Don't get one of these poles.

[Cane Pole]

Last year Christmas present I finally got round to using. If I had bought it myself, well you all know.

1 trip,1 fish, 1 pole. Snap. BPS series GS IM6. Usta be 6 footer single piece.

3-4 pound drum.

[deathb4disco]

What happened? Did you have the drag tightened down all the way or was there just a flaw in the rod?

[stinkies daddy]

Send that sucker back, I got a 7' float & fly rod and it has handled bigger fish than a 3 lb drum! i think you just got a bad 1, and if you get a good 1 you will love it!

[Cane Pole]

What happened? Did you have the drag tightened down all the way or was there just a flaw in the rod?

lifting it out of the water. I am not much on netting fish. Lip 'em and 'grip em.

Hard to lip drums. Can't tell mouth from butt.

I got a cheap trotline mesh net. Can't stand it.

[skiptomylu]

lifting it out of the water. I am not much on netting fish. Lip 'em and 'grip em.

Hard to lip drums. Can't tell mouth from butt.

I got a cheap trotline mesh net. Can't stand it.

Cane Pole I have one of the rubber nets and you would love it except that it's a bit heavy. Nothing tangles in that net. I originally bought it because I was fishing for crappie using a drop shot rig and every time we netted a fish the darn sinker hanging on the bottom would get tangled really bad. Since I got this rubber net I get my jigs and hooks out easy.

Not cheap, but worth it.

Skip

[boatstall]

Ditto on the rubber net.

[TreednNC]

1st....I wouldnt lift a 3-4lb fish with that rod...
2nd....It looks similar to the BPS tourny series rods? If so, it is without a doubt one of the best rods I have ever owned. Ive got a tourny series rod, 6' that has caught: too many small mouth to remember, largemouth, WAYYYYYYYY too many stripers to try to count from 18-26in, catfish to 8lbs, more bream than I care to remember, crappies, white perch, upwards of 40 flounder, hooked up with a puppy drum (red drum), bluefish, and lizard fish. One of my "quick trip all purpose" rods. Best $40 spent on fishing from my wallet. I wouldnt try to lift a 3 to 4lb fish with it, but then again I doubt I would with my 7ft heavy action flathead rods. Mine is the medium action 1/4-5/8oz....my buddy has same rod to 3/4oz and has taken the same stuff basically.

3rd Take it back, get it replaced, and buy a net lol

[badbrad]

Tom, my guess is you just happened to get one that was flawed somehow. I've been using some ugly stick trolling rods for hybrids up here for several years now. I bought a new one and the first trip out snapped it on a 3lb fish. No mistreating it, just went to set a hook and "Snap!" Never had a minutes trouble out of the other rodss and caught quite a few big hybrids on them. I took it back and got a replacement, they have a 7 year warranty, and have not had any more problems.

[minnowsoaker]

I had a 7' St. Croix ultra light 2 piece that broke on the first trip out, first hook set on a small maybe 2 lb. bass. I aint gonna say St. Croix is junk though, just must have gotten a defect. It happens with just about everything once in a while you get a bad one. I now fish with the Ugly Stick Light Pro rods in ultra light action and love em. They are the ones w/ the cork handle. I've had six of em for quite a while and hadn't had a single problem. They are also much easier on the wallet. As for the rubber net, I got one of those too. It's already developed a couple of small holes in it, not sure what from but I still like it and would buy another.

[Bluegilll]

Tom your gonna have to quit eatin so many soup beans & fried taters before you go fishin.They give you to much strength & you don't even realize it :D