Which Rod, OTI 400g or 600g???

[andrew whitman]

OTI says their 400g rods are supposed to be used at 17lbs. of drag, and can handle a 25lb drag MAX..

This worried me a bit as I fish 20lbs-22lbs as my norm. 17lbs on a 200lb Bluefin and you'll be fighting that fish for a lonnnngggg time.

After handling both the 400g and 600g, I can say that there's a noticeable difference. I'm going to use the 600g next season at Cape Cod. The fish will often break 200lb, with some probably running toward 250lbs, and they'll need at least 25lbs to whip 'em.

i agree, but he is using a saragosa and it wont do that much drag reliably. the oti 600g is a beast. i loved mine. i paired it with a stella 20kfa and there wasnt anything i couldnt land.
however for my waters it was overkill. i think for the majority of the fishing he will do(from his description) the 400g would be the best bang for his buck. he could use 180-250g jigs where as with the 600g you really need a 300g plus jig to get the blank really moving.

[CFScheer]

I've officially completed step 2 of Sea Draggin's 4 step jigging-rod buying progression. The OTI 400g is on it's way. I'll pop it's cherry by challenging the namesake of Jim's snazzy new "first drop" jigs December 31st at the diablo reef in Southern Costa Rica.

Thanks to everyone for their opinions. They were very helpful.

Jim - I think you should add a preamble to step 1. It's called tying a jig onto some shitty cabela's composite rod that weighs a ton, doesn't load, makes creaking noises, and is getting it's guide eyes either knocked out by a bulky albright connection or grooved up by small power pro. It was absolute hell to fish, and I can never go back...but it was my intro to jigging, and I started to catch a hell of a lot more fish.

- Cassidy
www.sierpedelpacifico.com

[paul708]

There is a step 4. It involves having Paul on retainer for a rod every other month.

Its not pretty.

step 4 is a must
but you do get some Kicka$$ Starter rods for 229.00

[Sea Draggin]

Jim - I think you should add a preamble to step 1. It's called tying a jig onto some shitty cabela's composite rod that weighs a ton, doesn't load, makes creaking noises, and is getting it's guide eyes either knocked out by a bulky albright connection or grooved up by small power pro. It was absolute hell to fish, and I can never go back...but it was my intro to jigging, and I started to catch a hell of a lot more fish.
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There is a first step that others follow along these lines and that is trying to jig with their bottom fishing or king stuff. But I don't count that.

[Taz575]

I built up a 600gr for myself for the Cape Cod BFT fishery this coming year and it is a beast! Very strong rod. The 400gr will work much better for you!