DIY Garage Craft Sabiki Rod

[AirborneYak]

Nice!! I was thinking about making one soon. Thanks for the info!

[dsutter775]

Your gonna need to round off the end or your line is gonna fray and break. I built one as well and had to melt the end so the line retrieval was smoother...

[Caseym]

Originally Posted by dsutter775

Your gonna need to round off the end or your line is gonna fray and break. I built one as well and had to melt the end so the line retrieval was smoother...

"Now either use a file or a pipe reamer to clean up the hole (you dont want any sharp edges that would cut or chaffe the line). Also file/ream the end the line passes through at the rod tip...itll save your line."

[Mahigeer]

Nice project.

I use the one made commercially and found out that use of low profile casting reel works better.


The shallower angle of the line entering the rod (tube) allows for better casting. Also a slightly heavier sinker should be used compering to regular rods.

I have both 7' and an 8' model. The 8' was my first purchase, but before using it I sent it back. Recently I did buy an 8' and now that I am familiar with usage of this type of rod, I like it better.

[Caseym]

Ya, I can totally see where a conventional reel would really tighten up that angle and make reeling smoother, that's a great idea. I like having a shorter rod for bait fishing cause it's so easy to just swing that little stick into the kayak with a fish or two. I've always hated all the tangles and BS associated with jigging up bait fish, just tried to eliminate anything that added to the clutter. Nothing's worse than getting two or three nice Macks and then fumble-f&@$ing around trying to unhook 'me while they flop wildly and tangle that thing into a ball of mess!
I know some of the guys limit their rods and just use their big rods to make bait, but for me I try to eliminate any excessive tackle changes so I can just focus on time spent fishing. I do realize that if I happen to hook a yellowtail while making bait I'll probably be donating some line to the ocean...possibly the whole thing, but for now this easy to build, cheap little rod just seems to work.
Cheers

[taggermike]

Handy build. Thanks. I should make one cause I hate fighting sibikis all damn day. Seen home made sibiki sticks where the top is heated and opened up like the commercial models. Mike

[FISH11]

Thanks for the inspiration Caseym, I went out to my garage and built one, I'll try it out tomorrow. I have been using a spinning combo for several years. I never wanted to pay $70+ for a sabiki rod. Like a lot of people I got tires of having the sabiki get tangled up and usually on every trip, getting poked by it at least once. It seem like every trip I was like constantly saying F***ing Sabiki!, F***ing Sabiki!, F***ing Sabiki!.