Scheels Sale on Trolling Rods???

[defiant1]

Anyone know when Scheels has their sale on their name brand trolling rods?

 

[Feildhunter701]

Father's Day weekend

 

[all4eyes]

Think there is a sale starting on April 3.

 

[Green19]

Scheels Fish Fest in Bismarck is May 2nd and 3rd. Usually a week earlier in Fargo.

 

[BDub]

It never hurts to look around Scheels any time before the ice is out. I have found some really good deals that are not advertised.

 

[greybeard]

Was in the Minot one today and they had trolling combo's with the line-counter reel's for $129. Didn't go look at the rods just happened to notice while I stopped by quick to return something. May have to go take a look as I'm wanting to do more crank bait fishing this summer.

 

[Lungdeflator]

Whats a trolling rod? Is it different than a jigging rod? or a BB rod? How about a rod for just throwing cranks?

Should I buy rods for different techniques of fishing before or after getting 12" graphs and a sparkly boat?

 

[Migrator Man]

Whats a trolling rod? Is it different than a jigging rod? or a BB rod? How about a rod for just throwing cranks?

Should I buy rods for different techniques of fishing before or after getting 12" graphs and a sparkly boat?

Trolling rods are specialized for pulling cranks or heavy bb with spinners. I don’t think anyone uses them for throwing cranks or jigging. Trolling rods are also typically longer and the ones I like have a moderate fast taper. You can obviously use normal rods for pulling cranks but they are not ideal. You don’t need a sparkly boy or a 12” graph to use trolling rods.

 

[FishSticks]

I think he was being facetious, Migrator Man.

This is a good thread though. I am also looking for trolling rods this year as I want to be better at trolling cranks. I have two leadcore setups from last year and will get 2 rods to do both bottom bouncing and downrigging (for rainbow trout). Will probably put mono on those as braid doesn't work well in downriggers.

 

[Jigaman]

I think he was being facetious, Migrator Man.

This is a good thread though. I am also looking for trolling rods this year as I want to be better at trolling cranks. I have two leadcore setups from last year and will get 2 rods to do both bottom bouncing and downrigging (for rainbow trout). Will probably put mono on those as braid doesn't work well in downriggers.

Just curious, why doesnt braid work well for down riggers?

 

[DirtyMike]

Just curious, why doesnt braid work well for down riggers?

the clips attach to mono much tighter

 

[FishSticks]

Yep. Have the clip too loose it will release at random and too tight it won't release on a fish. Incredible difficult to find a balance

the clips attach to mono much tighter

 

[Jigaman]

 

[Captain Ahab]

Whats a trolling rod? Is it different than a jigging rod? or a BB rod? How about a rod for just throwing cranks?

Should I buy rods for different techniques of fishing before or after getting 12" graphs and a sparkly boat?

You need 16” graphs first.

 

[guywhofishes]

12"? Pffft

Might as well be looking at your smartphone's Navionics app.

 

[5575]

16" pfft..