How would you use a 7' Medium Heavy fast time St Croix Rod?

[Moveon]

Would you use it for worm fishing or jigs? It's a graphite rod that should be very sensitive but easily broken if too much pressure is put on it or it bends too far.

I think I'll use it as a worm rod but am curious as to what others think? How would you use this type of rod?

I put an Ambassador Low Profile Reel on it for now.

[King31]

it will work for every type of presentation. it may not be ideal ,but it'll work. out of the 5 baitcasting rods i have, all of them are medium heavy. I throw cranks, spinnerbaits, jigs worms, and topwater with them. ideally the medium heavy rod is made for worm fishing so that would work out great in your case.

[SteveM4A1]

yea medium heavys are my all purpose rods. unless you're punching some thick, THICK stuff, or need a very light line presentation, use it for anything. all of my rods are medium heavy except for a couple specific situation rods.

[Hoosier Hunter]

I have the same exact rod and use it exclusively for C-Rigging. I love how sensitive the tip is. This rod has had great success on KY Lake.

[TPrice]

I have a 7' med hvy st croix premier that stays rigged up year round for Texas rigged tubes or brush hogs. Have actually had that rod for 10 yrs or more, it has alot of heavy hooksets under its belt! No probs yet.
Now watch, it will pop next time out!
Bahahaha

[Moveon]

First off thanks for the replies. I appreciate the information.

I bought one of those plastic woven sleeves that fits over the rod and protects it. To me that key to keeping these graphite rods healthy and unbroken is to protect them and not bang them into things. That's really hard for me to do. I'm reckless with my rods sometimes. I broke two of my ultra lights by dropping a big cooler on the tips. They were inside my field and stream rod bag protector and it still broke the two tips. I had to replace them as I can't be without my 5ft long ultra light spinning rods. I use them all the time for pan fish and even small bass.


It's been a long time since I bass fished and I enjoyed Bass Fishing Last Week up at Patoka Lake even though I didn't even get a bite. I've got three new rods and reels that I want to start using for bass fishing. The last one being this 7 ft St Croix MH rod.

I spent the day yesterday shopping for some things for the boat and getting the boat ready for the next trip. For some reason my new optima starting/deep cycle battery is not staying fully charged. I needed to recharge it a few times. I would think that my Johnson 35 HP motor would keep my starting battery charged up but I guess that's not the case. Perhaps one of the diodes in the rectifier is bad again? That's been a problem in the past. Although the Optima battery was not discharged very much. I just had to top it off with a short one hour charge. It's a new battery that I just got this spring. The old Optima that I took out and replace is still good and I use it in the house for things that need 12 volt power. I can run my Humminbird 898 off it with an extra Humminbird Power Cord.

I have a "Marinco Battery Direct Connect Multi Connection Battery Terminals"connector that I can put on the battery terminals and then with some crimp on connectors on the power supply wires I can hook up the Humminbird and use it inside the house. No more sitting in the boat to play with the Humminbird unit or to do updates to it's software.

www.marinco.com is where you can buy these battery terminal connectors. Check them out. I've been using them on my boat's starting battery to connect the live well pump, the sump pump and anything else that needs 12 volts of power. I used the screw on type connections in the past but I like the new quick connect type spade connectors now. The spades simply crimp on the end of a wire and then snap onto the quick connector on the battery terminals.

PS: I hope your rod lasts forever.

I have a 7' med hvy st croix premier that stays rigged up year round for Texas rigged tubes or brush hogs. Have actually had that rod for 10 yrs or more, it has alot of heavy hooksets under its belt! No probs yet.
Now watch, it will pop next time out!
Bahahaha

[M-D]

I just completed my first rod building project on a St. Croix SC5 blank with the same specs you describe. I believe that this blank will be a great jig fishing rod. Should get to break it in this weekend. It is rated down to 3/8 OZ but the action I would rate as faster than most fast rated actions so I don't know how well I'll do with 3/8 OZ jigs.

[M-D]

I am happy to report that after getting to use this rod this past weekend, IMO this blank is an excellent choice for jig fishing. The guides helped slow down the bare blank's action a bit so it is well suited down to 3/8OZ.