Sonik SK4 14ft rod

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bozjc

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Decided to get myself a new rod today for cleaner lighter ground rod, but still with a bit of a back bone to fish on some rough stuff.

I contacted Sonik and spoke to Tim (sound bloke, used to work in Temples). Showed me the Rod and i was impressed, so took one away.

The rod itself looks great and is finished really well.
Im off out now for a few chucks on the river.
Will have a fishing sesh over the weekend.

Will let you guys know what i think.

So far so good with the quality and the price.
The base in Blyth is top notch and everyone seemed very friendly (was only in there for a few seconds and i was offered a tea or coffee)
Even got a couple of hats off them ;D

Rod comes with a 5yr warranty and a Rapidex lifetime replacement (similar to greys), you also get a bonus card.

Will be beack on to let you know what i think :D
I dont hold back lol so will speak the truth.

Full review will be after the weekend using bait and hopefully a few fish :D
 
Well hope it brings you luck.

I for one will be purchasing nothing of any value for a while until we get abit more info about this so called ban.
 
just got back in there now.

had a load of cast with the rod using the slosh30 and a 6oz lead.
i didnt pick up the slosh20 with lighter line, but im sure it will be even better.

The rod loads up well and is easy to cast with, im very impressed with it.
The action during casting is nice and the rod feels good while reeling in.
The rod itself is very light.

I can imagine bite detection will be canny, but i will comment on that when i go over the weekend (if i get any fish! lol)

It feels like a very well balanced rod and dosnt really break the bank, compaired to other rods i have or have had.

Cant wait to get out there and have a session with it now :(
 
northeast1

i thourght the article47 had decided that recreational anglers where going to be left alone??

is that what you were refering to?
I really cant see shore angling being policed and people having to pay a fee or licience.
Can you really see some geeking guy coming down over the rocks at night to have a chat with a group of big geordie monsters that are fishing, im sure they wont go ahead with that.
it will be almost impossible to police the whole coast line 24hrs of the day as well.

you wouldnt catch me paying for something like that, but i would still fish.

thats just my opinion anyway ;D
 
I would just fish regardless as well. As for bait collecting, its a part of fishing that i enjoy and get more satisfaction out of doing it than actually fishing at the mo! Banning certain areas will cause uproar and prob sicken me even more. Seeing though theres not many places to collect bait on our coastline. If it did come in, i can't see how any tackle shop would survive to be honest. Load of ****e!
 
bozjc said:
Decided to get myself a new rod today for cleaner lighter ground rod, but still with a bit of a back bone to fish on some rough stuff.

I contacted Sonik and spoke to Tim (sound bloke, used to work in Temples). Showed me the Rod and i was impressed, so took one away.

The rod itself looks great and is finished really well.
Im off out now for a few chucks on the river.
Will have a fishing sesh over the weekend.

Will let you guys know what i think.

So far so good with the quality and the price.
The base in Blyth is top notch and everyone seemed very friendly (was only in there for a few seconds and i was offered a tea or coffee)
Even got a couple of hats off them ;D

Rod comes with a 5yr warranty and a Rapidex lifetime replacement (similar to greys), you also get a bonus card.

Will be beack on to let you know what i think :D
I dont hold back lol so will speak the truth.

Full review will be after the weekend using bait and hopefully a few fish :D
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cup of tea, hats, I never get one, that's it Tim. no more customers coming your way. well stamp your foot and go in a Humpph
 
They're a cracking rod IMHO Boz, I've been using virtually nothing else all season. Equally at home in the kelp or on the beach with great bite-detection.

Hope yours works out for you :)

Gary :)
 
Mr G force - i hope it does as well mate, you out fishing over the weekend?


alan, i never took the offer up of a cup of tea ;D
but i was mega impressed with the setup they have there and all the guys seem to be of normal people and not out to pull the wool over your eyes.
 
Yeah, I'm fishing sunday's South Beach comp, & am tempted to have a few chucks tomorrow - probably the pier as the tides ain't at great times this weekend. Might fancy the beach for sunday though if the porpoises are still around!

