Whats your favorite rod and reel for surf fishing!??

[Seasalt]

I like the 10ft. Tsunami, Penn 550 ssg. Nice and light. You don't have to break your back while casting.

[nightfighter]

Rainshadow SW1088 for nine footer 1-3.5oz
Allstar 1265 Spanish Buster for 10'6" rod 1-3oz
VS 200 for reel with both throwing plugs, rubber and tin

Schoolie set up is St Croix Ben Doerr Surf System SS80M
8' one piece
Medium Power
Mod-Fast Action
6-17 # Line
Up to 2 OZ.
Cabo 40 PTS reel or Stella 5000 FA

[GreggS]

Zebco 33 with a med. acton rod........

[damifino]

the last couple of years I have been hitting the outer banks pretty hard! I have been fishing with a Hatteras Jacks built on a cape fear blank that I love, and recently had a Cape Point custom built. These rods have a great backbone for heaving, but still boast a very sensitive tip!! They will also layout any custom wrap that you can think of- I had them spin mine with purple and gold (ECU grad here)- It is an incredible custom rod for half the price of most built in Buxton!!!

[Paperman]

My surcaster is a 10' Tica (throws a 2-8 oz) with an Avet mx reel. I usually use fresh chunked mullet.

Once I got my surf rod planted I use a St. Croix 7' (med-lite power mod-fast action) with a Penn 450ssg reel, 15lb test with lightest weight I can possibly get away with, which I can toss all day long.
Using mud minnows, I catch just about anything thats hungry, or not!

Kingpin,

On your mx, is it the mc design? What are you spooled up with?

Thanks

[bassman100]

Penn 704Z on a 10 foot power stick, both have been going strong for over 5 years.

[Gmofftarki]

I really like my Lamiglas XS10MS with a VS200 for surf-fishing ocean-side.

More bay side stuff is usually handled by a Lamiglas Arra 1084-2 with a Cabo 50 on it.

Chunking (depended on weight needed) is either a Tsunami Airwave 10MH spinner with a Baitrunner 6500B, or a 10' Shakespeare Ugly Stik conventional attached to an Abu 7000 tweaked by Jerry Foran.

If you told me I needed to choose one setup overall? It'd probably be the Lami XS10 with the VS200.

[Fishshep]

Well ? Guess being in Calif. surf fishin without big gun poles
and heavy line might be strange to some ? But in the summer
months it is decent Halibut fishin with just an 8.6 Shimano
Clarus and 8lb. line !!! Caught a 34in Halibut off "Bolsa Chica"
State Beach on such a set-up !!!

[locaste]

11' Lamiglas GSB-132-2b with Perfection and Fuji guides, Fuji reel seat & neoprene foam grips worked well for me along with a Penn 850SS. 'Did a lot of rock & jetty casting artificials for Blues & Bass with this package. I am 71" tall with a 35" arm length.

[lemonshark24]

penn senator 115L2. 460 yards of 150 pound powerpro. 6 ft penn mariner 30-80 pound class. non roller guides