Favorite rod length.

[Captain Kyle]

Just wondering what yall prefer in rod length for fishing from a boat. I have always just got 7 footers but i am hearing more and more about 7.5 and even 8 foot rods lately. Am i missing something?

[Gilbert]

dang, that's a long rod. lol.

I fish with my 6'-2 to 6'-9. I couldn't imagine going longer than 6'-9.

[Moonpie]

I like 7foot. Plenty of leverage to cast and handle fish.

[Reef Drifter]

six and a half

[kenny]

Just wondering what yall prefer in rod length for fishing from a boat. I have always just got 7 footers but i am hearing more and more about 7.5 and even 8 foot rods lately. Am i missing something?

It's just marketing, a way to sell more rods. They all work.......

[24Buds]

I throw a 7 or a 6'6". Not sure an 8 foot would be better? I guess you would get more cast out of it as the tip would be movin!

[Oleander Kayaker]

I agree with Kenny and that they fit entirely into the car. I use 6.5' to 7'. 8' would be too long.

Anything shorter is a Weiner.

[Captain Kyle]

Yeah i was looking at the lengths on the gloomis pro green and was wondering what someone would want an 7'10" rod for. Then i saw the local favorute waterloo offers up to 7.

[C4E]

I got an 8 footer a few weeks back for potlickin outta da bote. I find that its not so great for workin poppin cork unless you got wrists like Harry Palms. Also I find that I smash the tip into everything everywhere including ther Tiki Island channel bridge, its just akwardly long for travel and transport becasue im not used to it but im gettin better at takin it easy on it. Other than that matched up w a curado 300 its awesome to whoop up on some fish around the bote, around the motor, around the power pole, around the bow, and over the moon. You can really use the xtra foot or so to your advantage w leverage drag manuevering etc. Ill take the last 2 pros over the first 2 cons. Just another example of how an inch or 12 in the right place makes a big difference

[Milkjug]

No one has made any immature jokes yet, ya'll never fail to impress me.

[Oleander Kayaker]

No one has made any immature jokes yet, ya'll never fail to impress me.

I made a reference to an immaturity, but it was easy to miss.

[imhammer]

No one has made any immature jokes yet, ya'll never fail to impress me.

Exactly what I was thinking......I use a 6' 6" to 7', but I really like the 7'ers

[C4E]

It was hard.......

[Captain Kyle]

C4E what about casting accuracy/distance?

[C4E]

You can empty 1/4-1/2 the spool with 20lbs mono on a curado 200 (hence the 300) if you really try or if you got some weight on there. However with the hook so far out there with mono its hard to set the hook good imo so I dont usually let it rip I dont feel that accuracy is affected too much, if at all in most scenarios.