telescopic rods that I used last year that I will unload pretty cheap if they are what you are looking for. I have to check the model number but I think they were the 8 footers medium action planar board rods. I switched to a 1 piece 7 foot Okuma board rod this year (big mast & ski boards). The rods were fine I just prefer the 7 footers for my big boards. Let me check and I'll post the specifics on what I have.
Steve Carlson
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Location: Neenah, WI | We're on our second season with Perrigrine rods and like them. They seem to telescope a little easier than the BPS rods. We spend a lot of time trolling and haven't had any trouble at all. We're not sponsored by them either. We just like them. |
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| by far and away ! the best rods we have ever used are by hook hider. they do every thing perfect. just our opinion. take care---robert |
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| Pereguine's rods.
I'm on my second season with one set of rods and like them so much that I bought a second set of them this year. I have the graphite series (maroon colored). I know they have another series that came out late last year. I believe that might be fiberglass? not sure on the material. They are cheaper so I suspect the material they are made with are too. They are a bit more stout than the long and limber rods such as diawa's heartlands and even the BPS walleye series.
I've had a little experience with Carrocr's BPS rods....only cuz he's slow on the stick  Anyways, good rods and I bought a set of those for leadcore, so far no complaints about them either. |
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Location: Plover, WI | Now why was my ear ringing?
I have to agree that the 8'6" BP rods are my favorite. I have 10 of them now. They pull boards great, are my favorite leadcore rods, and serve triple duty as my favorite 3-way rod for the rivers. They will also pull the smaller dipsies pretty well.
Oh, and a fair warning, if you are trolling with jayman you better make sure and wear some padding, especially in the rib area. If he hears a drag going he'll be elbowing, kicking, and even clawing (yes, he fights like a girl sometimes) to get to that rod and take it out of the holder before you, even if it is on your side of the boat. |
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| Hey Jayman where did you find the maroon colored Peregrine rods? All I've seen is the black ones at Fleet Farm in Wis. They seem pretty decent, but just a touch stiff which worries me a little when running fireline. |
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| Critter's Wolf river sports is where I bought my last set. I'm currently running 20# fireline with AD17's, and I like the set-ups. only thing I'd do now is upgrade the reels to the Sealines.
I believe the black ones are $30 and the maroon are $50 one of the noticable differences if I remember correctly was the number of line guides. I'm very happy with the rods. Watch for the sales at BP you can get the angler series for $40 (I think) during their good sales.
Carrocr, I don't fight like a girl......I fight FOR the "girls" especially those cold Novemeber 28" piggies. |
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