Surf rod decision

[pequa1]

Yes, I deleted the other thread. I have gotten my choice of another rod down to these five. I already have a 9' Lami and a 10' MH D-Blue. Want to cast further with lures averaging 2 oz or less and clear the waves while retrieving, thus my choices are all 10'6" to 11'. I don't do bait. I also don't want to spend much over 2 bills as in the fall I have conflicting interests; vacations, deer hunting, etc. Here are my final five-
Opinions ?

 

[wader]

When I used to fish from the surf I was using an 8.3' Ben Doerr Elite St. Croix (ESS83M) Medium Power Moderate-Fast Action SC III Graphite 6-17 Lb, Up To 2oz

With a Penn 5500 spinning reel loaded with 20# Fireline.

Used to throw lures & eels with it. Best casting rod/reel set up I ever used. My casting distances greatly approved once I moved to this. Once cleared the Nissequoge using it & put my castmaster on the opposing shore of the Nissequoge during flood tide by accident with it. There was some splashing near shore over there & decided to see if I could reach it & overshot it. Had to be a 40 yard cast. Freaked out an angler that was on that side of the river.

Still have it. Has to be going on nearly 25 years old. Still use it when that rare surf fishing moment comes up.

 

[pequa1]

Somewhat short to clear the ocean waves, no ?

 

[wader]

Somewhat short to clear the ocean waves, no ?

For the most part I was fishing the NIssequoge River & the L.I. Sound. So no real waves to speak of. Also on occasion Great South Bay from Fire Island. I used to have access to a house in Ocean Beach that was right on the Bay. Not much in the way of waves there either.

 

[pequa1]

Ahh. Not that I go to Montauk but I do cast into actual surf, lol.

 

[Chevy1]

I have a hard time deciding what to buy. But I keep buying ?

 

[In The Wash]

Tsunami Airwave I've heard good things about. Although I personally never fished one. The one good thing I do know is that if it breaks you can walk into any store that carries them and replace it. All my rods are lamis... 2 GSBs 10321Ls cut to 10'06 an 9'04 (old school before old school was cool) 1 10'super surf gen 2 and a 10' Night shift. (and 1 10321M, old school again, blank in the basement unbuilt)

 

[pequa1]

I guess I never updated. I chose the Okuma Rockaway in 11', Medium action. went a few times in late
april and was quite satisfied. Under $90 bucks from Amazon. If it came broken or I didn't like it, I can walk to the nearest Kohls, lol.

 

[wader]

Ahh. Not that I go to Montauk but I do cast into actual surf, lol.

it out threw a 10 foot rod I used to use...

 

[longcast]

Old Lami 1L and 1M both 10 foot.
Another old Lami for bait - "8 and bait"

Dark Matter 9'2" - will be using this rod most of the time as I have fished more in the bay the last few seasons, less on the jetties, and I have not had an issue where I could not reach a desired spot.