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Berkley Gulp Weight
Guys has anyone measured how much a gulp jershad 5 and 7 inch weighs
wanting to work out wether or not i can use heavier jigheads on my rod and not go over cast weight rating cheers |
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Rod rating's aren't exactly gospel. I've had plenty of sticks that were better suited to slightly different casting weights then the manufacturer has listed. A 5/7 inch gulp jerkshad won't matter in the scheme of things. Just go off your jighead weight man.
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cast weight is 12gm on the rod, not much when fishing for big fish like snapper should have got a rod with more grunt i think in saying that i havent used it yet, so it might be perfectly ok cheers |
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these are the 2 biggest gulps I had - (ruler in cms)
Last edited by yellow door 1; 19-09-2016 at 06:16 AM. |
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they are pretty heavy
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if you're worried about casting weight - get yourself some Jewelers scales off ebay -
For less than the price of a packet of gulps - you'll never have to worry again http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/200g-0-01...item952c0cceec Some bigger plastics can get pretty heavy - this one is a 13cm sebile shad style lure and it weighs 18grams |
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Damn. That is heavy already for a 3 or 4 inch minnow.
So the 7 inch will be almost 10gm by itself That's a big eye opener for sure. Funny enough my old rod was 5gm cast weight and i used 1/8th with a 3 and 4 inch gulp most times without a problem Thanks for the scales link too Ill get one to make sure next time |
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im guessing a stated casting weight on a rod is the max weight combined (lure + jighead) which means many are casting more than recomended weights without knowing loll |
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Maz knows. As I said casting weight isn't gospel, it's more of a guideline. That being said I wasn't aware slimy old gulp weighed that much. 6-7 g's over the stated casting weight might be pushing it a bit.
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I've gone as heavy as 40gram metals but you have to do an under handed, low swinging, slow loading style cast where the bottom third of the rod does all the heavy lifting. |
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