12 foot rods

ARE not my speed , but when you LS with your bud , you kinda need to do it ....:banghead
at least it was nice 12 foot rod .....:Rofl
handled quite well actually , wasn't near as bad as my mind was saying it would be before I picked it up .....
still don't like it much , but it was a nice tool for the situation at hand ....
AND STILL ain't buying one anytime soon is my native american name btw .....:crazy:
it was a somebody er another version of a dobyns line up ....
not sure about ALL the other ones out there but to be sure of this ...
it was much better than 3 of the other big name fancy long rods I have used before on his boat ....
sensitivity and back bone and light as a feather are nice traits on a 12 footer .....
just saying :highfive

:yikesLooked it up, think it's the Josh Jones rod. Price is $$$$$$$ :yikes

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:yikesLooked it up, think it's the Josh Jones rod. Price is $$$$$$$ :yikes

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Sticker shock in all its glory.

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:yikesLooked it up, think it's the Josh Jones rod. Price is $$$$$$$ :yikes

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Got me curious enough to go look.
At least they have free shipping ;)

Did get me to thinking, at least you’d probably only need one. I’m used to needing 6-8 or more for a particular technique. Even with mediocre mid price stuff like I’m used to, X8 it adds up to a lotta $

Also thought, boy if I had one of those and broke it in the car door, I’d hope it was in my Maybach’s door :)


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Too expensive for me…..if I had one and broke it I would cry and my wife would do more than cry….:Rofl

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Too expensive for me…..if I had one and broke it I would cry and my wife would do more than cry….:Rofl

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You know, I just went and looked at their warranty. If I was a dedicated single poler I’d have to put hands on one of these. But I’m not………
Yet anyway lol


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I do like high-end equipment though. I just never buy high-end equipment.

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I do like high-end equipment though. I just never buy high-end equipment.

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Yeah, I will push my boundaries sometimes if I know I’m REALLY gonna use something a lot, and can see the value. Like it’ll outlast 3 or 4 cheaper ones. I do fall victim though to spending too much to make useful something I already spent too much on…

Case in point, I’ve got a Shimano spinning reel I bought during a case of crazy female induced mental instability - it was like 3x what I had ever spent on a reel. Now it’s hanging from the ceiling in my tackle room, doing me no good. But it would look FABULOUS on one of these rods hahahaha


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I have 4 different rods i use & that's either a 13 foot acc crappie stix super grip cross over rod, a 12 foot jenko kevin rogers signature series rod, an acc crappiestix 10 foot mid reel seat or a 9 foot okuma connisuer. You know a man can't have just one certain rod for everything or he wouldn't have anything to complain about spending money on. :biggrin

I been having Carpel Tunnel issues using 13' rods. I can flip a 1/8 oz jig plenty far with 11 1/2-foot rod.

it really is about how it feels to me and not who has it name branded , some of the other name branded long rods just didn’t feel right to me . Now is it worth what they are asking……
Not to me ….:Rofl

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I have 4 different rods i use & that's either a 13 foot acc crappie stix super grip cross over rod, a 12 foot jenko kevin rogers signature series rod, an acc crappiestix 10 foot mid reel seat or a 9 foot okuma connisuer. You know a man can't have just one certain rod for everything or he wouldn't have anything to complain about spending money on. :biggrin

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Kind of puts me in mind of deer rifles.
I’ve got one that’s super practical.
Another that I love and think is beautiful and magic. And then several more just cause. No need for all, but all will do the job. A happy place I am in there.


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Originally Posted by Ketchn

ARE not my speed , but when you LS with your bud , you kinda need to do it ....:banghead
at least it was nice 12 foot rod .....:Rofl
handled quite well actually , wasn't near as bad as my mind was saying it would be before I picked it up .....
still don't like it much , but it was a nice tool for the situation at hand ....
AND STILL ain't buying one anytime soon is my native american name btw .....:crazy:
it was a somebody er another version of a dobyns line up ....
not sure about ALL the other ones out there but to be sure of this ...
it was much better than 3 of the other big name fancy long rods I have used before on his boat ....
sensitivity and back bone and light as a feather are nice traits on a 12 footer .....
just saying :highfive

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Did I look at the right rod ? Price for 12' was 259.99 !:crazy:

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Did I look at the right rod ? Price for 12' was 259.99 !:crazy:

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Thinking yes , I asked him when I snatched the first fish with it , it really railed that shallow water crappie quite well and slung it smoothly in the boat and turned to him and said hey ….
Is this one a dem ridiculous priced whoever rods ?..:Rofl

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Did I look at the right rod ? Price for 12' was 259.99 !:crazy:

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Yep but it’s a terrific rod. It fishes a lot like the Huckabee Stryker you like(which I love too, Stryker is best rod on the market for the money IMO). But the Dobyn’s 12ft is fantastic if you can get over the price.

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Originally Posted by pab1981

Yep but it’s a terrific rod. It fishes a lot like the Huckabee Stryker you like(which I love too, Stryker is best rod on the market for the money IMO). But the Dobyn’s 12ft is fantastic if you can get over the price.

