Reccomend A Cod Rod

[Breakwater]

I broke my cod stick today, a junky penn boat rod.
As junky as the rod was, I though it was perfect for jigging those solvoken jigs. A soft tip, with lots of backbone. It was rated 20-40.

can anyone reccomend a decent stick for cod jigging. Probably something around 6'. Lamiglas, Seeker, St. Croix something like that. I forsee graphite becoming a 2-piece ?

[north coast]

ugly stick makes a very decent jig stick . they are about 6', very affordable(about 75 bucks) and pretty available. I've seen them in most of the local fishn' stuff places.

[marvin]

I've been using an apparently indestructible Penn Slammer for a number of years now, but it's a 7'er.....

[hamptonsurf]

To be honest....a 7 foot penn slammer does the trick just fine. 30 bucks and you can jig for hours. If you are hangin' a 16 oz. jig, you dont need to be too soft and sensitive. half the fish get chin hooked with the trebles. They feel good when you pull up a 30lb Pollock. For the money, nothing better. Heck, you can buy a new one every season if you want for that price. i run power pro through mine and the eyes have had no problems either. there are much "nicer" rods out there, but they all do the same thing.

[TwoLightsKid]

If you don't mind spending a bit more, try out one of the Shimano Trevala rods designed for butterfly jigging. Works fine with the heavier jigs, and they're very light weight and sensitive, so a long day of jigging is much less tiring, and you'll feel the fight a lot better than if you use a heavier traditional fiberglass rod. I've found cod fishing with a conventional butterfly jig setup is a lot more fun than using the traditional gear. That said, the heavy 7' slammer is a great rod - I have one and have caught tons of cod on it over the years, and it's about as close to indestructible as fishing rods get.

[Breakwater]

what line rating on the slammer?

My brother has a 20-50 rated slammer, the new one with the updated nice guides on it. he uses it for school tuna with a tld 25
if thats what everyone is reccomending, 20-50 i'll go test it out this week. unless there is a better rated slammer.

don't mind spending the $ for something better, if, afterall it really is better.

[Breakwater]

I used my Brother's slammer recently. Didn't like it one-bit.

20-50 was too stiff.
Tons of cod with sweet red colors, and grandpa sea-robbin that looked like he had been hiding under a rock since the pre-historic ages.

Also had a whiting eat a shrimp about the same size as itself.

[marvin]

<<20-50 was too stiff.>>

Depends on the size of the fish... ;)

Try the next one down- you may like that one better

[SeaHunt]

I'd just cross the street and go to Al's. He's got the slammers as well as some nice Lamiglass Rods.... I am partial to the lami's myself but if you want to save a bunch, the Penn's pretty good (so are the Ugly Tiger Rods)... The Trevala rod is crap in my opinion... There are far better jigging rods for the dough.. I do like the Shimano reels a TON as well as their Butterfly jigs...

BTW Breakwater- What's the earliest you can take one of your boats out and what time they got to be back??? Like that Gloucester I keep seeing out there but I am an early riser... Like to be OTW before daybreak- The latest. What kind of electronics you have on that boat???

[Breakwater]

Al's all done for the season- I donated a fat stack of cash to him a few weeks back for some solvokoken jigs. Gonna try first light

I think 20-40 is the money rating, as it gets a nice flutter on the jigs. 20-50 is too much since the average cod is somewhere in 5-12lbs. sure, there are big ones like the 35lb we nailed in the spring.
Isnt that why we fly-fish with little thai noodles?

The G-Boat has a color Navman 6600 model gps/finder. I am working on a garmin partnership to outfit our fleet with their product.

There is no set time that you can/ cant take the boat out in the morning, or return at night, so long as you follow this standardized qualification process.

Our dockstaff open at 9 and close at 6, we take care of everything for members during that time (fuel, cleaning, docking, etc.) any usage outside of that time will have to 1. take care of the fuel, cleaning etc on their own (supplies provided), as well as be operationally capable of handling the boat without help by following these steps:

1. join the club, and take a 2-hour classroom, and 2-hour O.T.W. class based of USPS courses. (the commander of the Marblehead USPS is actually a member of FBC, so our course will not teach a marathon runner how to walk :eek:) We also had a completely green member save 2 lives this summer.

2. use our boats in the normal 9-6 hour range a few times to build a relationship with our dockstaff, build trust, and get to know really how the club operates. (being a team-player in keeping your boats nice, will, well, give you a nicer boat next time out.) most importantly get to know the boats, before you go reaching for a flare-gun in the pitch black.

3. quickly go through the boat with me so I can show you the location of important things and how to use them to operate properly. i.e. using/clearing a racor

4. Bobfishgerald called me his "docking sense' " get some help with me docking if you need it.

and you're off. Most members are on their own outside of 9-6 after about 2-3 weeks of joining.

-Talk to Bobfishgerald (member on this board) about his experiences.
Also, if you feel up to it, post the same question on this thread http://reel-time.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52451
Since it's sorta a running Q&A about the club.

[SeaHunt]

You can call Al's and leave a message.... I've replaced one Tuna Setup (Penn 50w on a Crowder Stand-up) and bought a few lures in the last 2 weeks... I spent a ton of dough there as well and he's been really good about taking care of me. He might call you an ass and tell you how much of a pain it is but his bark is worse than his bite.

As far as Freedom goes, I will have to look into that for next year... Really like the concept and the Gloucester's pretty seaworthy... And the price is really reasonable, especially if you join multiple years....

[Breakwater]

I'll call Steve at 2:00 on thursday and demand some gear. ;)

Good to hear. It's making more sense for more and more people.

G-boat is still in the water, come by for a quick buzz if you'd like, but come on a day that our faces won't melt off. 30+ kts in November is a little bit....