Highlights
Quality
This rod seems well built, extra light weight, 10 guides, hook holder.
Despite its fragile appearance, it held up very well and felt solid.
It felt really cheap and flimsy, with way too much flex under load.
The 7'6" rod held up to a season of inshore striper fishing and landed a 30 lb cownose ray.
Price
I was looking for an inexpensive, extra, travel rod for one of my kids, that didn't feel cheap and clunky.
Everyone else can spend $100's at bass pro.
Packaging/appearance
I love the packaging and portability kastking provided with this rod.
It also came in a clear plastic container that was handy to just toss the whole thing in his backpack bag and be able to hike hands free.
I packed this pole in my luggage and caught many fish in the sarasota area.
Competitiveness
I am a custom to using a few particular name brand rods/reels.
Everyone else showed up with their expensive name brand gear in the large tubes and i had my kastking poles.
Overview
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 30.4% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 145 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 24 2024.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The included travel case does not have dividers in it so pieces are just floating around
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I will put some socks in there before this goes in the check bag
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Heavy is definitely more of a medium
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would suggest getting the heavy instead
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Purchased to take on trips but may end up using locally as well
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have several kastking products and have had mixed success
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However i was very disappointed with the sharky bait feeder 5000 series reel
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
It felt really cheap and flimsy with way too much flex under load