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Large spring pike swimbaits often trigger strikes from bigger fish

One, you can work the deeper waters on the inside of the dry sand bar where tides carry forage over the bar and fluke will hunker down feeding in the churned up slough at the start of the incoming tide, and two, you can walk to the outside sand bar and cast way out into the Atlantic, effectively reaching ground you cant access on higher tides

Like the 490-4 and 590-4, the 690-4 cast both short and long with equal loop control and line speed

Open face reels require some practice to avoid tangles and cast accurately

One of the great aspects of this rod is with its taper and heavy power blank, it is a ton of fun fighting smaller sub-30 lb