Boat rod advice

[LandyAndy]

May treat myself to a boat rod instead of borrowing one from Graz for the upcoming holiday.
When fishing with Graz in his tinnie its mainly light fishing,but there is the chance of better reef fishing on his brothers boat.
Im wanting to know about overhead reels.My Derby mate tells me they are the go,even suitable for casting into creeks for Barra.The boy at works says NO they are no good for casting at all,get a good egg beater.
HELPS PLEASE!!!!
Andrew

[mike 90 RR]

Boat Rod is just that .... A rod for the side of the boat .... If you want to cast // get a flick rod

If you don't do much fishing ... just buy a nice casting rod ... ... cause fish don't care about the rod you have got


What you really want to get right, is the fish to bite on the right bait ... That's all they care about



Happy Holidays tho

[LandyAndy]

Thanks Mike.
Have normal CAST rods.
Me Derby mate suggested an overhead reel as it also suitable for flicking into his croc infested creeks!!!!
Andrew

[abaddonxi]

Overhead takes a couple hours to learn, and the tangles are a nightmare, and the blisters on your braking thumb suck too.

But they cast a world better than an egg beater.

Cheers
Simon

[mike 90 RR]

Me Derby mate suggested an overhead reel as it also suitable for flicking into his croc infested creeks!!!!
Andrew

I would suggest a handy shotgun then

[CraigE]

As said overheads take a bit of getting used to, but once you are there you wont go back.
As for a stick buy something decent, I had a Bronzey hit mine 6 months ago, wont mention the brand but was a $140 stick and snapped it clean in half on 65lb braid, just one quick hard tug, got the braid and rig back.
Now have a Penn International OH stick but normal retail for this sucker is over $300 for the stick on its own, but Mel managed to get it for $120.
I will be upgrading my overhead reel later this year when a special sale occurs. At present I have a Penn 330GT2 OH reel which is a good starter and you can normally get in a combo for about $200-250 (rod and reel). As a second back up I have a cheaper Penn stick that can be used for spin or OH as it does not have the pulley on the tip just eyelets. Not ideal for OH but useable. Currently I have that paired with a Pflueger reel (can not remember model of the top of my head but it had a retail of $265 for the reel). These are average prices and at the sale where Mel bought mine a 15 yold bought a second hand OH reel for $650 (used twice by a rich Cockie then traded up), new should have been around $1100 and he saved the money himself. A good OH rig can cost up to $2k depending on what you want and your budget. Then there is the braid.
As said look out for a Penn Combo or similar and you should come in under $300 for something decent. If you go spinner you can get something decent for under $200.

Make sure if you get an OH you get the drag sorted and the feed out sorted as you can get into a huge mess if you are not sure what you are doing. I found this out first hand.. When your line overspools on these as not matched to the weight and rate of descent of the sinker its not nice. I have mine sorted now and its beautiful.

[harryw]

Comments re overhead and eggbeaters are correct, but in the end it comes down to personal preference and sometimes how you are fishing.

I use eggbeaters off the beach, overhead when flicking lures and out of a boat either a handline or an Alvey.

So there you are Andy another option, you can never have too many reels, or rods for that matter .

All the best for Christmas and the new year.

[roverrescue]

... a bigger boat out to the reef will need different gear to chasing barras and jacks in the snags. Maybe spend on a good barra stick, actually spend on a good barra reel and then get an adequate rod, depends on whether you go threadline or overhead and then for the reef fishing just go with 130lb handline and finger stalls???

S

[CraigE]

Also be aware of exactly what you want to do. There are overhead baitcasters and overhead boat reels for deep sea. The deeper you want to fish the better the real required. I would not be keen using a deep sea reel for flick casting, but a baitcaster is great for this.
Hopefully Andy if we get a nice night down here on the Mon or Tuesday Nev may take us squidding out to Cull Island.

[LandyAndy]

Will take you up on that Craig
Ranger camping had a Penn combo,330GT2 reel,rod and 50lb braid for $149.
I grabbed one
Andrew