Winnipeg rods?

Heading to Lake Winnipeg for the first time in late feb. Most of my ice rods are medium, medium light, light. Found a website with G Loomis IMX medium and medium heavy rods for 50% of…so $100 each. Also St Croix has many of their ice rods at a discount around $90 each. What do people like for actions and lengths at Winnipeg and thoughts on the g loomis or St croix ice rods at around $100 per.

IMO – dont overthink it. They are walleyes – just a little bigger than average, and they fight like walleyes. Its not like a 10# eye will test your gear like a 10# trout. Go with tackle that fits the lures/hooks you will use. Just keeping it simple makes for less stress

Don’t overthink it. It’s still walleye fishing. Longer is better for the head shakes if you do get a big one on. Just go with your normal medium action walleye rods and you’ll be fine.

That being said a Loomis ice rod for $100 is too good to pass up.

Not sure if you have a setup with braid but I sure liked running braid with a flouro leader for the first time in South Dakota last weekend for walleyes . Would suck out of the shack though . No input on the rod I don’t have enough big ice walleyes under my belt anyway

With a 3/4 oz Binks on the end, it seriously doesn’t take high priced equipment/rods. I bought a Black Reign 32 inch for my trip but found it uncomfortably long for my single shack and used my Berkley Lightning rod 24″ the bulk of the trip.

As said above don’t over think it. We’ve done 5 trips up there over the last few years and yes there are big fish but it’s not like people depict it on YouTube and tv shows where every fish is over 28 inches. To me it fishes a lot like Red Lake except with big fish thrown in the mix. I’d focus less on rods and things like that and focus more on being prepared to be the most mobile you can so you can make fast long moves. Good luck out there. It’s something else that’s for sure. On a side note make sure you don’t leave anything in the box of your truck at night or anything of any value in the cab. Theft is a huge problem up there.

I’d be more worried about what type/size of baits you’re using and if the rods support it. I know guys up there use some pretty big rattle baits…like a # 6/7 rippin rap. Some of the medium weight ice rods might not work great for those.

If you are running just standard walleye baits I’d scoop up that Loomis rod and pair it with 10# braid and a 10# fluorocarbon leader. That will horse anything through the ice.

Good info. I picked up a St. Croix Tundra 36 MF and a Skandic Ice 36MH on the Croix factory sale. I’ll put 12lb braid on there and usually run 10 or 15lb seagur flouro leader via a small swivel. I should’ve mentioned that with the rods the size of the baits was the main concern I had, as last week my 32 TUCR Precision handled a 27 inch walleye just fine. Not sure that rod would handle a 3.4 ounce Binks or #6 rippin rap well though.