PARK FALLS, Wis. (March 22, 2024) The physical aspects of fishing are what allow anglers to execute their mental game plan. Making the intended cast; presenting the lure to optimize its action and appeal; setting the hook; fighting the fish these are all physical acts that require angling skills and expertise, but each is governed by the core scientific principles surrounding energy and force. From loading the rod for a cast, a hookset, or to move a fish away from trouble to sensing a strike, a lure's action, or lure contact, every action has a reaction.
Conceived in science and born from 75 years of passionate experience in designing and crafting the Best Rods on Earth, the all-new St. Croix PHYSYX Series exists to elevate the angling experience by promoting and advancing angler control in every physical action.
CHOOSE YOUR SCIENCE
Which PHYSYX model is right for you? All of them, most likely, as the TRIGON handle profile and anthropometric dimensions are optimized for an ideal fit to 90+% of anglers hands. That said, lets take an in-depth look at each individual PHYSYX model, the specific techniques they excel at, and how each has been purpose designed and crafted to deliver better experiences and results on the water.
PHYSYX CASTING RODS
The PHYSYX PHXC68MXF is a 68, medium power, extra fast action casting rod thats the top pick in the lineup for fishing ¼ to 5/8-oz. hard and soft jerkbaits on 8 to 20-pound line. Its also an excellent choice for weightless Texas rigs, weightless wacky rigs, and surface poppers & chuggers. Retail price is $375.
An all-time angler-favorite length/power/action, the PHYSYX PHXC70MHMF is a 70, medium-heavy power, moderate-fast action casting rod designed to excel at fishing 3/8 to ¾-oz. spinnerbaits on 12 to 20-pound line. Its also a smart choice for jerkbaits, buzzbaits, wakebaits, swimbaits, swimjigs, spybaits, squarebills, and other shallow-to-mid-diving crankbaits. Retail price is $380.
The PHYSYX PHXC70HF is a 70, heavy power, fast action casting rod optimized for accurate pitching, flipping, and skipping around and under boat docks with 3/8 to 1-1/2-oz. jigs on 14 to 25-pound line. Its also a desirable choice for power dropshotting in and around heavy cover, fishing heavy jigs in deep water, and working hollow-body frogs. Retail price is $380.
The PHYSYX PHXC71MF is a highly versatile 71, medium power, fast action casting rod that can pitch, flip, and cast a wide variety of weighted and unweighted soft plastics from 3/16 to 5/8-oz. on 6 to 20-pound line. It also fishes very well with spinnerbaits, topwater baits, and swimming baits in that weight range. Retail price is $380.
A more powerful version of the PHXC71MF, the PHYSYX PHXC71MHF is a 71, medium-heavy power, fast action casting rod that can pitch, flip, and cast a wide variety of weighted soft plastics and jigs from 3/8 to 3/4-oz. on 12 to 20-pound line. It also fishes very well with spinnerbaits, topwater baits, and swimming baits in that weight range. Retail price is $380.
The PHYSYX PHXC72MM is a 72, medium power, moderate action, iAct (SCIV+ and linear S-Glass hybrid blank) casting rod designed for shallow and mid-depth crankbaits between ¼ and ¾ oz. on 8 to 14-pound line. Its also an excellent choice for lighter chatterbaits in open water, propbaits, and spybaits. Retail price is $390.
The PHYSYX PHXC72MHM is a 72, medium-heavy power, moderate action casting rod designed for anglers who prefer crankbait fishing with a pure carbon rod. It excels in presenting squarebills and other shallow-to-mid-depth crankbaits like Rapala DT4s, DT6s, and DT8s, as well as chatterbaits in the 3/8 to 7/8-oz. range on 12 to 20-pound line. This rod also performs well with wakebaits, propbaits, buzzbaits, and spinhead jigs. Retail price is $390.
The versatile PHYSYX PHXC72MHMF is a 7'2", medium-heavy power, moderate-fast action casting rod designed for squarebills and mid-depth crankbaits, spybaits, spinhead jigs, soft-bodied swimbaits, hard and soft jerkbaits, poppers, buzzbaits, propbaits, wakebaits, and small-profile chatterbaits like the Z-Man Mini Max in the 5/16 to 7/8-oz. range on 12 to 20-pound line. Retail price is $390.
Designed for fishing chatterbaits in and around grass, the PHYSYX PHXC72HM is a 72, heavy power, moderate action, iAct (SCIV+ and linear S-Glass hybrid blank) casting rod that also excels fishing mid-to-deep-diving crankbaits, lipless cranks, spinnerbaits, and buzzbaits from ½ to 1-3/8 oz. on 12 to 25-pound line. Retail price is $395.
