Rod for new angler in town
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Hello guys,
my name is Marko, I recently moved in SG. I brought all my lures with me, but did not have place for rod and reel. I would appreciate a little help.
Is it possible to buy rod that I can use to catch P. Bass on freshwater, and maybe use that rod for some light shore sea fishing/spinnig also?
I used to fish with rods around 2,7 meters length, 20-50gr lure cast, medium action. I was fishing northern pike, and aspius aspius, but never bass.
What kind of rod/reel do you recommend? Is it possible to find rod in range up to 100SGD, just rod? I know there are more expensive and better I also used some custom rods, but now I am on a tight budget at the moment.
We can also talk about used rods why not even better.
my name is Marko, I recently moved in SG. I brought all my lures with me, but did not have place for rod and reel. I would appreciate a little help.
Is it possible to buy rod that I can use to catch P. Bass on freshwater, and maybe use that rod for some light shore sea fishing/spinnig also?
I used to fish with rods around 2,7 meters length, 20-50gr lure cast, medium action. I was fishing northern pike, and aspius aspius, but never bass.
What kind of rod/reel do you recommend? Is it possible to find rod in range up to 100SGD, just rod? I know there are more expensive and better I also used some custom rods, but now I am on a tight budget at the moment.
We can also talk about used rods why not even better.
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You can check on the http://classifieds.fishingkaki.com/ for good deals as Singaporeans mostly take good care of their gear.
For your Peacock Bass and Temensis you will be looking for an 8-16 Rod
There are many shops in a place called Beach Road where you can find what you are looking for.
Don't worry about custom rods as you can get something off the shelf easily.
Stick within your budget - check the Classifieds first then venture to Beach Road.
$100 can get you a decent rod for Peacock Bass, Temensis or even Local Snakeheads.
Eupro Salty Fighter
Okuma Nemesis
Storm Adventure
Storm Discovery
Below are some of the tackle shops you can google and find the address:
North Side
- Sincere Tackle
West Side
- Regal Tackle
- Fishing Buddy
- Ewaves Fishbyte
- Sealine Fishing
East Side
- Riverland
- Changi Pro
- Gary Tackle
- Zheng Hui Enterprise
- Big Dipper Tackle
- Fishing Buddy
Central/South
- Lure Haven
- Joe Tackle
- OJ Tackle
- AJ Tackle
- Kaiser Pro
- Sabre Tackle
- 2000 Tackle
- Big Fish @ Helping Hand
and many many more.. for a start i would recommend you to go Sincere Tackle, OJ Tackle, 2000 Tackle for sub $100 luring rods
Sorry one more question, what does 8-16 means? In Europe we for rods have length in meteres (2,7 for example), and casting lure weight in grams, for example 20-50 grams, and action (fast, medium, slow)
edit: ok one more thing
8-16lb is the rod poundage.
Here we use Feet for the length of the rod
Reel 2500/C3000 with 10-15lbs braided line.
Do consider the lure weight you are casting when choosing your rod as need to match them too.
Welcome to SG.
6ft to 7ft will cover a lot of your needs.
It's also good to note that it's ok to have a 2 piece rod if travelling around is tough.
We have a lot of good travel brands here like Major Craft, Rapala and Outback.
I use the Major Craft GoEmotion.
Like what Devilzken said, if you are bashing which means you are bashing the through the jungle you want a shorter rod not only for for safety in case your break the rod but also there is not much casting space.
In Singapore our Shore casting is not the real "SHORE CASTING" (unlike those blokes over at morning tide fishing channel)
- 6'8 feet spinning rod (i would say 7'6 if you really want to hit distance especially around marina south pier area)
- Size 2500 - 3000 spinning reel (unless you're really lucky to fish on medium colbia other than that you're safe with 3000 size spool)
- 10gram zman rubber to 25g jigs
The above good enough for most of Singapore beach, shore casting for the usual pelagic species.. or maybe even groupers
For reservior luring or jungle bashing
- 5'6 to 6'6 feet spinning
- Size 1000 - 3000 reel
- 3.5g lure all e way to 42g lure depending on your terrain
One more thing can you recommend braided line for saltwater (I am worried that fish will see if water is clear)? Do you use fluocarbon behind braided line here for saltwater maybe?
And also I see a lot of you use jig actually, I personally never used ruber lures hm... But if it is better choice maybe I will try. Tomorrow I will check some stores you recommended..
Yes Braid to FC.
Soft Plastics are a thing here. Singaporeans are very global in their fishing but we are more aligned to Japanese style of fishing; however we are far more brutal and heroic.