Thread: JDM rods relating to Panfish

Originally Posted by Alphahawk

The Daiwa MX Ajing rod was the most rigid Ajing rod I have ever used. When I first got it I did not know what to make of it. It was extremely sensitive......and even though it was very rigid it would bend into a nice curve when hooking larger fish. I had fun catching bluegill on it but it was really too much rod for bluegill....crappie. I had the 7’ 1” model. I think it will fit exactly what your are looking for....mine is 5 years old but I would bet the new models are just as rigid. Here are pics of the first 2 fish I caught on the MX using Trout Magnet SOS 2# test line. I thought I was going to break the freaking rod. I had it bent into a big C horsing these 2 fish. The Smallie came first and gave me quite a test and battle. But that carp tested the rod...line...reel. I mean that carp was a battle to remember. The rod really shined. The only other Ajing rods I have that could have handled those fish are the Corto.....the Truzer......but neither of them are as rigid as the MX Ajing.

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Randy,

If those fish were caught below Pickwick Dam, I believe three of my classmates saw you catch them. So you have some witnesses of the fight these two big fish put up. One of them went out and got some 2 lb. test line after that day. Over the last 55 years, I have spent hundreds of days wading and fishing from the bank at Pickwick, though not in the last two years.

Having read all 90+ pages in this thread, I have enjoyed your posts and all the other posts to this forum and just received my first JDM rod last week, a Yamaga Blanks BlueCurrent III 69 light game rod. I am fortunate to have accumulated several top of the line Japanese reels, JDM and domestic, over the years, so I have been swapping them around. Will post some fish pics of trips with this rod in the next few days. Have been using 3 and 4 lb line, fishing mostly for spotted bass.