Another versatile performer, the PHYSYX PHXC73MHF is a 73, medium-heavy power, fast action casting rod designed for baits between 5/16 and 1 oz. and 14-to-65-pound line. Its a great all-around rod for Texas rigs, weighted wacky rigs, heavy Ned rigs, heavy Neko rigs, power dropshotting, tubes, flipping, Carolina rigs, light Tokyo rigs, wobble-head and football jigs, prop baits, walking topwaters, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, wake baits, chatterbaits, medium soft-bodied swimbaits, single-hook swimbaits like a Keitech, swimjigs, and frogs. Retail price is $400.
The PHYSYX PHXC73HMF is a 73, heavy power, moderate-fast action, crossover casting rod designed for flipping, fishing a bladed jig in heavy cover, and mid-to-deep-diving crankbaits between 3/8 and 1 oz. on 14 to 65-pound line. Its also a create choice for Texas and Carolina rigs, heavy Neko rigs, Tokyo rigs, punchin, and buzzbaits. Retail price is $400.
Th PHYSYX PHXC73HXF is a 73, heavy power, extra-fast action casting rod purpose designed for power dropshotting in and around docks, pads, and other heavy cover, and is a great flippin rod as well. It also excels at bomb-casting poppers, chuggers, propbaits, walking baits, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, frogs, and wakebaits; working swimming baits like the Gambler BigEZ or Zoom Uni-Toad around heavy cover; as well as contact presentations like Texas rigs and football jigs. Its rated for 3/8 to 7/8-oz. lures and 14 to 65-pound line. Retail price is $400.
The PHYSYX PHXC74MHM is a 74, medium-heavy power, moderate action, iAct (SCIV+ and linear S-Glass hybrid blank) casting rod designed for maximum performance with mid-to-extra-deep-diving crankbaits like Strike King 4XDs, 5XDs, and 6XDs. Its rated for 3/8 to 1-oz. lures and 10 to 20-pound line. Retail price is $405.
The PHYSYX PHXC74HF is a 74, heavy power, fast action casting rod optimized to extract big bass from heavy cover. It excels at frog-fishing, punchin, and heavy-cover flippin. Designed for 3/8 to 1-1/2-oz. lures and 14 to 65-pound line, its also an excellent choice for swimworms, big spoons, spinnerbaits, propbaits, magnum Texas rigs, heavy Neko rigs and Tokyo rigs, football jigs, and power dropshotting. Retail price is $405.
The PHYSYX PHXC75MHF 75 is a medium-heavy power, fast action casting rod rated for 3/8 to 1-oz. baits on 14 to 65-pound line. It excels in heavier contact-fishing techniques like tubes, Texas rigs, Carolina rigs, and football jigs in deep water, and is also an excellent choice for flippin. Its is also the right rod for fishing most spoons, medium swimbaits, swimjigs, and swimworms. Its length and versatility make the PHXC75MHF an excellent rod for live sonar presentations. Retail price is $410.
The PHYSYX PHXC76MHMF is a 76, medium-heavy power, moderate-fast action casting rod optimized for 6 Megabass Magdrafts and other similar 5 to 7 swimbaits in the 3/8 to 1-3/8-oz. range on 12 to 25-pound line. The PHXC76MHMF also excels at stroking spoons and fishing Carolina rigs and football-head jigs. Retail price is $415.
The PHYSYX PHXC76HMF is a 7'6", heavy power, moderate-fast action casting rod optimized for heavy flippin' applications with 3/8 to 1-oz. jigs on 14 to 65-pound line. It also excels in presenting magnum Texas rigs and Carolina rigs. Retail price is $415.
PHYSYX SPINNING RODS
The PHYSYX PHXS68MXF is a 68, medium power, extra-fast action spinning rod optimized for 3/16 to 5/8-oz. lures on 6 to 20-pound line. This versatile rod excels at presenting jerkbaits, poppers, chuggers, and walking topwater lures, Jigging-Rap-style baits, vertical jigging, Damiki rigs, Texas, wacky, and Ned rigs, tubes, shakeyheads, and pitching jig-and-minnow combinations. A highly accurate caster, the PHXS68MXF is also a great all-around live sonar rod for casting, pitching, and vertical presentations. Retail price is $365.
The PHYSYX PHXS610MLXF is a dropshot specialist thats also exceedingly capable with any other soft-plastic finesse presentations with lures from 1/16 to 3/8 oz. on 6 to 20-pound line. The 610, medium-light power, extra-fast action spinning rod is also a viable choice for hard and soft jerkbaits and hair jigs. Retail price is $370.
