Advise on shore fishing?

[OnAFly]

6'6" rods are pretty standard. Like TTT said, fish it a while. If you don't like it for shore, get a longer rod. The 6'6" is still a good all around rod. You can never have too many rods!

[fish2morrow]

Thanks for the good supporting words. That's just making me love my rod more. I'll take out for early walleye's and take pics.

[Slabasaurus]

Nice. Yeah, i use 6'6 rods for my walleye fishing, mostly. and as onafly said, you really can't have too many. Just picked up another rod at a half off sale just because it sounded fun.

Cranks- Big cranks- in the fall. Be careful though.. near Coon Rapids I had a 20 dollar day, that was really dumb. You think I woulda figured out to tie on a jig after say 12 bucks had gone down the river.

I'd say nowadays I split between Jigs (std and floating) and cranks almost equally. It really depends on the situation. tiwster tails have been very productive for me when jigging. I don't usually bring live bait to the river, but when I do, i drop shot crawlers, play a little fish roulette. Odd thing is I've only caught eyes and smallies out of the river. Nothing else to date...

River eyes are a blast. Get em in the current and it's pretty fun.

Good luck!

[fish2morrow]

Sweet.

[nofishfisherman]

Sounds like you have all the info you need. That 6'6" rod will be fine, thats what I use and I out fish my buddy who has a 7'. What's the old saying, "its not the size of the boat, its the motion of the ocean".

Sometimes its an advantage to cast a little farther out but in the area where I fish that extra distance just puts you in the main river channel which isn't where the fish tend to be. Any advantage gained by distance is usually cancel out when trying to bushwhack with a longer rod. A 7' rod has an extra 6" to get snagged on trees and brush.

On my shore fishing trips I actually like to use a 2 piece rod, I can then break it down and its a ton easier to get through thick brush. I can also strap it to the side of a backpack and keep my hands free if I choose. There are times when I have a longer walk along open trails to get to the fishing spot and its nice to just strap everything to my back and away I go.

[fish2morrow]

The walking of the rod within my hand does not bother me at all. But thanks for the good info. I'm lovin my rod already.