What is a good fishing rod for fishing just about most fresh water fish?

I live in NJ an love too fish. I just bought a shimano ultra light Fishing pole an next week i will buy a reel too complement the pole. I am curious to know if a made the right chose in poles. And y do they call it a spinning rod?

P.S. I bought it because i perfer a light pole over a Rhyno medium pole i used too use.

To answer your first question, a Shakespeare Ugly Stik rod will handle anything you can possibly throw at it. Available in many different weights/lengths, it is one of the strongest, least expensive rods on the market.

It is called a spinning rod because it goes with a spinning, or open-faced reel. The spool and bail spin, taking up line.

5 Responses to “What is a good fishing rod for fishing just about most fresh water fish?”

  • bosoxnolan says:

    To answer your first question, a Shakespeare Ugly Stik rod will handle anything you can possibly throw at it. Available in many different weights/lengths, it is one of the strongest, least expensive rods on the market.

    It is called a spinning rod because it goes with a spinning, or open-faced reel. The spool and bail spin, taking up line.
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  • Joe P says:

    Ultra light is ok for smaller fish, allows you to feel more and it bends easily so that you can’t put a lot of pressure on fish.
    All around, and budget in mind, I would get an Ugly Stick spinning rod and a good reel. A 6 foot, medium action rod and reel spooled with 8 to 10 lb test monofilliment. That would be a good start-up outfit for most freshwater fishing.

    It’s called a spinning rod because it matches up with a spinning reel, reel hangs under the rod as you use it and spins as it pulls in the line.
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  • Backwater Charlie says:

    That ultra-light’s a fine rod if you’re just catching bluegills and crappie, but for anything over a pound or two you’ll need something different. I would have recommended a 6′ Medium/Light rod with a decent spinning reel for all-around fishing, not too stiff for bluegills but not too light for bass.

    They call it a spinning rod because it pairs up with a spinning reel. And a spinning reel lays line evenly on the spool by "spinning" hence the tern "spinning reel".
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  • David says:

    7ft Medium Spinning like this one right here: http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_10205073_100003000_100000000_100003000_100-3-0

    Dont worry about having made the wrong choice because you can always use a range of different rods to approach different situations (…I have about 30 different setups for different conditions and species)
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  • Chan M says:

    baitcasters but they are hard to get used to. spinning reels and closed reel rods all work good for freshwater fishing
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