trolling rod and reel combo for walleye

[rusty02mf]

I am looking for some rod and reel combos for walleye. what i have right now i am told the rods are to heavy. thanks for any info.

[DUDE]

That depends alot on what kind of trolling you are doing. If you are trolling leadcore, you can go with either a 7 to 9 foot lite action rod. I personally like the penn reels with the leadcore. If I was trolling with boards, I would agian go with a 7 to 9 foot lite action rod with a diawa line counter reel. Now if I was trolling useing dypsi divers I like using a more stiff rod in the 8 to 8 1/2 foot, with the diawa linecounter reel. I like the stiffer rod so when a fish gets on the dypsi will trip easier. Plus I can detech a fish on a stiffer rod easier than on a lite action rod, where you might have a problem of triping the dypsi....

[hondo]

I love flatline trolling with Daiwa Sealine 17 or 27 linecounters on 7 foot medium-light graphite rods. For planer boards I bump up to 7 foot or 7'6" medium-heavy graphite rods, plus I have an e-glass rod I sometimes use on boards. I don't fish leadcore very often but I use either my flatline rods or boards rods for it. Lots of guys use them but I personally am not a fan of long, mushy rods. Hope this helps, good luck.

[phern]

>I am looking for some rod and reel combos for walleye. what
>i have right now i am told the rods are to heavy. thanks for
>any info.


You can troll with pretty well anything. Why not an inexpensive baitcasting combo. Get one that has a medium-heavy fast action rod. Put some 20 or 30 lb super line on the reel.

[JimH]

I think about twice a year, Bass Pro has their Walleye Signature Series coupled with the Diawa Sealine Series on sale. You can usually save about $25 to $50 on the combo. I've got six of these set-ups, have had them for about 3 years now, and they're great. Just the right amount of quality and price to work for me.