On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:36:30 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:48:23 -0600, Vic Smith
wrote:

This year I picked up a cheap Shakespeare spinning rod for 15 bucks at
a Walmart in Punta Gorda. About the third cast with a 3 ounce bottom
rig it snapped about 6 inches from the tip.
It wasn't a smooth cast, but the rod was defective.
Never saw anything like that

chuckle What were you planning to do with a 3 ounce weight, knock
the fish in the head and then net 'em when they came to the surface?

How deep and what were you fishing for?

Wasn't very deep, but the tide was running pretty strong.
Fishing for anything that likes shrimp, but I caught a tarpon there
once. But not on shrimp. Hoping for grouper or nice snapper.
Wasn't using shrimp on that line though. Frozen cigar minnow.
So whatever liked dead cigar minnow.
And that was nothing at all.
But the main reason I had the 3 on there was to toss it far out.
You know, it's always better to fish where you can't get to.
Especially when they aren't biting where you are.
Same as "Man, I wish I could get over to that shore under those
overhanging branches. Bet that's where they are."
BTW, saying it wasn't a smooth cast might be too kind.
Had something behind me and I jerked the hell out of it.
Still shouldn't have snapped the rod.
I've jerked many much harder and never had them snap.

--Vic