I was running 6 hooks with a 2 or 3 oz sinker before the rules changed on the big 4, Our last few trips to Tunica cut off produced more carp and gar than crappie, haven't been back.
One of the blue/silver Peanut rods broke in the center section on a 20 lb gar, save it for parts.
One BnM rod broke in the second section on a gar. I called, they wanted $35 for the section for a $13 rod, $10 was shipping. I cleaned the tore area, slid the top into the bottom and glued. A bit shorter, doesn't have the same arch, but still catches fish. Some of the tips have broke, I replaced with a larger top and keep fishing.
Those plastic add on guides weren't any good. I never could get a rod to balance out right in the arch and some would snap.