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Heaviest Rod Weight for Fish Type
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Bait
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0-5, 0-10
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5-20
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10-30
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20-50
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30-100
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50-200
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100-600
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Bread
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Pike
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Earthworm
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Rudd, Minnow
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Sweetcorn
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Grayling, Minnow
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Maggot
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Rudd, Roach, Minnow
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Pinkies
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Grayling
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Crucian Carp
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Crawdad
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Perch
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Scud
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Grayling, Roach
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Spiny Dogfish,
Adriatic Trout
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Mirror Carp
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Nymph
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Perch, Rudd, Roach
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Pike
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Cricket
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Brown Trout
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Pike
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Dough
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Rudd, Roach
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Pike
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Tadpole
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Perch, Roach
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Crucian Carp
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Grasshopper
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Rudd, Grayling
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Spiny Dogfish
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Ant
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Perch, Minnow
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Brown Trout,
Adriatic Trout
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Tares
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Grayling
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Atlantic Salmon
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Cheese
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Minnow
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Tench
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Beetle Larvae
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Rudd
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Spiny Dogfish,
Adriatic Trout
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Atlantic Salmon
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Red Worm
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Brown Trout
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Wax Moth Caterpillar
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Eel
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Brown Trout,
Adriatic Trout
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Atlantic Salmon
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Wasp Grub
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Perch
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Tench,
Crucian Carp
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Brown Trout
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Creek Chub Minnow
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Perch
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Pike
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Wels Catfish
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Bee
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Rudd
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Eel
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Dragonfly
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Perch
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Tench
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Spiny Dogfish,
Adriatic Trout
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Smelt
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Wels Catfish
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Cat Food
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Minnow
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Tench, Eel,
Crucian Carp
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Lob Worm
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Perch
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Wels Catfish,
Atlantic Salmon
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Blood Worm
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Grayling
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Tench
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Brown Trout
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Hemp Seed
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Minnow
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Tench
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Mirror Carp
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Wels Catfish
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Mealworm
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Rudd, Roach, Minnow
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Hot Dog
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Tench
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Brown Trout
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Red Boilies
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Mirror Carp
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Minnow
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Pike
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Emerald Shiner
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Wels Catfish
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Salmon Roe
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Brown Trout
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Mirror Carp
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Casters
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Grayling
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Eel
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Cut Fish Pieces
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Perch
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Pike
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Wels Catfish
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Chicken Liver
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Roach
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Tench, Eel,
Crucian Carp
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Spiny Dogfish
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Herring
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Perch
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Wels Catfish
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Golden Shiner
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Wels Catfish
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Clam
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Roach
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Eel
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Spiny Dogfish
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Mirror Carp
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Sausage
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Mirror Carp
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Frog
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Chafer Beetle
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Adriatic Trout
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Atlantic Salmon
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Panfish
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Pike
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Wels Catfish
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Leech
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Eel
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Cicada
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Spiny Dogfish,
Adriatic Trout
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Luncheon Meat
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Mirror Carp
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Eel
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Pike
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Hellgrammite
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Crucian Carp
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Spiny Dogfish
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Atlantic Salmon
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Mouse
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Pike
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Wels Catfish
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Marshmallow
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Crucian Carp
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Brown Trout,
Adriatic Trout
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Salamander
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Tench
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Mirror Carp
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Atlantic Salmon
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Super Bait
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Eel
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Ultra Paste
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Tench
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Brown Trout, Spiny Dogfish
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Mirror Carp
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