Quote Originally Posted by Grainraiser View Post
With a float tube I would not get a rod longer than 6ft. The problem with a longer rod is unhooking fish while sitting in a float tube. You have to swing the fish toward you to land it. Try sitting in a chair and experiment landing a fish with different rod lengths. The longer the rod the more difficult it is.

Reggie
Reggie ... though I've never fished out of a float tube, I can't conceive of any reason why a longer rod would be any harder to land a fish with
Wouldn't you just have to leave a little more line out, than when using a shorter rod ??

I would think sitting on the "floor" would be a better exercise in finding out the difficulty of landing a fish from a float tube, than sitting in a chair ... seeing as how, when in a float tube, you're basically waist deep in water (so you can't rise above the water's surface with your body, and the fish will be coming to you at waist level).

Like I said ... ain't never done it, so I'm not disputing your word ... just curious as to how you came to that conclusion.

... cp