What kind of Walleye Trolling rods do you run?

Papa fishing · **Joined:** Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:42 pm **Posts:** 131

Looking at buying some new Trolling rods? I usually run boards and mono line running cranks and spinners any suggestions?

West Lake Willows · **Posted:** Sun Oct 11, 2015 9:44 pm

I use the Rapala R type inline board trolling rods. They are telescopic one piece rods. Very very nice rods. The best inline board rods I've ever used. I really like them.

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Superdad · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2015 7:28 am

My choice would any 8foot 6inch salmon/steelrod, I've got some Daiwa's and they work very well and are price reasonably

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Papa fishing · **Joined:** Tue Dec 24, 2013 12:42 pm **Posts:** 131

Thanks for the replies so far guys.

meat sticks · **Joined:** Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:39 pm **Posts:** 30

7 foot MH ugly stick 2 piece casting rods for the down rods and 8'6" st. Croix wild river steelhead rods for boards. I have used the ugly sticks for boards as well many times and they work pretty well also. They'r probably my most versatile pickerel trolling rods.

Jim Lyon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:12 pm **Posts:** 423

Big fan of shorter rods (7 foot)...i have a bunch of the 7 foot 1 piece Ugly Stik MH rods that I found on sale for 19.95. These rods do everything for me from boards to cranks and Crawler rigs

pickerel killer · **Joined:** Wed Oct 24, 2012 6:28 pm **Posts:** 648

Whatever rods u buy, just make sure u stay consistent with them.

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

i just picked up four rapala r type inline board rods...8'3"....

but at 200 a piece, they are the most expensive board rods i've ever purchased.

other rods that I use often are as follows:

9' heavy action clarus rods - these are my go to board rods for big water, hauling lots of leadcore. still available for sale.
8'3" medium action shimano compre tc4 trolling rods. these have been discontinued.
7'10" medium heavy action shimano compre tc4 trolling rods. these have also been discontinued.
8'6" medium heavy st criox wild river series rods. super sweet rods, but the reel seats won't accept 500/600 sized tekota's (only 300 sized). still available for sale.

walleye19 · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:31 am **Posts:** 83

Cheap ones. Don't need expensive rods for trolling. Especially for walleye. Spend your money on the reels and if you take care of them they should last the weekend warrior for years.

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

absolutely correct.

we were using tdr's our first two years of trolling.

wasn't until I found myself trolling for Eyes, Browns, Bows, Kings, Lakers, Coho's, and even smallies did we move up to higher modulus graphite rods.

Trolling rods can cost you as little or as much as you want.

Big-One · **Joined:** Wed Aug 29, 2012 9:14 pm **Posts:** 31

Everyone has posted some great points, but I have to agree with Scott on this one the Rapala R-Type telescoping inline board rods are hard to beat. They come in three sizes, from 7'9" to 8'7". Great rod for spring Browns, lakers, bows and walleye. I used heavier trolling rods previous to expanding my arsenal and am extremely glad I did they add a little more sport back into the game for some of the lesser fighting species. Another nice feature is the telescoping blank, eliminating the need to break rods down for storage, and saves time during morning setup.

Good luck!

TheLandshark · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2015 3:54 pm

I use 8 foot Daiwa DXW walleye trolling rods. I love them but I'm going to check out the Fenwick walleye planer board rods also. As Steve said, make sure all rods you use are the same so you can "read" them. Weeds, fish, etc.... You can get away with doubling them as brown rods but quite honestly any rod you are using for a planer board is really too heavy for spring bownies. All mine walleye stuff is matched up with Abu Garcia ambassador 6500 line counters.

steve-hamilton · **Joined:** Fri Apr 25, 2003 7:40 am **Posts:** 1776

Those Daiwa's rods are sweet!!

The Fenwick rods are nice...but light. I've used the 8'6" model .... it would work nice as a light rigger rod...but I don't believe it has enough backbone for any board uses.... I think the 7'10" model would be a nice flatline stick.

letsgofishn · **Posted:** Mon Oct 12, 2015 8:38 pm

8'6" bass pro power plus rigger rods. Been using mine for years chasing walleye and staging steelies. I believe they sell for less then $40 CAN.

Ginner20 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 13, 2015 6:25 am

Bass Pro shops walleye angler rods are really nice, 100 bucks apiece so I wouldn't classify them as cheap, sometimes go on sale, they are telescopic and come in lengths from 7.5-12 ft, but they handle boards really well and seem like they will last many many seasons.

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