G. Loomis and St Croix may be a little steep for a beginners rods but will definitely make you enjoy throwing the big lures more. As far as a reel, you really can't beat a 6500 abu garcia c3 without dropping a couple hundred dollars or more...I really like my Revo but took me a while to talk myself into it.
The main bummer down here as far as I can tell is you can't find a store that caters to musky fisherman( or even knows they exist) without driving a long ways
yeah so true, ive been putting 40lb braided line on my heavy bass rod, and throwing huge shad raps that dicks used to sell but no longer carry, once and a while the top of the hill bait shop will have a couple muskie lures that i buy, like you said you gotta go a long ways to get equipment... i dont quite understand it especially with what a popular muskie lake kinkaid is. buying lures online or from a magazine is fine and all, but with a rod and reel i like to see and feel them in person.
cabelas has a tourney trail hvy action rod that wont kill your pocket book around 60 bucks its strong and light made for big salmon and muskys. Some of the salon rods might work also.
Spent time on kincaid yesterday tough day 7 small bass and a 30 inch musky up in about 3ft of water on a square bill crank bait. Water temps 67 to 68 man kincaid can be a challenge in the fall. And ive been fishing it since 1977
yeah thanks, ill actually be in st louis in october, ill be doing a zombie run there..... i dont know st louis very well but my girlfriend does, and of course she knows right where that mall is, id like to go to the bass pro shop there too, but idk if they have muskie stuff