What to look for when picking a GOOD Fishing Rod 

My favorite rod is the one with a fish on the end of it😁😁😁

It would be kind of cool if you did a video about these rods from the cheapest to the most expensive and what make them good/bad and why. Just thinking something for your next video that would be really informative. I retired ten years ago and hope to make a road-trip to the east coast this summer, maybe I'll run into you, Tight line.

Thanks for the shoutout Keith. Another amazing video brother.

Hello my dear friend happy Monday yup I remember your neighbor 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂I love the video I couldn't stop laughing when I see your other video with your neighbor 🤣 I still love my ugly stick GX 2 medium havey spinning combo 🔥🎣

Those Muddy River rods looked slick.

Hey I know that Freddie Guy!!!

I like the 2nd one by slamming in the truck tail gate . In the day my sons have shorten a many Fenwick ,St Croix with the car and truck door those where GREAT times .Thanks Keith

Thank you for this video. I learned a lot,and helps us to choose more wisely.

Them short ones at the end would be awesome cause that's less rod to store. I really liked them.

Great information. Thanks

I would say Hellcat sold me when he shut it in the back of the truck and tied it in a knot all of mine are Penn Shakespeare and Akuma

Great Information man! I May just have to look into a new kitty set up soon!

As always, love the video!!! Thank you!!!🙂🐟🎣

Thank you so much brother! It a great seeing you again!

They all look pretty darn nice to me. Fish on!

Its fun to go to conventions i enjoy it alot . Thats some cool rods that can be smashed and bent like that ! Id like to buy a couple of those hmmm i wonder if they sell blanks to build a couple . Good Stuff As Usual on this channel Keith !

Thank You My Friend, for all You do! You are a positive energy in this world! Stay Strong! Will

Great show, thank you

That was a great video, a must!

I love my catch the fever rods. Great video brother.

That was great thanks for sharing I wish you the best for 2023

Great conference video and informational, another great video, keepem comin.

I have one Madkatz rod and two Warrior Cat rods. Both offer exceptional customer service. Warrior Cat customer service went beyond expectations for me. The issue that I ran into with a lot of rod makers is that they only offered rods in 7'6" length or over. I don't fish with rods over 7'2" to include my bass rods because I do a lot of kayak and bank fishing..

Always good to catch one early early !!

Excellent video I think I like the hellcat the best

I have been really happy with my 10' heavy, pro angler tackle, spinning rods.

Good un Keith. Glad to see you weren't there just to have fun, but we're actually workin. And more than that thinking about all of that wasn't there. Buddy, I sure hope your wife appreciates how hard you were working there. I really like the Ugly Sticks, I've been a big fan for years. Keep the great videos coming brother. God bless you and your family my friend. Stay safe, and wishin tight lines for you.

Great video as always, man I wish I would've sent you after a couple of those muddy river blue cat rods . Looks like the conference is growing big time, Thanks for sharing,

Thank you

I ended up buying 7 Rippin Lips rods this year, 3 Legacy, 1 Legacy SE and 3 HD's. I started off with 2 and then bought a bunch more after fishing with them. They were what I was looking for. These companies charging $100+ for some heavy ass E-glass 1960's party boat rod blanks is criminal.

My favorite channel on RU-vid by a mile!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep up the awesome content!!!

I never get to attend events like this, so thanks for taking me along! Just leave Cranky at home next time... God bless ALL of us! WWG1WGA

That's really awesome 👌 👏 👍 ❤

Amen Sir they all Awsome

The tfr felt the lightest to me at the conference and very strong

Another very interesting video Thank you

Nice video.

Now that was some cool rods.

Keith, put'n them guys on the spot! Good job man!

If you don't use those whiskerseeker rods. I WILL. 😆 They are my favorite rod. 7'6" medium heavy. Great video neighbor.

I own a Hellcat rod (good rod) and reached out to Catch the Fever about a dragging rod with no response to my emails (working 10-12 a day and couldn't call at the time). Had an issue with the Whisker Seeker rod aluminum reel seat, did a review about it and Whisker Seeker reached out (they contacted me) and fixed the issue. Anyway, Whisker Seeker with their customer service has my business and I spend all my money with them. Keith, Love the videos,. You do a great job explaining things and your videos are entertaining, Keep it up!!!

Good stuff buddy.

I’m comen fer thet wallbass, just sayen love these videos keepem coming

I just ordered the puzzle 2.0 from madkatz and I can't wait until it gets here so I can start catfishing.

Good stuff as always. I roll my own and the are very close to the Hellcat. Just not nearly as loud.

I went through many rods before finding CTF. Now I have 7 and need more. Nothing compares to them for me.

Great info! Steven from Boston MA🇺🇸⚓️😎☃️

Wow! some of those rods are awesome to look at, just sayin'

I love my Denali bottom feeder. I think they are overlooked and underrated.

I'm going with Justin with TFR rods. 💪💯

I would love to have any of them rods but, money plays a big part for me. I’m using B & M rods from Walmart. One day I will get me one of them fancy rods though. Great video Keith.

whisker whips!

Cranky 😄😄. All those rods was Awesome .

Awesome

Seen you there but didn't get a chance to talk to you. More catfish rods I've ever seen but i went with 3 catch the fever rods. Keep up the good stuff.

