Rod for 3" Big Hammers?

Hello everyone, I'm curious to know what the specs of rods y'all use to throw your 3" Big Hammer type swim baits, and what size lead heads? I believe I'm using 1/4 oz. lead heads on a 7' MH, xf action Clarus Baitcasting rod and my accuracy is all over the place and my pitching is getting overruns. I'm thinking of getting a lighter rod.

You can try going down in length, I use 6 to 6 and 1/2 rods, of course my favorite rod is 8 foot and I do well with it. 1/4oz. is what I use but you can go up if you feel you need to 1/4oz. I feel it the lighter side of things. For action I like Medium action, of course this is just me I am sure you will get some other opinion in time.

I take (3) stix with me these days.

(2) Shimano Crucial's w/ 8lb line.
CRS-DX68MB
Length: 6'-8"  Line weight: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  
Lure Weight: 1/8 to 3/8oz
Power: medium  Action: extra fast
One for drop shot and one for Jika.
I use Shimano Stratic Ci4 2500F spinning reels on both of these.

And (1) St Croix Avid Inshore w/ 8lb line and I prefer using the Big Hammer 3/16 oz 2/0L hammer heads.
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Length: 7'  Line weight: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]  
Lure Weight: 1/8 to 1/2oz
Power: medium light Action:  fast
I throw 3" Big Hammers and I often "shoot-the-dock" with this one, and I can also throw 1/2oz spinner lures.
I use a Shimano Stratic Ci4 3000F spinning reel on this one.

I hope that you find my gear intel helpful to you,

Good luck!

SP Dan     <"))><

I have several of the 3/16 lead heads also, but those are really tough to throw with my bait casters. I usually use a spinning setup for finesse rigs like drop shot and wacky rigs for freshwater bass and I use spinning gear for my surf setups. I could go that way if I have to, but I'm hoping to use my bait casting gear for swimbaits, jigs, and spinners. I'm considering something like these Major Craft rods that can cast a 3/16 lure:

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Nice setups SP Dan. As a newbie, I've been following your posts and learning a lot from them.

I use a 7' lamiglas rock creek rated a "4 power" 3/8-1 1/4 lure...a short salmon/steelhead stick pretty much. It loads up real well to help fling the 3/8 heads out there, but still has a good backbone to pull the spotties out of the eelgrass. Mind you, when chucking swimbaits, don't go by the weight of only the head. The swimbait body adds to it, I believe i'm throwing closer to 1/2 than 3/8.