Landed a 30 Lbs blue cat with this rod. I have 4 of them and they fit perfectly under my bench seats on my pontoon boat and I keep the top up so the length works perfectly for me

I use a dock runner for my spinning reels, and a dock demon for my baitcaster on my kayak. These short rods are perfect for pan fish/bass fishing on rivers. I have caught many big fish on this tiny rod.. I recently went fishing with a 6ft rod on my kayak, and I forgot how annoying normal size rods in a kayak is! Just take off the cheap reel and stow it as a backup for if a reel breaks or birdnests.

Daiwa Legalis 2000S-P reel is the perfect combo for this rod.

I bought this combo at Walmart, and for the price I can’t complain (much), starting this with saying, the reel is ABSOLUTE JUNK, I immediately replaced it with a Shimano 1000 reel, with 10lb braid, and let me tell ya, once I did that, this rod is SO much fun. I fish northeast Saltwater, this thing has caught hundreds of squid, some mackerel, scup, dogfish, even bluefish have been taken on that rod. It’s a hilarious amount of fun.