Give me the $80 Berkley Ecat for dragging, the $80 Ugly Stik Bigwater for suspending, and the $25 Berkley Big Game for bumping. Very few of the rods I saw at the conference were any better, although they were pretty looking and dag gum eck pen sev! The best of the best are some of the custom rods with swirled guides (guide lines up at reel then swirls to the other side of the rod), but at $200+...who can afford that for one rod? For bank fishing, any 12' glass salt water surf rod will outcast the composites. My opinion from fishing for Tennessee River big cats for over 10 years, just sayin. :)

great video just out cousin trouble huh? lol love the short jokes too 🤣

Soon as the ice is off the lake,I'm on it !! Using 🎣 hacks... 😉

I like Freddie’s F O A rods cause he’s a SC boy like me.

My compliments on including some commentary about the Ugly Stik. I just got an Ugly Stik Tiger Elite, and paid $59 for it. I realize the other rods you showed are "specialized", but they are FAR more $. Love 'dem Ugly Stiks! Just sayin'.

I bought a few Rippin Lips about 5-6 yrs ago.Didn't know at the time they're S-glass.I hate composite rods (except Ugly Stik),I try to get nothing but full fiberglass.I don't care about weight,weight doesn't mean crap when you're not holding/casting them every second your fishing. My smaller rods like UL,L,Med I like them to be fiberglass too but they're hard to find.Even my 10' fiberglass UL isn't bad to use all day for Crappie,but then I was used to working and swinging a 17-20lb chainsaw 10+ hrs a day and 1-2lb isn't going to matter. I have had a few composite rods break,one had a 6" chunk fly past my head and nearly took my eye out.Never had a 100% fiberglass rod break in my 46 or so years fishing.The one Rippin Lips rod broke the tip just getting it out of the truck.Emailed them about it to see if there was a replacement tip for it since it was a 2pc rod.Nope no replacement tips. I wish I could find more of the rods I replaced them with,they were only $24ea. but 100% fiberglass.

Great

The Lure is killin it

Hay you need to do a test on all of them to see witch ome can do the cut .

Kris is the O.G. in RU-vid Cat-fishing. So glad to see he is still around even though he isn't posting much.

Loved the rod which could bend all the way around and not break. My preference for the range of saltwater fish we target is medium-light action on an unbreakable rod. Haven't found that combination yet, so we end up replacing rods every so often 😂.

willow branch and a string tied to it?

My fav will probably always be ugly stiks me and my dad have at least 1 for every type of fishing.

Where did the fisherman go to get his hair cut? - the bobber shop! 😂

Hallcat FTW!!

Love my r&l rods I got the green ones you will like them.

Love the videos , do you make videos of ya fishing?

I like what rippin lips said..He is not claiming his rods are the best. #respect

My favorite rod will be the one with eyes that don’t get cut grooves by the line after two years(braid or mono) . Whisker seeker and ugly stik catfish have failed me in that position.

Great Video Keith and all great owners and rods, but I wished you could of had the chance to talk with PJ Kirker, the owner of Trophy Cat Tackle.

Had to come back to this video to admire the hellcats again. Eventually I'll get a few to go with my penn reels that were left to me.

I wish that someone would come out with a rod just like the king fisher and the conolon back in the 60-70

I can't wait to see you test some of them rods. I think I'm gonna get in more trouble with my wife again. Hey you can never have to many fishing rods!!! 😆 Really cool video as always. Just saying

I got me a medium heavy orange hellcat haven't fished with it yet tho

I know you couldn’t include all rods in video. But did you get to check out the Anvil Rods? They got my business that day .

There is so many good quality rods on the market now.

You said those scissors didn't weigh anything after you just showed us they weigh four ounces I'm just saying you know what I'm saying 😂 love the videos

I absolutely enjoy all of the 20+ videos I have watched and can find only one criticism. You continue to use the word "cheap" when, based on your content and purpose, you mean "inexpensive". Cheap means that you don't get what you paid for or what you bought isn't worth what you paid, isn't good use of/waste of money and the end result, in your case, won't last very long. Inexpensive, on the other hand, means you got/get more than you paid for, quality, will last a long time, results in a favorable deal/result and worth your money. Do what you want with this information as I know it will be too expensive to correct/res-shoot all your videos but you might want to re-think which word you use in the future because all of your videos are the result of inexpensive application of quality materials. KEEP UP THE GREAT VIDEOS!

Whisker seeker FMJ “know what I’m sayin?” Enough said right there…

I still like the Shakespeare SPL1100 rods in 7' , to bad the company still don't make them anymore. My SPL is over forty years and still going. If I find a SPL in any store I still buy them. Would like to try those hellcats though.

Hay thanks for showing this. 🤔 You Tuber rods🤔 ........

When are you going to build/design YOUR fishing rod? 🙏❤️🇺🇸👍

I have enjoyed my mad katz

Sorry I missed you at the conference

I just want to know if there’s a way I can get a fishin n stuff shirt they’re so awesome you know what I’m sayin?….you know what I’m sayin 😂

That Rapala Rap-V stays having jokes up it's sleeve.

Love your videos! I met you at the 23 catfish conference. I’m the guy wearing the Oklahoma hoody! Just wanted to say Hello!!

The joke's gets me everytime 😆😆😆

I did watch your last video. Thought you changed to the boat show channel. Looks like you changed your mind to the fishing pole advertisement channel.

I’d rather buy a muddy river rod I’m from El Paso TX. we support our neighbors kris Flores

muddy river i like the colors 👁️👁️ i might just get one them brown ones are nice i have 2 of the whisker seekers

Nice video! Who makes the best Made in America rod?

That’s it I’m coming for that wallbass I dang near choked on my apple on that , well all three but I’m going ya take my pole ta catch me a wooped

Boom!

Boy I'll tell you what when I saw that guy slam that rod tip in that tailgate I was like goooooollllllleeeeeeeee I need a catch the fever rod dang I never seen nothing like that in my life