A spinning rod that does almost everything well, the PHYSYX PHXS71MF is 71, medium power, fast action rod designed for 3/16 to 5/8-oz. lures on 6 to 20-pound line. From topwaters and jerkbaits to Jigging Raps, swimming baits, and skipping the docks plus a full range of bottom-contact techniques and presentations including Ned rigs, Texas rigs and more the PHXS71MF is a highly versatile choice. This is one of the PHYSYX rods 2024 Bassmaster Elite Angler of the Year and Rookie of the Year co-leader, Trey McKinney, used during his historic win at Lake Fork earlier this month. Retail price is $380.
A slightly longer dropshot specialist thats also exceedingly capable with any other soft-plastic finesse presentations with lures from 1/16 to 3/8 oz. on 6 to 20-pound line, the PHYSYX PHXS73MLXF is a 73, medium-light power, extra-fast action spinning rod thats also a smart choice for hair jigs and live sonar presentations that require longer casts. Retail price is $380.
A heavier dropshot spinning rod for bigger fish or power-finesse presentations in and around cover, the PHYSYX PHXS73MXF is a 73, medium power, extra-fast action rod thats also highly capable with a full range of bottom-contact presentations with 3/16 to ½-oz. lures on 6 to 20-pound line. Its also a great all-around choice for targeting fish on forward facing sonar with small swimbaits, lipless crankbaits, and other aforementioned contact presentations, such as working ¼ to 3/8-oz. Keitech Tungsten Football Jigs with a trailer. Retail price is $380.
A more powerful version of the PHXS73MXF, the PHYSYX PHXS73MHF is a 73, medium-heavy power, fast action spinning rod rated for heavier 5/16 to 1-oz. lures on 6 to 20-pound line. It excels at all deep-water bottom-contact presentations and is highly capable with medium swimbaits, spinhead jigs, swimworms, heavy dropshotting, and tubes. Another great choice for live sonar. Retail price is $380.
The PHYSYX PHXS710MLXF is a long-casting, sensitive rod optimized for fishing 1/16 to 3/8-oz. hair jigs on 6 to 20-pound line. Its a 710, medium-light power, extra-fast action spinning rod that also excels at pitching dropshot rigs and other small baits to targets on live sonar. Retail price is $415.
The PHYSYX PHXS710MMF is a 710, medium power, moderate-fast action spinning rod designed to fish medium swimbaits, spybaits, spinhead jigs, and shallow-to-medium-diving crankbaits between 3/8 and 5/8-oz. on 6 to 20-pound line. Also a great live sonar rod. Retail price is $415.
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PHYSYX is for anglers who demand every advantage a fishing rod can deliver in today's most effective freshwater techniques and presentations. Offering a unique synergy of cutting-edge materials, performance, and pioneering ergonomics, new PHYSYX rods are available for purchase at St. Croix dealers worldwide and online at stcroixrods.com right now.
PHYSYX FEATURES
17 casting models and 8 spinning models optimized for high-performance freshwater presentations
Next-generation technique-specific hybrid carbon fiber SCIV+ blanks
Technique-specific iAct (SCIV+ and linear S-Glass) hybrid blanks on select reaction-bait models
Fortified Resin System (FRS) technology
Advanced Reinforcing TechnologyTM (ARTTM)
Integrated Poly Curve® (IPC®) mandrel technology
Taper Enhancement Technology (TET) blank design
Ultra-durable, rigid titanium guides with silicon carbide rings
Anthropometrics-driven split-grip St. Croix TRIGON molded carbon fiber handles with high-tactile TPU accents and molded carbon fiber DYNAMIX reel seats for dramatically increased comfort, control, and energy transmission
Rear trigger for enhanced control and casting accuracy, especially when using live sonar
Precision-machined aluminum reel seat nut
Model-specific hook keepers
15-year transferable warranty backed by St. Croix Superstar Service
Designed and handcrafted in Park Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.A. for anglers worldwide
Retail price $365 to $415
About St. Croix Rod
Headquartered in Park Falls, Wisconsin, St. Croix has been proudly crafting the Best Rods on Earth for 75 years. Combining state-of-the-art manufacturing processes with skilled craftsmanship, St. Croix is the only major producer to still build rods entirely from design through manufacturing. The company remains family-owned and operates duplicate manufacturing facilities in Park Falls and Fresnillo, Mexico. With popular trademarked series such as Legend®, Legend Xtreme®, Avid®, Premier®, Imperial®, Triumph® and Mojo, St. Croix is revered by all types of anglers from around the world.