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 What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
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04/06/16 03:58 PM
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Jamaica
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All of our poles are Ugly Sticks for bass. Getting into cat fishing now. What's a good rod and reel combo for the money. 
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 Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: Jamaica]
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04/06/16 04:02 PM
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Huckleberry
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I would buy better bass rods and use the ugly sticks for catfish.
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: Jamaica]
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04/06/16 04:11 PM
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tgravley aka lewisvillecatfish
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Check out the medium pro angler on the pro angler website
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: Huckleberry]
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04/06/16 04:33 PM
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Jamaica
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I would buy better bass rods and use the ugly sticks for catfish. 
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: Huckleberry]
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04/06/16 05:07 PM
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Dave P
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I would buy better bass rods and use the ugly sticks for catfish. ^THIS. Ugly Stiks and Pro Anglers are great quality and inexpensive rods.
Everyone should believe in something; I believe Ill go fishing.
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
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04/06/16 06:00 PM
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Chiprat
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I would buy better bass rods and use the ugly sticks for catfish. ^THIS. Ugly Stiks and Pro Anglers are great quality and inexpensive rods. Yep!!! The Uglier the Better... lol as well like Tom said, PA has a good product.
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: Jamaica]
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04/06/16 06:01 PM
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redchevy
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You don't need a bass rod to catch bass and a catfish rod to catch catfish and a whitebass rod to catch whitebass and a redfish rod to catch redfish.
Any number of very affordable rod/reel combos can easily handle all of the above. Your ugly sticks will do fine.
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: redchevy]
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04/06/16 06:17 PM
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Jamaica
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You don't need a bass rod to catch bass and a catfish rod to catch catfish and a whitebass rod to catch whitebass and a redfish rod to catch redfish.
Any number of very affordable rod/reel combos can easily handle all of the above. Your ugly sticks will do fine. Thanks for all the shared info. I didn't realized that Ugly Stick was that much liked. But to each other. IMO
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: Jamaica]
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04/06/16 06:56 PM
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🍀El Gato Azul🍀
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I like my ugly sticks catfish special 7' medium heavy...cheap, sensitive, with a strong backbone...just switched over from bass rods which have worked great for the last 30 years but cost a hell of a lot more than my ugly sticks...got mine on Amazon prime for $38 delivered in 2 days...boom!
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: redchevy]
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04/06/16 08:43 PM
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Andrew Taylor
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You don't need a bass rod to catch bass and a catfish rod to catch catfish and a whitebass rod to catch whitebass and a redfish rod to catch redfish.
Any number of very affordable rod/reel combos can easily handle all of the above. Your ugly sticks will do fine. Depends on the size of the reds
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: Jamaica]
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04/06/16 08:53 PM
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mreed
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If you're going to be fishing for bass and channel cats this is a fairly decent affordable setup that will put both in the boat.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/abu-garcia-174-black-max-8482-cabela-s-pro-guide-174-casting-combo/2218039.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fcasting-combos%2F_%2FN-1102354%2FNo-0%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104822280%3FrecordsPerPage%3D18&No=0
If you're wanting a dedicated catfishing rig this will get you started.
http://www.cabelas.com/product/abu-garcia-174-catfish-commando-casting-combo/2171062.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fcasting-combos%2F_%2FN-1102354%2FNo-0%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104822280%3FrecordsPerPage%3D18&No=0
Last edited by mreed; 04/06/16 08:54 PM.
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
[Re: Jamaica]
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04/06/16 10:16 PM
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Ingle777
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I really like the MH 7'6" Rippin Lips Supercat rod... Bought mine for 45 bucks on Amazon.
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
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04/07/16 03:56 AM
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Capt. Michael Littlejohn
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What kind of Catfishing are u planning on doing? Channel or blues...makes a big difference.
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Re: What's a budget friendly good cat fish pole for the $$
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04/07/16 02:46 PM
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Muzzlebrake
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For channels and eater fish I use the Mitchell 300 spinner on a Berkley Shock Series Lightning rod Med with 35 lb braid.
For bigger cats I use 7.5' ugly stiks with an old Diawa millionaire and also a Bass Pro Catmax reel.
Both these reels will handle the big ones. 65 lb braid.
I also like the Penn 209 combos for trolling but don't own any right now. That is about to change as soon as my old boat is sold.
Never been a big fan of Garcia since all I have ever owned didn't last a year. Drag system failed on every one.
From Genesis: "And God promised men that good and obedient wives would be found in all corners of the earth."
Then He made the earth round...and He laughed and laughed and laughed!
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