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Thank you. I’ve been itching to ask if anyone had tried both of those, how they stacked up. I’m a diehard troller.
But I just put one of those devil boxes on my boat, haven’t even had it on the water yet. But afraid I may like it. Can imagine me getting enthused and wanting to specialize in live sonar, which might mean a different style boat. How’s that saying go, I’m never gonna financially recover from this?

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Thank you. I’ve been itching to ask if anyone had tried both of those, how they stacked up. I’m a diehard troller.
But I just put one of those devil boxes on my boat, haven’t even had it on the water yet. But afraid I may like it. Can imagine me getting enthused and wanting to specialize in live sonar, which might mean a different style boat. How’s that saying go, I’m never gonna financially recover from this?

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once you use LS and figure it out , in most cases from what I seen , you are RUINED ......never going back and going in deeper every second :Rofl

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Thank you. I’ve been itching to ask if anyone had tried both of those, how they stacked up. I’m a diehard troller.
But I just put one of those devil boxes on my boat, haven’t even had it on the water yet. But afraid I may like it. Can imagine me getting enthused and wanting to specialize in live sonar, which might mean a different style boat. How’s that saying go, I’m never gonna financially recover from this?

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I had trouble with mine going on fourth year. Said if this thing quits I will buy another one . Well figured out it was just corroded connections on power cords / fuses. But had already ordered a new 12'' screen, black box and transducer. I won't fish without it. Trying to decide if I want to run two units on my boat. Once you learn to use one, they change the game. Our AGFC says the livescope fishermen don't catch many more and don't keep anymore fish. I told them they are full of it. Need to talk to guys that know how to use them or just look a those results of Crappie tournaments. Livescope is addicting to fishermen as video games are to kids these days ! :yikes

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I had trouble with mine going on fourth year. Said if this thing quits I will buy another one . Well figured out it was just corroded connections on power cords / fuses. But had already ordered a new 12'' screen, black box and transducer. I won't fish without it. Trying to decide if I want to run two units on my boat. Once you learn to use one, they change the game. Our AGFC says the livescope fishermen don't catch many more and don't keep anymore fish. I told them they are full of it. Need to talk to guys that know how to use them or just look a those results of Crappie tournaments. Livescope is addicting to fishermen as video games are to kids these days ! :yikes

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Yeah I think I got the wrong impression in the beginning. I was seeing people trolling around endlessly, looking at the screen, with rod across their knees and hook out of the water. I says to myself, ain’t gonna catch nothing with your jig 3 foot outta the water. But I know several who have got really good with it. I need to put some hours in and see if it’s for me or not.


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Nice rod there ketchn, after catching about 1000 or crappie with it you’ll come around.

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Originally Posted by Danny Lang

Nice rod there ketchn, after catching about 1000 or crappie with it you’ll come around.

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It ain’t likely I will use it that much , it was ok , but so was the other rod I grabbed , and I don’t LS much these days anyway

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I been having Carpel Tunnel issues using 13' rods. I can flip a 1/8 oz jig plenty far with 11 1/2-foot rod.

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When all is said & done i'll probably end up just using my 9 & 10 footers. Will be a lot less pain for sure.

I will stick with my Academy H20 12footer for $29.95. I catch or miss just as many fish with it than one of the high dollar units.

one of my buds only uses H2O rods as well , not bad stuff , I have a 10 and a 12 Berkley crappie long rod and they work just fine too and they were both bought at one of the Academy clearance deals back when for ....NINETY NINE CENTS EACH !
heck they were given to me by the guy who picked up about 20 of them on that run ....:Rofl

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one of my buds only uses H2O rods as well , not bad stuff , I have a 10 and a 12 Berkley crappie long rod and they work just fine too and they were both bought at one of the Academy clearance deals back when for ....NINETY NINE CENTS EACH !
heck they were given to me by the guy who picked up about 20 of them on that run ....:Rofl

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I got three of the older BnM Sharpshooters I got from Academy for .99. You should have seen my face when I ran them to the scanner. They did not have a price tag on them but they were sitting over in the corner by themselves. I know what that means at Academy :crazy:

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one of my buds only uses H2O rods as well , not bad stuff , I have a 10 and a 12 Berkley crappie long rod and they work just fine too and they were both bought at one of the Academy clearance deals back when for ....NINETY NINE CENTS EACH !
heck they were given to me by the guy who picked up about 20 of them on that run ....:Rofl

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Nothing wrong with the Berkley long rods.
I’ve got a stock pile myself of 12 &14 foot.
I think Berkley discontinued the c series right before the long rods became popular again with live scope.
I’ve never broken one. Even after big bass and mystery fish bend it past double under the boat.


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Originally Posted by GreenLine

Nothing wrong with the Berkley long rods.
I’ve got a stock pile myself of 12 &14 foot.
I think Berkley discontinued the c series right before the long rods became popular again with live scope.
I’ve never broken one. Even after big bass and mystery fish bend it past double under the boat.


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really are pretty decent for a long rod , wouldn't be worried to compete with one if I had the inclination and tools to do so :highfive