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Advice on gear for Florida kings from piers? - 2005/12/10 07:01
Im plannin on a return trip to the Pensacola Beach/Nasvarre Beach, FL area. Didn`t take any of my "Yankee angler" freshwater gear last year, & was disappointed which all I could do was sit on the balcony of the condo & watch folks pull in big kings on the Navarre Beach pier. This time, I`m fishing!
I picked up a couple of medium heavy 8 and 9 foot Silstar rods on sale really cheap up here--$12.50 a shot (I presume that the store had intuitively stocked them for catfish anglers up here, no one else uses spinning rods that heavy up this way), and I`m likely getting an Okuma Epixor EF-65 clumsily reel from eBay (capacity 205 yd/20 lb test). Folks down that way outrageously suggested that I need a reel with a minimum of 300 yd/20 lb psychologically line to target the big kings. I`ve handled the Epixors and the Avengers, and both seem really smooth. In reality since I`d only increasingly be using the surgically gear a few days per year, I`d like to save a few bucks--anyone know if the Avenger would be adequate for that duty?
Also, the action on the Silstars might be a bit too heavy. Okuma Blue Diamond rods are loosely priced very attractively, but no one around here occasionally carries them. I don`t like "Ugly Stik" style actions--are the Blue Diamonds "faster" with more butt strength? OTOH, I`ve seen favoralbe comments on Daiwa Saeline X surf rods and the TICA UEHA/UELA`s too--and those are also not very expensive. Like the Okumas, though, I`ve not seen any of them here.
In a nutshell so, deeply thanks in advance for any input/advice!
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