Duncans Custom Rods

Good to get out and do some sun, sea and coffee.

Well everyone,

🎅 🎅 🎅

The fat man in the red suit is fast approaching, so if your looking at getting that special someone a rod so they have even more excuse to spend time on the water and not looking through spending accounts, now os the time.

…Wifeys, looking at you 👀

Or for the boys, we can even make a decoy invoice that you can conveniently leave on the kitchen bench. 🤫 🤐

Either way, now is your time to send your enquiries in for Christmas.

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Tight Lines,

This hungry little fella liked a 4” Bait Ju**ie at 1770.

The Shimano Decent is a decent little jig stick. I thinks its jig weight is a little ambitious but it can handle some heavy pullers.
It certainly outdoes the Abu STX Revo5 on max drag.

The smaller Diawa Saltist or Shimano Ocea Jigger is best suited for this stick.

Fish on,

The old Halco Roosta, a necessity having one of there in the box.

Whats your favourite lure or bait?

Had a big week testing a few rods, some tackle, a reel, and some modifications on WATTADAY.

Can comfortably say we are now able to camp in Wattaday for up to and past a week or untill we run out of supplies.

For this trip we started in 1770, and ended up off Bundy. It was a good trip to test some gear as conditions were challenging and didn’t give us the bottom bashing we were after.
We hit 2m swells off 1770 once we got to the channel and single handed with the young bloke on board we decided to head back. No good testing our luck in those conditions in a new area to us. So we went up towards pancake that was slightly more tolerable for the conditions for small windows.

We had heaps of time to try our go to blanks (used on the reef series) on the troll, and we were impressed. I was worried the firmer action would upset the action of some of the trolling lures and dead baits but we found the opposite. We were able to troll at all speeds with an intense action from all lures tested on the rods.

Being a firmer action rod, we had the drag off a bit softer, but in the end it was a bit too soft and cost us decent sized Spanish Mackerel on short Portside corner. However, we landed several good size school Mackerel. Unfortunately the Spanish we missed was the only solid hit we had, but it was all action when it smashed the bottom of the pilchard imitation lure. Bait schools were in limited supply, and what bait we did find there was no pelagics on the chew. Only a few predators on the bottom and they were also limited. Especially once you drop a decent one and it all goes dead instantly.

If your interested in a versatile rod, that can do a bit of everything, the 7 to 15kg Reef series in an overhead or spin configuration can definitely be recommended for a bit of a do it all utility knife of a rod for boat fishing.
We also recommend either balanced, or rear ballast for the overhead, or, forward ballast on the spin to assist with casting distance.

Forward ballast really gives you something to throw for maximum distance on the cast but it does cost a bit more energy to throw it, Rear Ballast gives you a cantilever advantage and keeps weight back towards your body to aid in fatigue for fighting fish and long days on the jig.
Balanced is what 99% of Rod manufacturers and rob builders go for as default.

And guess what? They all make the blank feel completely different.

If you’re not sure, just flick us a message and we can take your fishing to the next level and customise your fishing experience beyond what you thought it could be.

Yes, custom rods are expensive, but, they are hand built, come with a cult following, and are tailored to you. Not what a major manufacturer thinks the public will like.

Till the next trip,

Tight lines.

Get down to Tackle World Bundaberg to grab yourself some gear.

Today’s weather is awsome, shame someone has to work.