mets41 Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Looking for pole ideas to fish with bugs this summer. don't want to break bank. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recoil Posted June 6 Report Share Posted June 6 Bug fish don't count! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McFeeley Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 (edited) I would post this on nj. forum . They seem to use 7'6 - 8 ft medium rods. The one guy uses a battletec from savage gear. and a kastking baitrunner 3000 reel. Alot of things will work . I would use 15- 20 lb braid. Really if you want cheap the kastking stuff is decent. I got a telescopic rod from them and it's pretty nice for what it is. Edited June 7 by Jim McFeeley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbfish Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 If you have any freshwater bass rods they would be perfect for fishing sand crabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mets41 Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 Thanks I do have an old bass rod, question: why don't bug fish count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mro Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 1 hour ago, mets41 said: why don't bug fish count? Please excuse me for being naïve, but what is "bug fish" ? Mark L and Blurple928 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McFeeley Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Fish caught on sand flea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbfish Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 11 hours ago, mets41 said: Thanks I do have an old bass rod, question: why don't bug fish count? Its just a joke people throw out there, akin to "boat fish dont count". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDice Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 5 hours ago, bbfish said: Its just a joke people throw out there, akin to "boat fish dont count". Boat fish don’t count? ;-) ——— (Abbot & Costello would be shun my winking emoji if they were alive.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snuffy Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 My favorites are the 9 ft Ugly Sticks with the soft tips that are rated 1-3 oz. All I fish with are sand fleas. I was lucky & skilled enough to land a 40 lb cobia that measured 50 inches from the beach at Cape Hatteras this past week on a 9ft Ugly Stick with a Diawa 3500 BG spooled with 15 lb Sufix 832 braid on a 2 bottom sea mullet rig. It bit a sand flea that I was using to catch whiting with. You can see 3 different citation fish that I landed using this set up this past week at Red Drum Tackles Facebook page. Look for: Michael " Mullet Man" Creech IMG_20230602_194517_759.heic Popasilov and EricDice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim McFeeley Posted June 11 Report Share Posted June 11 Awsome man nice job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skolmann Posted June 12 Report Share Posted June 12 I’ve been using an ODM DNA 7’6” Back Bay rod for fishing bugs in the surf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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