Berkley Big Game Spinning Fishing Rod

Amazing Berkeley Rod. Paired with a size 5000-7500 reel “I used an 6000” and you can shore, surf, pier or jetty fish with confidence. Love the white color it helps see big hits late at night and it’s very sturdy. Its tip is not as fast as an ugly stick but no where near as stiff as a down-rigger or jigging or trolling rod. With 20 lb line I was consistently tossing 40-60 yard casts easily with no worry of popping the line or snapping the rod with both 2 and 3oz weights and I would not hesitate to use 4oz as well. I casted bunker on large striper circle Hooks size 5/6 and 7 hooks so nice chunks and also whole squid and whole belly clams and it’s seems to cast the same distance unlike if it was a very soft fast flimsy tip which seems to cast farther with lighter bait and poor cast with heavy bait. This rod doesn’t care what on the end of the hook and cast equally impressive.Landed a larger stripper first nite out from a jetty and landed 2 huge sand sharks approaching 20lbs and the Rod handled them with ease.Ordering another one and going to pair it with a penn 7500 reel with bait runner. Just to good of a Rod to not have 2. This finishes my salt water package now with two 8’ three 7’ one 9’ and one 10’. After falling for these 8’ I’ve relegated my trusty 7’ foot rods to lure only like poppers and sp minnow and spoons. They seem to cast better with lures and the extra 1’ and stiffness of this 8’ berkley makes me feel confident that even a 40+ pound stripper is coming home with me and I’m not losing the rod or line or reel. Sometimes I don’t want to fish with a 10’ or even a 9’ Rod as they are big and clumsy and I don’t need 75-100 yard cast. 8’ is the perfect size to be nimble yet have the same ability in power as a nice 9 or 10’ with only minuscule less casting distance. It does make you feel a lot more secure versus having a 7’ which even ugly sticks and a nasty big gorilla blue or cow stripper I’ve seen them snap in twolove this rod!!!!Thanks Berkley for such a great rod and I’m a customer for life

Hard to beat for the price!!This rod isn’t anything special and that’s what I love about it. Handles up to 4oz decently, it’s a little wobbly not too stout, but perfect for cut bait fishing which is what I use it for.I’ve put this rod through it’s paces on the river striper fishing in some heavy current. Casts well enough I have it paired to a Quantim Optix 60 reel (another insane deal of a reel) with 50lb hi-vis braid. I even tried crab snaring with it, probably won’t do that again as I’m throwing at least 8oz snares BUT it handled it lol.Also we landed this nice striper on the setup and it handled well. I’d say give it a go it’s a solid go to rod for bait fishing or to let a friend use and you don’t really need to worry about it getting messed up.

I have been using these rods for 3 seasons now paired with bait runner style reels exclusively fishing cut and live bait for Cobia in the Chesapeake Bay. I have 6 of them and they all have worked flawlessly catching Cobia up to 75 lbs so far. The 8’ length has worked great for getting around the outboard motor on the boat we use when fighting fish. I also have the bait caster style of this rod and they also have worked flawlessly when trolling for mackerel and bluefish. I highly recommend these rods as they are a great value for the low cost and performance that you get for that cost.

Nice heavy duty rod for big Stripers Or big catfish and great price!

One of the best poles I have ever owned. I have 3 now. Biggest to-date is a 20lb catfish.. No problem bringing it in.

Good fishing rod for the price. Seems to be durable.

These rods are tough and for the price you can’t beat them, especially if you can catch them on sale. I have a couple I use for catfishing and they’ve held up great.

Why did you pick this product vs others?:It's definitely not anything special by fishing rod standards, but I'd say it's a great deal for the price. I'm not a big cat fishing person anymore, but some of my friends are and I think I made the right choice when buying this rug for that exact reason. Plus it shipped overnight, which is a big plus.