Good offshore plastics rod?

Just wondering what rods people recommend for softplastics/octo-jig demersal fishing offshore?

I've got a Daiwa Sol 3000 or a Daiwa Certate 4000 that I can match with the rod fishing PE2 or 3

I'm thinking the smaller profile the better but don't know which ones have the rigidity to work plastics rigged on decent sized jig heads, and with enough down low power to lean into a decent fish.

I sometimes fish the 15-20m behind 3-mile or typically head to the 35-60m areas fishing for the likely suspects.


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http://fishwrecked.com/forum/

Sun, 2011-07-17 13:20

http://fishwrecked.com/forum/soft-plastics-mega-rod-test-sessionpinkie
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/soft-plastics-rod-whats-good

Some top info on the site, just use search!

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A few options,

Sun, 2011-07-17 14:01

FWA 7ft ideal for SP work

Pflueger Patriach XTR 6'9 & 7ft models

Sylphy 6'5

Daiwa Tierra med/heavy & heavy models

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Shimano trevala awsome rods

Sun, 2011-07-17 14:44

Shimano trevala tvs70L awsome rods and very good for the low price. highly reccomended them

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the Nitro viper, put mine to

Mon, 2011-07-18 10:25

the Nitro viper, put mine to use yesterday on some good spangos and goldens to 6 or 7 kg's

 

here is Lucky Tim with a 12-15kg GT taken on the Viper

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 what size twin power and

Wed, 2011-07-20 19:29

 what size twin power and what line is tim running, brad?

 

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Nitro Viper

Sun, 2011-07-24 10:11

i use a 6000SW on mine with pe4, Tim from memory was running a 5000 with pe3

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Shimano T-Curve Saltwater

Sun, 2011-07-17 18:34

Shimano T-Curve Saltwater Spin 5-10kg is pretty good and what I use.

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Demon Blood

Sun, 2011-07-17 21:54

Daiwa Demon blood 64cj, been looking at one for a while now, awesome looking rod for the money

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http://fishwrecked.com/forum/port-hedland-longtail-tuna-video

Sun, 2011-07-17 22:27

 Another one for the Nitro Viper, is spot on for all that and does heaps more. Have a look at this video I shot recently if you want to see one in action (http://fishwrecked.com/forum/port-hedland-longtail-tuna-video)

 

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go custom

Sun, 2011-07-24 15:13

got one in production right now by a fellow FW mate

l'm already drooling

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Another for the Nitro rods. I

Sun, 2011-07-24 15:34

Another for the Nitro rods. I run a 4-6kg matched with a Daiwa Luvias running PE3. Stops 12kg snapper no worries. Did have a 3000 daiwa sol before this and is a great light outfit.