king cat rods

[superhawk16]

I was just on the cabelas HSOforum and they have the king cat rod series for like half price (20 bucks). Not sure if any of you guys use these rods but if you do you may want to check it out.

[DTro]

well normally, they are 24.99, so they are about $5 off. I think they are a decent deal even at $25, but I think the better deal (as I've mentioned many times before) is the combo with the baitrunner reel for $64.98+free hat.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Actually, it looks like the King Kat Pros are on sale for $20, too, and they are normally $40.

[DTro]

wow, my bad. I didn't even know that there was a "pro" version. I've only seen the one version when I was at Cabelas.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Yeah, I had to look it up. I don't know if the blank is any different, but it has cork grips, which I don't even know if I would want on a cat rod.

[hanson]

I like my cork grips.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Fancy boy!

Why don't you get a Calcutta like Dietz, too?

[Dennis Steele]

I prefer the foam grips myself.

The foam gives your hands a little more cusion than the cork. Very immportant when you catching lots of big fish or have extended battles.

Cork handles will give you blisters.

[Guest]

I like the EVA(foam) grips too... in a larger diameter to be more specific. You lose a bit of sensitivity, but when the rod is 9' long and ultra tip heavy.. its not all that sensitive to feel anyhow.

[icehousebob]

I'm a beginner with a rod question. I picked up a 9 ft med. hvy Whuppin' Stick in the Cabela's closeout room. I got in on a part of another deal, so the rod was under ten bucks. Does this rod have enough going for it to be a serious cat rod?

Also ,Dennis, is it possible to have Ralph Wiggums banned from the site until he stops picking his nose???

[Ralph Wiggum]

That's where my secret channel cat bait comes from

I haven't ever handled the rod you're talking about (Whuppin' Stick). I'd image it would do fine as a channel cat rod for shorefishing. 9 foot is great for launching baits. Without seeing it, it's hard to know how stout it is.

[katchaser]

Dennis I don't have worries about blisters from fighting cats

I do have nightmares about 2 piece rods coming apart while I am fighting flathead

[Dennis Steele]

Hey Robby, I am sure you have blisters.

I didn't say I liked cheap rods. I just said I like the foam grips.

It is unfortunate however, that you don't see those comfy foam grips on better quality rods.

I never understood why cork handles stands for a quality rod. I guess in most peoples eyes cork is a more expensive material so they automaticaly assume that the rod is of better quality. So then the rod manufacturers put cork on their rods because thats what sells.(at a higher price)

Too bad we just can't use a material that works best.

[hanson]

Dennis-

I agree with you!

Berkley's Reflex rods used to be foam grips. They then switched them up to cork grips. All my Reflexes are cork yet they are still a very, very cheap rod. Berkley Glowstick rods are cork gripped as well and they don't cost too much.

Heck, an Ugly Stick Catfish (Ugly Cat) which has a foam grip costs more than a Berkley Reflex with a cork grip.

I'm getting a headache just thinking about this now.

[Guest]

I have been looking through a catalog for days on different rod makers(blanks) and there are 1000's of choices that will dwarf most anything hangling on the shelves in stores.. I'm just waiting for some cash to fall off the money tree to get these rods going. I will be using my own custom rods by the time the flatheads are biting

The EVA(foam) material comes in different densities. Some apperantly has about the same feel as cork?

Is anyone familiar with the Tica baitrunner reels? I can get them at really good prices, but I dont know the reels.

[barnyard]

I like foam because it doesn't get torn up in rod holders like cork does.

I have some nice steelhead rods that I use for cattin. As soon as the cork is wrecked, I'll replace the handle with foam.

Tom B

[rushing]

I have used the king kat pro since I started catfishing and have really like them. I just ordered another one. I would like to build a nice cat rod but I can't seem to shake the money tree hard enough to aford the components I want yet. I dunno I like the cork always have. The main issuse to me is durability and the way I fish its not much of one, but alot of friends I know are very hard on their rods laying rocks on the handles or sticking them into the dirt. I mostly shore fish and have a nice rod holder so my rod rarly touches the ground.

[wambat]

im with rushing, i have fished with king cat pro and phli king from the beginging and the are excellent rods. the only gripe i got is the color, i wish it was white with a glow tip. but what ever you buy them for ($20 or 23, cabelas will take them back if they broke do to the 89lbs flat, or the 91 lbs blue or the pickup door.

personal favorites

-phli kingcat 7'

-kingcat pro 8'

i do own all the sizes of phli king and king cat pro

1st pick would be kingcat 8' just because the 5lbs chanel feels like the 15lbs, and the 20lbs flat feels like 30lbs.

[rushing]

Yeah I got a 8ft KingKat Pro and just picked up a KingKat Pro 9ft. I think they are great rods and on sale for $20 they are hard to beat. GAWD I wanna go fishing!!!

[Tyler Holm]

I also picked up an 8' King Kat Pro MH. It's going to debut at the Sturgeon Excursion in April. We’ll see how it handles larger fish. I can’t wait.

[danlk]

used to use my musky sticks for the cats but a few years ago bought some white fiberglass rods with glow tips 7 footers shakspere very good rod for the cash. not to long for boat fishing i have trouble lipping a flathead at night with long rod when your alone. DLK. WISH THE CROIX WAS OPEN AND DIDNT HAVE THIS BROKEN LEG.

[harvey lee]

They must be selling alot of the King Kat rods as I also bought one.I was going to use my musky gear,but thought I needed another rod.You can never have to many rods,just like guns.

[DTro]

Here's a King Kat in action. Held up very nice. Probably could've used the 8 footer instead of the 7

[Ralph Wiggum]

Dtro, is that the regular King Kat or a Pro? I've never seen my King Kat bend like that (but I'd like to )!

[hanson]

Thats the regular King Kat rod w/ the Salt Striker.

I can't imagine stressing it more than that while flatheading. Maybe you could but that rod took a lot of abuse up there at Lake of the Woods. Heck of a deal for a catfish combo.