Thread: New King setup

I have read on the now-deceased gulf pier forum that braid will make you unpopular with the locals because of the risk of cutoffs, but as backing that should be less of a concern. Your topshot of mono or floro would give you a little stretch to absorb shocks.

Some of the new Nanofil line will also maximize your capacity without being a braid but it will drill a serious hole in your wallet like high quality braid. :'( Its very slick and so it casts well but is hard to knot.

BTW on the 306 if its stock, you may want to add the crosswind, and a manual pickup to it. Squidder aka Rick C. in Navarre area can hook you up or maybe ship to you if you need parts or work done on it. You may also want to redo the drag after it sitting awhile, at least make sure it functions well because a good drag is essential. He's on Panhandle, if you want to get in touch with him.

Thanks guys for the replies. I think his custom rod is going to be out of my price range I had to drop it to $100 even so I am probably going to wait another month or so. I just want it ready by the end of March.

I will see if I can get in touch with Rick C. I think I will need to redo the drag it looks pretty shot.

So roughly 100 yards of braid?

Also long replies are welcomed in my thread lol, it shows most of the time that the person has some experience to share.

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Thanks guys for the replies. I think his custom rod is going to be out of my price range I had to drop it to $100 even so I am probably going to wait another month or so. I just want it ready by the end of March.

I will see if I can get in touch with Rick C. I think I will need to redo the drag it looks pretty shot.

So roughly 100 yards of braid?

Also long replies are welcomed in my thread lol, it shows most of the time that the person has some experience to share.
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I would just put 12 on it, with like 30 yds of dacron to protect the spool under it. If you really want to do some backing and heavier line, you would want to put like 150 yds of 20# braid then splice it to mono and fill it the rest the way up with 14-17# mono. 14 would probably get you close to the 300yd mark. j&M can do all that for you, they just need to know what you want on it. You can do all that in the same trip when you go to get the rod. If you are going to get a custom make sure you order it ahead of time because John does get pretty busy at times. Jeb aka Pierpest does fine work too. Get with one of them on advice for rod blanks, you'll want to get all that decided before you go to order it. (Blank, guides, grips, and thread colors for wraps.) Its a little overwhelming when you look at the amount of stuff available but they can give you some good advice on all that. You don't have to crazy when doing it either, nothing wrong with a simple rod that functions.

We have pier king rods on the sales floor that are built in house starting at $145 plus tax.If you plan on king fishing a good bit save up the extra money and get a rod designed for this style of fishing.Why do we have to build them and why is the price higher than most other production rods?Because there is not a mass produced rod of this nature using 35 cent an hour China labor.And yes that is exactly what the labor rate is over seas.

damn, this thread is trying to reinvent the wheel. get the the 306 looked at,greased and carry to j&m and get it spooled with some good 12 lb mono. yes a nice house rod will fit ur needs but ur budget must come up a bit as john said..as you become more experienced you may see the need to buy something bigger and do all the new fangled stuff like backing,braid,topshot. it just makes me wonder how we ever caught fish growing up when i read all the bullshit in some of these threads.. as you were

The fish were stupider back then?

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The fish were stupider back then?
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And there were more of them ;-) LOL!

Plus the fact that the fish I caught back then seemed a lot larger to me then than they seem now.