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Carrabelle 12/15/02 compliments of TopNotch Offshore Sportfi
Posted: December 16th, 2002, 3:34 pm
by captain tom
Left the dock on Sunday with 4 great guys and ice on my truck. Very low tide! Simple report.....Ended up with 20 gags to 15 lbs with about 6 over 12, 2 big Aj's, plus caught a 15lb red snapper, 23lb redfish and threw back keeper grouper. Caught most all fish on dead bait. Couldnt ask for a better day and the weather was nice and winds light. Casualties....one broken Star Rod. This makes 4 of them that have broke and only one was a high sticking problem. Don't know why they are not so great any more.
Posted: December 16th, 2002, 10:30 pm
by dstockwell
Thats a mess of fish for sure.
OUCH on that star rod for sure...
Posted: December 17th, 2002, 1:19 pm
by Cranfield
Thanks for the report captain tom.
What are the Star Rods made of ?
Posted: December 17th, 2002, 7:36 pm
by Tidedancer
Great report Capt. Tom. Come on Dec. 23rd. Pray for slight winds and hungry fish.
Tide~Dancer
Posted: December 18th, 2002, 10:26 pm
by phish-n-fool
Cran-
Not sure what the star rod was made of (glass/graphite composite) I think. Here's a pic of the brute that caused the damage. He's wearing the overalls
Posted: December 19th, 2002, 12:56 pm
by Cranfield
That is a healthy looking grouper.
I was interested, because most of the "grouper rods" I have seen in the shops there, appeared to be made of solid glass.
Quite rigid rods, with just a very little top section action.
I would imagine they are very hard to break.
Posted: December 19th, 2002, 1:03 pm
by dewyafish
Looks like laminated carbon fiber to me.
also called graphite composite
Posted: December 19th, 2002, 8:15 pm
by phish-n-fool
Don't know if I was guilty of 'high sticking' (heck, I never even played hockey before)
However, I offered to pay Captain Tom for the rod and he graciously turned it down, that's the kind of standup guy he is. Seems I remember reading a thread awhile back on the FS board that Star had changed blanks on their rods and they were not of the same quality as the older Star rods. Haven't been able to find any of the old threads since their website got hacked and they changed to the new forum.