AHI Sabiki Stick Bait Catcher Rod

Amazing product.

I bought the 7' model and it is too short for a #6 sabiki. To make the sabiki short enough to reel all the way into the rod I had to cut off the snap swivel and tie the shortened line directly to the bell sinker. I see no reason to get a 7-footer since this is a 3-piece rod and easily fits in a rod locker if you remove the top piece. Get the 8-footer. If you're like me and cast or pitch the sabiki to a school of bait (Vs dropping straight down) one can easily cast a 2 oz bell sinker 60+ feet or pitch it a good ways. I mounted an old Calcutta 400 with 30# braid on the rod. Nice outfit. Works great.

Ahi USA a California based company offers this 8-Feet Sabiki Stick Boat Rod With Storage Bag for a price of $59.99, which is expensive. Once you have it on the boat, rigged with a sabiki rigging and a weight, it is forgotten how expensive it is. These specialty items are a luxury and the convenience of it's use as a specialty item for just catching bait, must be evaluated with it's use. I love mine and hope it offers years of use, providing hassle free bait fishing. Really, bait-fishing should be a fun effort not an effort to get bait. This rod is a good way to use the sabiki rig with out so much tangling and headaches. Good fishing. I love it.

Great rod. Heavy duty. I would definitely recommend.

I would recommend getting a good size bait caster or spinning reel. I got a small one and it didn't fit right but I just used a larger spinning reel I already had and it worked great.

It has three pieces on is the handle and the other two make up the rod. They go together easy. Stringing the line through the rod is a little bit of a pain. I recommend doing it while it's in two pieces and also use the paper clip. I tried to do it without and it didn't go so well.

A great rod excellent for bait fishing.