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

[sportfishingusa]

i got my one meat stick which is a 10' 6" allstar blank with a penn 525 mag loaded with 40lb power pro and 20' top shot of 50lb flouro carbon..

then i have a penn 460 spinner on a 2 piece lamiglass which is loaded with mono and can handle up to 12oz of weight.

i normally throw clams and either bunker chunks, heads, or peanuts so sometimes the big stick is needed but not always..

what do you prefer?!?

[Randy Stinchcomb]

.....I just got into Surf Fishing a few years ago wth some of the boys off Atlantic Anglers and we all fish the OSV area on Assateague Island

for me, like my spinner's
I have 2 Shimano "Baitrunners" one 6500 and one 4500 both on 11'6" Tica rods wth Ande mono.....
I just got into throwing conventional and have a Dawia "Saltist" 30T also on a 11' 10" Tica..... Im still learning wth it and only had a couple of blow-ups so-far

I was going to-go to OCMD/AI this weekend to fish, Big Reds in 'da surf but looks like it's gonna' BLOW this weekend

[sportfishingusa]

.....I just got into Surf Fishing a few years ago wth some of the boys off Atlantic Anglers and we all fish the OSV area on Assateague Island

for me, like my spinner's
I have 2 Shimano "Baitrunners" one 6500 and one 4500 both on 11'6" Tica rods wth Ande mono.....
I just got into throwing conventional and have a Dawia "Saltist" 30T also on a 11' 10" Tica..... Im still learning wth it and only had a couple of blow-ups so-far

I was going to-go to OCMD/AI this weekend to fish, Big Reds in 'da surf but looks like it's gonna' BLOW this weekend

this wind is killer randy.. i feel your pain.. i am going to be stuck in the back bays!!

[Randy Stinchcomb]

yeah, guess I'll just sit-in and watch Football saturday and sunday
my brother went Surf fishing for the 1st time the other day down on the beaches of Stuart and said they had 100lb Tarpon rolling & jumpin' in the surf, chasing schools of Mullet
he's suppose to send me some pic's, he didn't catch any Tarpon but caught several nice Permit or pompano's and a bunch of Bluefish in the suds

[Ravens16]

Randy, I've got to get down to Assateague. My buddy is down that way all the time. Says it is sweet
I have a Delaware Seashore plate for my Jeep, that's where I do most of my fishing. North of the IRI.
Mostly rockfish and an ocassional big blue
Fall is right around the corner, lookout fish!
I have the same 11'6 rod but I have a Penn 8500 on it
All I ever have used is cut bait
I guess I need some more surf rods

[eyefish2good]

I usually use a sphero by shimano for the spinning reel and a speedmaster on a 11' custom rod by Chaos. My main targets with the spinner is snook and tarpon and with the conventional I usually get mutton and mangrove snapper, bluefish, mackeral, spinner and blacktip sharks, etc... We don't have to cast that far way down south here..

[sportfishingusa]

I usually use a sphero by shimano for the spinning reel and a speedmaster on a 11' custom rod by Chaos. My main targets with the spinner is snook and tarpon and with the conventional I usually get mutton and mangrove snapper, bluefish, mackeral, spinner and blacktip sharks, etc... We don't have to cast that far way down south here..

must be nice.. in jersey i need a damn missle to get to some of these fish.. lol hahah

where in florida man!? Think i am coming down in january!!

[eyefish2good]

I live in W. Ft. Lauderdale. Tonight I'm headed over to Tampa to fish the skyway bridge and then work the Florida Sportsman show. One of my favorite shows to work as I get to fish till I drop ever night till Monday. After that it's back to making lures and spreader bars.
Come on over, the weather is great during the winter...

[Capt_John]

Back when I used to surf fish alot, my favorite was an old school 11' Magnuflex Hatteras Heaver w/ an Ambassadeur 9000C reel for Red Drum, and I had a Daiwa Sealine 10' med. action rod w/ an Ambassadeur 6500C3 for whiting,spots,and pompano.
For speckled trout fishing I had several different set ups. For casting bobbers and live shrimp, I used an Ambassadeur 5000C w' an 8' Fenwick HMX casting rod in med. action. For Mirrolures, I threw a 7'6" Fenwick HMX rod in Med. light action w/ either a Penn 4400SS or a Silstar Vertex reel(look em up...great reel for cheap). For grubs and Paddle tails, I used an 8' Fenwick HMX rod in light action w/ a Penn 4300SS or a Daiwa Black Gold Series reel.

Man, this brought back memories for me. I spent many days and nights from Oct. - Feb. casting lures in the cold for trout.

[kingpin]

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!