this guy is the real deal, just fish don't worry about sponsorship , gadgets , it's what you like to do. not what is others have .just have a good time
Yes! It’s most of tackle and rod companies sadly. I can’t afford those crazy high dollar rod and reels. I drive a semi for a living. I have 50.00 per rod/reel combo. I do buy my catfish rigs from a company online though. They are reasonable and it saves me a boat load of time.
This is why I love this channel. I love your stance on the pro staffers. Trying to sell people stuff they dont need. Most of the fishing gear made today is made to catch the fisherman not catch the fish. The flashy color rods and the extra pretty graphics. Its just a gimmick. I've had the same ugly stick rods and abu reels for striper fishing since the early 2000s. Never had one break fishing I've broken them in the tailgate but never had one snap on me while fishing.
I do a lot of fishing In the same areas, I bet we don’t live to far apart. I picked up 4 Shakespeare Tidewater medium Heavy combos from amazon awhile back, 50.00 per combo. I have brought in big reds and drum from the gulf, 36-40 inch strippers and a few 25-30 lb cats and man, I got to tell ya, I couldn’t ask for better.
I have 2- 7ft MH Roughneck poles from Academy Sports & been happy with them, even though I do not target the size fish that you do. Wish that they were still available @ Academy 😞
Agree I use Shakespeare tidewater rods for offshore also about $30 and have put them on big kingfish and snapper for the past 10yrs and not one has broken a ring or even any corrosion. Note using them on some big okuma 45L on 50pound mono
I've got 2 two piece "tiger" catfish rods that are a decade old. They were sold as combos with a junk reel for $20 each. They've worked great and are still cooking. They're only 7ft though. I fish from shore when the weather is trash and want something just a touch longer for that. I'm going to add another rod to the collection soon 👍 keep on keeping on
2 things makes you feel good - 1 when you get a good deal on a rod, 2 when it turns out to be your hot rod 👍 Most of the time with a new rod you won't catch any bigger fish but you feel better doing it 😊
I missed my own point on my first comment. I'm sorry that I just found your channel but I'm glad I found it. I subscribed, liked, and turned notifications on. Will share future videos. You're great.
I picked up a couple of those Roughneck rods last year on clearance. They were $10.00. Figured if they break there wasn't a big investment, but so far not too bad.
Love my Ugly sticks. They are good enough to catch 6 foot blacktip sharks for me in my kayak all day long. Had 1 for over a decade fishing for them and had no issues.
I caught my p.b. on a $40 rod an reel combo from wal-mart and 30lb test line.. the flatty weighed 60-70 lbs.. an took 45 mins to get him in the boat.. so I agree ya dont need the most expensive equipment to catch fish... today tho were gonna have to call ya kayak striper king lol... thanks for the video again..
I found your channel a few months ago and I absolutely love watching it. Its great to see someone giving honest feedback with good tips and just flat out putting in the time on the water. Keep doing you because I look forward to your new videos as they post up on my feed. Good Luck and Good Fishing!
Great video on 2 fronts... 1. Great quality fishing (as always)! 2. Love that your showing it doesn’t take one’s whole bank account to enjoy and be highly successful in fishing!!
don’t understand how some people think a day full of stripers is a bad day. when catfishing a striper is always a pleasant surprise in my opinion. they pull hard and are impressive fun fish.
Ok another economy rod to check out at Walmart is the Berkeley big game for about $23 it is 2 piece medium heavy and you can get the spinning rod or one for a level wind reel and they come 7 to 8 feet long.An awesome stripper video and thanks for all the info
another hit on the head piece to the staff of raw.. them stripers are fuuuun fish son.. no doubt about it.. Houseman don't like 'em much, and Melhorn will catch anything.. Good test for them cheap rods though.. I have some old wright/mcgill trout poles that I have had since the 70's that still work great.. poles are like any other tool cheap or expensive.. know the limit of your tool and stay with in the bounds and it will work for you a long time. Well done video.. I enjoyed it tremendously .. Carry on!
Everybody is not going to like everything that everyone likes. That's what makes us diffrent. Both justin and Dave do release them. Approximately 40 miles from both of them. People intentionally kill everyone they catch. So they dont ruin their crappie fishing.
