Pier Rod??

I am sure this has been covered on here many times before, but I am new to this forum so cut me some slack. I see all of you guys fishing for King with 9' or 10' custom rods with the big stainless eyes. I want to buy one but the only place I can find one for sale is from the Half Hitch in PCB. I am ballin' on a budget so I can't afford to have a custom rod made for me right now, any advice so I can have some options other than the Half Hitch's Rod? Or if any of you have one you would like to part with? Thanks guys!

J&M has some nice custom shelf rods.....you don't need custom to have fun fishing the pier....reel with line capacity is most important for kings, but most other things .....med rods 7-8ft work just fine.....fresh water gear works just fine, just fresh water rinse daily that is on the pier

As noted ,J&M can set you up.
Also, BassPro has decent rods for under $60. I use one for my primary king rod.
7-8' is all you want, anything longer is too heavy and too long..

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Originally Posted by ironman172

J&M has some nice custom shelf rods.....you don't need custom to have fun fishing the pier....reel with line capacity is most important for kings, but most other things .....med rods 7-8ft work just fine.....fresh water gear works just fine, just fresh water rinse daily that is on the pier

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Agreed,

Ugly Stik has their BigWater series 7' or 8' spinning rods for about $59.

I made the mistake (when first started coming ) thinking I needed big and heavy..... (it's the ocean where BIG FISH live), well the spanish were on fire throwing a jig on basically a lg cat fish rod.....by the end of the day my arms were like limp noodles.....that never happened again.....seems less is best

John from J&M mentioned in a W5B thread they had a Profile SSPC701 for $60

I fish now with a 9' Daiwa sealine rod with a 706z with 50 lb braid, it gets the job done. I'm actually trying to set my dad up a king rig for this summer. I have another reel and I was gonna buy me a new rod and put his reel on the rod I use now. Might just stay with my current set-up and buy him a rod you all suggested for Father's Day. Thanks guys.

I would ditch the 50# braid.
The 706z is only rated for ~15# of drag.
If you crank it down to take advantage of 50# line, you may end up bending the shaft or stripping gears or worse. A
nd its hard as hell to break off when you need too, like when you hook a shark or a big jack you don't want to land.

My 2 cents: If you still want to use braid, drop down to 20# or less. And make sure its bright colored so other guys can see it.

The anti-reverse dog will be the FIRST thing to go on a Penn 706z in that case (IF you are lucky).
Like stated, they were not designed to pull near that much load.

8' rod is my personal preference for weight and balance, everyone is a little different but ounces count when you are on the rail for hours waiting on that one bite...

I'll do that whenever it wears out. I'll just cut it in the meantime if I don't want the fish, I don't really like the big braid now, but it was expensive so I want to fish it out.

Now that I think about it, I don't want to tear up my reel. What size mono would y'all recommend for it?

325 yds17# to 300yds 20# mono on a 706

I use 15# mono on my king rods.

I just had 20 # high visibility mono put on mine reel. That way me and others can see that ugly orange line. My 2 cents

Cool, thanks everybody, I appreciate it.

I keep a few older Penn 4/0 6/0 around to use as a slave reel to transfer line to or swap ends of it to extend useful life of the line.

If you have a reel laying around you could use it to keep that 50lb on till you have a need for it.

Are any of the J&M rods 2 piece?

All of my Rods are 2 piece and are budget friendly, Amozon and EBay (ect.). I usually have several people that go with me, the reason for so many.
My setup now:


Cobia, King, Bull Reds
2-8' Tsunami Airwave MH SR with Penn Fierce II 6000 15lb Mono
1-7.6' Ugly Stik GX-2 M SR with Penn Battle II 5000 20lb Braid


Flounder, Reds
1-6.6' Ugly Stik GX-2 M SR with Penn Fierce II 5000 20lb Braid
1-6.6' Berkley Amp M SR with Penn Fierce II 4000 20lb Braid


Spanish
3-7' Abu Garcia Veritas 2.0 M SR with Penn Battle II 3000 20lb Braid


Pompano, Ground Mullet, Speck
2-6.6' Abu Garcia Vengeance ML SR with Penn Battle II 2000 6lb Fluoro


Backup, Bait Sabiki and Ribbon
1-6.6' Ugly Stik GX-2 M SR with Penn Pursuit II 5000 15lb Mono
1-6.6' Berkley Amp M SR with Penn Pursuit II 4000 10lb Mono
2-8' Ugly Stik Catfish MH SR with Penn Spinfisher V 8500 20lb Mono

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Originally Posted by J55

All of my Rods are 2 piece and are budget friendly, Amozon and EBay (ect.). I usually have several people that go with me, the reason for so many.
My setup now:


Cobia, King, Bull Reds
2-8' Tsunami Airwave MH SR with Penn Fierce II 6000 15lb Mono
1-7.6' Ugly Stik GX-2 M SR with Penn Battle II 5000 20lb Braid


Flounder, Reds
1-6.6' Ugly Stik GX-2 M SR with Penn Fierce II 5000 20lb Braid
1-6.6' Berkley Amp M SR with Penn Fierce II 4000 20lb Braid


Spanish
3-7' Abu Garcia Veritas 2.0 M SR with Penn Battle II 3000 20lb Braid


Pompano, Ground Mullet, Speck
2-6.6' Abu Garcia Vengeance ML SR with Penn Battle II 2000 6lb Fluoro


Backup, Bait Sabiki and Ribbon
1-6.6' Ugly Stik GX-2 M SR with Penn Pursuit II 5000 15lb Mono
1-6.6' Berkley Amp M SR with Penn Pursuit II 4000 10lb Mono
2-8' Ugly Stik Catfish MH SR with Penn Spinfisher V 8500 20lb Mono

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Have you had any problems with the guides falling off of the centers coming out of them?

I've had the centers come out of the Berkley Amps and they was replaced for free. That's why I changed my Spanish set ups to the Abu Garcia rods and have not had a problem with them. Just don't use the Berkley Amps to throw a lot of lures. The Tsunami Airwaves have been great so far, time will tell. The Ugly Stik's are the toughest just don't have that feel and are a little heavy.