If you're thinking of getting something for chucking the fluff, I got one of their 10ft 7/8wt SK4 rods as well - every bit as good as my mate's Platinum XD (even he thinks so!) and half price at £119 at the mo. - an absolute bargain!! Yet to get a trout on it (only used it twice) but it casts & fishes beautiful:D

Gary :)
 
vizslauk said:
any chance you could let us know the address / location, as I would like to have a look at these rods as im looking to purchase a new rod, Tim was always spot on when he worked at Frasers !
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Here you go mate:

Sonik Sports Limited
Riverside Business Park
Coniston Court
Blyth, Northumberland
NE24 4RP

Just off the Cowpen Road, sort of down behind the Homebase etc, but best to have an A-Z or something as it took me a few wrong turns to find it the first time, despite living only a couple of minutes away!

Gary :)
 
i forgot about the comp on sunday! lol

i have heard about the porpoises, never seen them this time of year, used to always be in the summer. Must be some salmon n sea trout kicking about??

to find the sonic base, take the turn in to the industrial est. next to homebase and Arc car wash. Take the first left, road runs up behind homebase, stay on this long straight road until you hit a bend that is a 90 deg to the right, take the 1st left after this bend and its one of the new builing/units.
think its 3rd on the left, it has a tiny sign next to the door saying Sonik, its a tiny sign.
 
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boz i've just bought one myself and i can't fault it for the money, only caught from the beach with it so far and i've tried it on hartley and cullercoats rock end's and it was spot on, didn't lose one sinker lol.
 
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i cant fault it for casting.

never fished with it yet, but will be in the next day or so.
my other road is a conoflex, its a bully rod for ripping your gear and fish out of weed and snags, its a great rod, in fact its swesome, you could hook the plug and pull it out no problem. Just the bite detection for fishing over clean ground and flat weather is a bit on the crap side with it being so stiff.

The sonik sk4 seems to be the rod that can bridge the gap, which is exactly what i was looking for ;D
 
Soniksports.com if that helps. I bought the Sk3 14ft rough ground rod from the factory shop at Blyth when they first came on the market £109-99p used it all season at rough ground rock marks from Cambois to Craster and carnt fault it up to now.

john.
 
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ive had mine for a while now and at first i thought it was a tad too stiff but the tip seem's to be softening quite nicely now. has anyone else who owns one noticed it happening or is just my imagination :confused:
 
i know that your on about the 14ft sk4 but heres my report from a while ago on my sk4 13''6 rod.....

just been out with my new rod.... a sonik SK4 (SK4SR010) 13' 6" 4-6oz and was well impressed, the build quality and finish are excellent, had a few overhead thumps first just to get the feel of it using a 5oz lead and reel in the high position. it loaded up quite easily recovered well, tryed a cast along the beach into a slight wind and paced it out at about 145 yds. next tried pendulum with reel in high position and it felt really good,i could feel the rod load up on the rotation quite easily, after a few more casts, i found that by slowing the cast down the rod performed better,, paced it along the beach at about 170 yds,(clipped down rig used)..also tried otg and it performed admirably....so time to fish with it...used a clipped down pulley rig with pennel the bait was runnydown tipped with peeler first , the beach is relatively clean but kelp beds and gulley's are about 120 yds out, the sea itself was not quite flat but had a few small breakers for about the first 40 yds then the deeper water starts
first cast was about 100yds.. just before the kelp ...the rod stood still in the tripod, with very little movement from the breakers....anyway there was a small knock then another which the tip showed brilliantly, this resulted in a yting about half a pound ....rod christened on 1st cast..brill....next cast i put it a bit further just into the kelp, within minutes a distinctive rattle and i picked the rod up and held it ready,...knock knock...strike..next a small codling of about 1 3/4lb....the bite was felt easily holding the rod....third cast further still..right into the kelp, but no bites..hooked the kelp on retrieve....but managed to pull out...the rod handled it easily..only the top 3ft - 4ft giving... with plenty of beef in the middle part....so far so good ...well impressed for the price..cant wait to really give it some stick later this week....will post details

since writing this i have used it for nearly all my fishing except for really heavy ground, although it could probably cope if used sensibly...although fishing has been poor i have enjoyed casting with the rod and have no qualms recommending a sonik rod to anyone as they are well worth the price and IMHO are better than some of the more expensive rods from the other leading
manufacturers..
cheers
sage
 
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i fished with it tonight.

impreesed, fished some rough ground and it was fine.
didnt manage any fish but the rod has good bite detection, had a few rattles.

rod was strong and managed to pull my gear back from a few snags ;D

well worth the money in my opinion
 

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