Thread: Buying advice - boat rod and reel

Enjoyed a wee charter trip today from Karitane.
But the gear they had was pretty shit.
Mate and I are going to try do a trip every month or so and I want to get my own rod and reel to are it a bit more enjoyable.

Budget is round $600.

Can anyone recommend a good rod and reel that would serve for blue cod.

Shimano

Shimano 2000 LD (lever drag) Charter Special or TLD15 paired up with a 6ft or 6’6” overhead boat rod (Shimano, Daiwa, Okuma, etc) load with 30lb braid. Job done. Plenty of good combo deals available at the moment- you’d get a complete set up for $250 or less. Look up Marine Deals or Smart Marine or Burnsco.

Look up Shamino torium combo on marine deals.

Plenty to choose from and all well within your budget.

Good for anything from blue cod to kingfish!

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agree with everthing said but dont turn your nose up at Daiwa either some of their stuff is very good quality and finn nor is good stuff

Thank you.

What weight class should I get?

All the big brands are pretty good now. As for weight class, for traditional style boat fishing (i.e. sinkers and flasher rigs), I would say it depends more on sinker weight than size of fish that you expect to encounter. Any rod that can handle the heaviest sinker you would use would be fine. I like light gear because it's more fun to use. 6-10kg should be plenty unless you're after hapuka, bluenose etc. A thought on braid. I'm a fan and have it on all my rods, but if you go on charter trips and they are using mono, this can lead to tangles unless there is lots of space and you are very careful.

Could get a 2nd hand talica set for that $$ I'd say

But for what you are chasing you could get a little shimano thorium and a shadow x or backbone elite which will let you nab cod but also get shallow water puka, trumps etc
https://www.fishingdirectnz.co.nz/pr...ackbone-combo/

Originally Posted by Boner

Enjoyed a wee charter trip today from Karitane.
But the gear they had was pretty shit.
Mate and I are going to try do a trip every month or so and I want to get my own rod and reel to are it a bit more enjoyable.

Budget is round $600.

Can anyone recommend a good rod and reel that would serve for blue cod.

there is no good way around it deep hapuka fishing 24kg braid is the way to go ( a lot now going for electric but deep water is all they good for ) but as said on charter boat keep a distance from ya mates otherwise tangles - blue cod 15kg and then at a pinch that would do for deeper stuff - and allow you to buy quality - get a lever drag much nicer to use - I would go mono more forgiving than braid - braid one really has to know how to tie knots really well although there are good tutorials on you tube -I have said 15kg so as to give you some leeway if you pick uip a shark - get a book on knots and learn the basic ones universal and palomar to start with

If you do decide to go down the braid route, you need to budget for braid. It is a bit of a shock when the braid costs as much as the rod! Most reels are still designed for mono, so they are unnecessarily large. For most boat fishing 200-300 metres of line will be plenty. If braid is selected, then you can get away with a smaller reel. Smaller reels are cheaper and easier to hold all day, and have enough grunt. For an overhead reel (or spinning reel) to work efficiently, the spool needs to be full.

If you decide on mono, there are some lines around now that are a pleasure to use compared to the older thicker mono which have a lot of memory. It's much cheaper than braid too.
https://lureme.co.nz/products/inova-...40008750301266

Originally Posted by MB

If you do decide to go down the braid route, you need to budget for braid. It is a bit of a shock when the braid costs as much as the rod! Most reels are still designed for mono, so they are unnecessarily large. For most boat fishing 200-300 metres of line will be plenty. If braid is selected, then you can get away with a smaller reel. Smaller reels are cheaper and easier to hold all day, and have enough grunt. For an overhead reel (or spinning reel) to work efficiently, the spool needs to be full.

If you decide on mono, there are some lines around now that are a pleasure to use compared to the older thicker mono which have a lot of memory. It's much cheaper than braid too.
https://lureme.co.nz/products/inova-...40008750301266

Oh OMG.....What a price.........

First time I’ve seen line sold by weight.
Pricing is reasonable compared to platypus, Maxima etc at my local supplier


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