New Rods and Gulp Minnows

I got to fish my two new St Croix Rods today .
And it was the my first outing where I gave 1” Gulp minnows a fair try .
First up was my 6’ SC Panfish rod with a Shimano Sahara 500 reel spooked with 2# Moss green P-line .
Without much wind to contend with I got a good idea of how these rods are going to perform. First cast with a 1/64 jighead and Gulp minnow went about 50-60 feet . I can live with that .
I was curious how the other SC rod was going to do with the same lure .
The 5’10” SC Light action fast didn’t disappoint. Paired with a 1000 Shimano Stradic, spooled with SOS 2# line .
I was casting out , letting the lure fall to the bottom, and would twitch , fall, twitch it back in .
I got to fish about 4 hours and caught seven gills of various sizes . Most were redbreast.
All were a lot of fun on the new SC rods .
A beautiful day to be fishing, sunny , light breeze and low 70’s . Great weather for mid November.
I was impressed with the Gulp minnows too. My brother and another friend were fishing with me and they didn’t catch a fish . I offered them a Gulp minnow, but neither were really setup to fish the properly .

Very nice !

Handle looks different from previous models.

Can we see a pic of just the handle?

Nice catches

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Originally Posted by deathb4disco

Handle looks different from previous models.

Can we see a pic of just the handle?

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Here’s the best one I have from the ones I took today .
The handles are different. I didn’t like them at first , but they’re growing on me.
I wished they would have put a regular Fuji and cork handle on them .
They do telegraph even the slightest nibbles pretty good .

Glad you had a good day, like the looks of those redbreast gills.

Very nice! Thanks for the photos.
Bob

looks like a good day to me :highfive

Those Gulp minnows produce well at times. Those fish sure liked them

Nicely done.

Good report and some nice fish. Glad the rods are working for you. I hate buying a rod and being disappointed in it when you get it wet. One of our members here builds rods that are very light and handles that are very different. I’d like to handle one for a while before I pulled the trigger on one. Enjoy the new toys.

Those Gulp minnows are money! Caught some today with them. Enjoy that beautiful new rod.