I caught a duck once . That was just weird . But the weirdest thing I ever hooked was a horse . It had come to investigate what the human was doing ( flyfishing ) next to the creek and got a little to close to my back cast .... Anyway , no harm down and no tackle damaged ( miraculously ) .
@TopKnoxFishing the upper end of what you catch. I fish the northeast for larger stripers lots of 30-40lbers but I like a real soft tip for circle hooks. I run striper stealths but availability sucks and want to find a similar rod kind of between the MH and heavy actions. Figured a quality catfish rod like what you use should fit the bill, just trying to get a gauge on action before I buy one.