https://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Stik-Tiger-Casting-Rod/dp/B01IDEPLV2/ref=sr_1_11?crid=3MR6GMVNESLBH&keywords=ugly%2Bstik%2Btiger&qid=1683124768&sprefix=ugly%2Bstik%2Btiger%2Caps%2C256&sr=8-11&th=1

Is this Ugly Stik the all-around option talked about above?  I see even "Ugly Stik Tiger" yielded a few different rods (at least by the name).

And, it seems to me most technical data is missing the most critical - how heavy can the load be, before the stick breaks.  Is this not important?  Seems to me this is equivalent to the weight capacity of a kayak, which is very critical data.

A few rods I have now are very thin and bends easily; if I hook a 20 lb halibut I think the rods might break.

Quote from: eiboh on April 15, 2023, 08:08:14 PM

Quote from: charles on April 15, 2023, 04:58:43 PM

I don't think it is the number of fisherman that determine the overall catch but it is the efficiency most anglers have now. GPS mapping , color depth finders, the ability to mark and return to spots. In the past, offshore fishing depended on reading rock outcroppings, the color of water, and accepting that current with fog would push you off a hotspot into dead zones and one had a hard time re-locating where the fish were. We have entered the electronic era and it is easier to catch fish so yes, reduce limits to whatever makes fishing sustainable.

Plus one. Today if a fisherman is on a hot bite and conditions are just perfect he can pull the cell phone out of the pocket and relay that information to a friend or family member and from that friend or family member it gets passed on again to a couple more people in the blink of an eye.
In the not so long ago past you would have to wait till you were at a payphone to relay that information which could be at the end of that day's fishing or the next morning .
Today everything's real time kind of like watching the news it is not recorded from a couple hours ago or from yesterday like it was 25 or 30 years ago.

Everyone should read The Unnatural History of the Sea by Callum Roberts. In it he discusses how as fish have become harder to catch, our fishing methods have become more efficient, so we still catch (more or less) the same numbers of fish even though populations are declining, leaving us unaware of the damage we are doing to our fisheries. He also covers "shifting baselines," the phenomenon by which we normalize declining fish populations so much that we've forgotten how productive our fisheries were 10, 20, 50, 100 years ago, etc. It's very interesting. Highly recommended.

https://www.amazon.com/Unnatural-History-Sea-Callum-Roberts/dp/1597265772/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=241643588059&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9031954&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=15461084735029071704&hvtargid=kwd-4045349625&hydadcr=3233_10393018&keywords=the+unnatural+history+of+the+sea&qid=1681648740&s=books&sr=1-1#customerReviews

Quote from: SmokeOnTheWater on April 12, 2023, 08:51:51 AM

And damnit, looks like he's Korean.  Just want to make it clear that the Koreans do not claim him.     

A NCKA racial draft ala classic Dave Chapelle seems like a terrible idea.  I'm in.

He may be hapa.  On behalf of the white delegation, we do not claim him either.  He's a free agent now if any other delegation is interested.

I don't get the Desire to fish that deep.

Bought an aluminum alps reel seat, which might be dumb as most spj rods go for small graphite reel seats since they bend all the way down to the butt but I wanted to cool trigger that came on it lol.

Quote from: ex-kayaker on March 11, 2023, 08:36:26 AM

It looks a little naked…..perhaps some decals of the fishing genre would help complete the look…..you know, make it a conversation piece.   

perhaps we need to get some decals donated to the cause ..I know I have few to give ..PO box there Eddie ? ..LOL