Rods that handle light line & jigs but strong enough to flip fish in the boat?

[deathb4disco]

I'm going to give you some sound advice. You start boat lifting fish with UL rods you are going to regret it. The TSS and B'N"M TCB rods are of high graphite content....both of them are excellent at bite detection....but you boat lift and you are going to be on the phone asking for a new top section. I have no clue what source Schmoopie got the info about a rods line rating should lift the same amount of weight as line rating but that info is wrong. If you want to own a rod that can detect soft bites...is a true UL rod...then you need to invest in a net.

Agreed. The English use the “test curve” rating. The “test curve” is the weight that would bend the rod tip perpendicular to the ground while holding the rod parallel to the ground. A heavy carp rod would have a test curve of 3-3.5 pounds. A true UL rod would have a test curve of a few ounces.

[JimInAlabama]

Agreed. The bass guys are using pool cues for rods and 65# braid. Just ignore them.

Yep, I'm one o' those guys! I bass fish a lot, usually in heavy cover and a couple of my rods are heavy and heavier with 20# fluoro and 40# braid. But even on my lighter rigs anything 3 lbs or less I usually haul in. I keep a big KastKing net on the deck for the rare occasions I need it. I'm old, overweight, bad back, knees and hips and just not very agile and I've lost more bass trying to net 'em than hauling 'em in. I realize it's different with crappie fishing and if I have to have a net so be it, I'm just trying to avoid a hundred dollar mistake out of the gate.

[Just_Bass]

Guilty of charge here, I’m a bass guy and do flip a lot of my fishing and that habit is continuing even with Ultralight Fishing. I know it is not a good thing and high risk of damage the rod. Anyway as a bank fishing man and normally carry only one setup and a box of jig, I hardly ever carry net with me.
I don’t flip the fish that is too big and can put heavy load on my rod, instead I pulled up from leader line or lip them if it is really big. Sometime I have no option but to flip them no access to water from shore.
Is there technique to flip the fish. I don’t know.

[Jiggin john]

I don’t have to worry about it with the 8” crappie I catch

[Hanr3]

I've flipped 4 pound catfish with my UL St. Croix Premier series rods. Heck, I've hung a lure and pulled my 16' Deep-V boat with my rod and 6# line.

[polarcrafter]

I always thought that line weight listed on a rod was to indicate size line that best suited casting with, not the dead weight that you could lift with the rod!!!

[Ketchn]

flipping fish is tricky , I almost never use a net myself ,but I do ride in boats sometimes that use nets .
larger crappie fish in the over 1.25 to 1.5 range often get a pass when "flipping" fish if you are not tuned into this technique .
with 2 lb test I never ever try to flip fish that are over around 10 inches or so . with 6 lb test and an ok stiff rod I regularly flip larger fish .
the trick is to get the fish coming your way steady and pendulum them using the fishes momentum and not give it a split second slack or any kind of jerk .
a lot of the crappie tackle I handle is not made for slinging fish for sure , a good amount of it just doesn't have what it is needed for the lift . folks mention backbone a lot and I guess its a good term , but to be sure even with the right stiffness lots of things can go wrong when you go to toss one ….
my 3 cents

[ET Fish]

I’m not sure why one would want to “flip” fish. Why chance a lost fish or a broken rod?

[Schmoopie]

I’m not sure why one would want to “flip” fish. Why chance a lost fish or a broken rod?

I haven't touched my toes in decades. Haven't seen them in longer than that Weight and age lead to poor flexibility and stability. Imagine bank fishing from rocks with those issues. Now add bending over to the "balancing act". I used to laugh at my grandmother when I was a kid for her asking me to thread her needles. I wish she were still alive so I could apologize and explain that "I get it" .

[Alphahawk]

I haven't touched my toes in decades. Haven't seen them in longer than that Weight and age lead to poor flexibility and stability. Imagine bank fishing from rocks with those issues. Now add bending over to the "balancing act". I used to laugh at my grandmother when I was a kid for her asking me to thread her needles. I wish she were still alive so I could apologize and explain that "I get it" .

I bought this just for bank fishing....and I do fish banks with riprap. It should work for any bank you are subject to fish from. It is very light weight and works great.

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