Recommendation for a cheap deep diving crankbait rod

I looking for a decent deep diving chankbait rod. The one that I am considering is academy's H2O express Ethos 7' M Freshwater Composite Crankbait Casting Rod. My concern is it will not be able to handle the bigger cranksbaits I will be casting. Has anyone of you all ever used this rod before, if so how do you like it. Are there any other rods out there for the same price that are just as good? Keep in mind that I am a recent grad and I don't want to spent a lot of money.

Get the heavy action. I throw 10xd with mine

BPS 7'11" Crankin Stick

Garcia Veritas 7-6 winch series. 99 bucks.

Get the 7'10" ethos cranking rod instead of the 7'.

Veritas rods have been on sale at academy

Skeet Reese 7'11" crankbait rod works pretty good.

You have to define cheap. It's different for everyone. If 99 bucks is cheap, the Abu winch is hard to beat. If a bit more is cheap to you, then the Duckett 7'11 is hard to beat for 160.

If by cheap you mean less than that, the BPS crankin stick. The H2O is the only one I really don't like. I tried a 7'11 magnum cranker from them and it just had 0 backbone. Like not enough to actually launch a 6xd it was so sloppy feeling to me.

Just my opinion, I've yet to find an H2O rod I liked.

If 99 bucks is cheap.. St. Croix Mojo Bass 7' MH is my choice.

Thanks for the input guys. I think I will either get a BPS crankin stick or just build a rod with a MHX blank.

Any Ethos rod you buy, get one power extra. The MH one is a little flimsy but an awesome small crank and square bill rod. The crankin Ethos is a good rod too. But the BPS crankin stick is really hard to beat for the money.

I have the Mojo Bass Big Crankster.

http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/St_Croix_Mojo_Glass_Crankbait_Casting_Rods/descpage-SCMG.html

Halo 7'11" cranking stick is a nice choice. Under 150 bucks as well I believe.

Dobyns 805 is very hard to beat for 6xd or 10 xd's.

AllStar has a new rod out 7'10" "BigCrankbait". I got one and it chunks 10xd's and 6xd like a missle. For $89.00 you'll be hard pressed to find more value for the dollar. Academy is where I got mine.

this.....love it

+1, got that rod and love it, their replacement warranty is pretty good if you ever break it.

If your going cheap ..for the bigger Cranks such as a DD22,6XD or 10XD H20 Makes a 7'10" rod which is good. I would get this before i got a 7' for big cranks. My favorite is the St. Croix Mojo Glass Crankbait Cast Rod 7'8" Med Hvy for big cranks. A good reel for Deep diving cranks is the diawa exceller 4:9

Ethos 7' M composite crank and the Ethos 7'10'' Deep Crank are on clearance right now for $15 bucks

+1

7' 0" Composite cranker is good for most cranks. For the big deep divers, I use the 7'10" Magnum Cranker.

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If your looking at Ethos, I throw deep divers on their 7'6" Heavy rod or XH rod with a fast tip. It works very well, including the 10XD. Mine has lasted 3 years, so far, and hopefully will last another 3 years or longer. Some of the rods mentioned above are composite, others graphite. I prefer a graphite rod over a composite, because you shuolders feel it less and you feel the bait more quickly. The BPS is a composite, the Ethos crankers are composite, the 7'5 Ethos is graphite. Just thought you should know.

Hope this helps.

Tight lines, keep safe and good luck.

Thad Rains

i Have 2 of these for my deep divers! Also my son caught a 23lb Gar on it will cranking at falcon!it handle it with no problem, Pm and ill send you the link to the video.

Guy wants a cheap rod and somebody reccomends a dobyns 805. Almost funny.

All Star Micro series from Academy in the 7'6" Medium hvy big crankbait action. ON sale for $99 right now.

Didn't see the Blue Ethos composite rods rods today for sale but the camo versions in 7'0" Medium action were $15

Also had one 6'6" MH in camo marked at $15 (All others still stickerd at $59 - The MH rang up at $59 but they gave it to me for the green sticker price.

rick clunn there on sale at tackle warehouse for 62.00 i think