I do about every type of fishing, from saltwater to bass fishing; but, catfishing is one of the most fun because the tackle is so simple and the fish are so big
At least you have excellent reels on them. I absolutely love my Seagate reels, don't cast mono as far as braid but I depend on mono for the rocks and down trees I fish.
we think exactly alike on this high dollar equipment stuff. BUT.... My New Academy med heavy rod cost me 13.99... couldn't get the better deal... but that is still good.... can't beat if for the price... that's for sure. NOW... I wonder if I should go back and get some more???? They have the heavies as well.
Well, you just pushed me over the edge and I bought 2 of the Roughneck Rods. LOL What a hell of a deal. I'm actually going to be giving them away as prizes on our next Catfish Tournament get together. Our June date got screwed with the Covid mess. Looks like maybe an August or September event now. Thanks for the videos man. Catch a Giant!!
Just got me a kayak, been doing some ultralight fishing with it, but my favorite is what your doing. Love your videos man and hopefully I'll be catching some big ol cats on mine soon
Just got home from a 3day fishing trip we caught alot of bluegills a couple of monster crappie 2lbs each and 6 catfish that yeilded about 40lbs of fillets nothing like the fish you catch ,but I found myself thinking about some of the things I have heard you say as far as presentation and types of structure or creek beds to fish.. i just wanted to say I appreciated brother and keep on fishing.
I got the lews cat daddy’s rod and reel combo on sale for $7 a piece and I tell you what those rods can handle anything yeah I use the reels but one of them went out and the other one still works good and that’s to be expected they will go out eventually since they are made cheap but them rods are really good that’s for sure and I might be going out and buy me a couple of those rods you mentioned on this video I like how they handle the fish
I talk about this Roughneck Rod in my Shakespeare ATS Reel Review,This is a great rod,i have 3 ATS Reels all paired on these Roughneck Rods and its a Killer Very Affordable Catfish Setup,Great Video as Always Mr. Johnston 👊 🎣 🇺🇸
My son the other day caught a 13 pound blue on a 10 foot medium light mr. crappie jigging rod and it was completely folded over but he landed it in the kayak. modern cheap rods seem to handle more than one might expect.
Well Justin it looks like the new rods those $6 $7 rides they are doing pretty good they look mighty good I just left from academy and I seen a couple of rods in there that I really like and not a bad price I just don't have a real to go on it so baps that's my next choice is get me a good catfish reel I'm thinking about possibly a big water I've got one it performs really good so way to go good deal on the roods
Haven't got to watch a kayak catfish video in little while now.. awesome video and I guess them rods aren't bad at all! Them fish with the striped suit's on is pretty darn good test for them rods! Never caught a striper and it's on my bucket list,they look to fun not to catch! Stay safe out there brother!
Big fan! I am 12 yr old angler and you inspire me on catching cats I want to get a dlx angler pedal boat and fish just like you and hopefully make some good videos with some lochness monsters keep grinding these cats 👍🏾
Kayak Catfish, Ripping Water+ Legal Skipjack=Giant Catfish. Show us how to break in new rods! Drag pealing Rod bending MegaCatfish. Your due for a Wopper. God bless
I use one ugly stik and my other rods are just rods leftover from a few berkley fusion combos, I've used them for 5 years, the river, the lake, and surf fishing at the beach, I can't afford them high dollar janks
i fish 3 pro angler casting rods, 2 roughneck rods, and 2 whuppin sticks from cabelas. i cant tell much difference between the pro anglers at almost $60 a rod, and the roughnecks. the whuppin sticks feel cheap.
I love you man! I watch all kinds of fishing and hunting youtubers. That bass fishing a like watching golf! I love me some cat fishing! If I'm not fishing for catfish, I'm fishing for bait for catfish, and sometimes I'm catching bait while fishing for catfish! Lol also love me them ugly sticks!
Folks i just bought a Penn Carnage spinning rod $220.Dam thing put it together never saw water .I caught bigger fish with a 2×4 sanded down 50# mono.True dont need expensive shit to catch a sardine
When I was 16, I actually snapped a brand new Ugly Stick in half trying to cast out. I don't know how many ounces of lead that I had on it, but I know it wasn't over 8oz. Lol Bought that Ugly Stick earlier that day.
I use medium heavy ugly sticks from wal mart on all my lews catfishin reels and has handled 50lb flat heads and 100lb gar no problem! Even bigger trees 😂 great videos man!
Catches 4 big fish by 9am.
Justin - "Been a slow morning."
Please give me a slow morning like that when I'm fishing.
Man u help me with my anxiety.ur voice ur fishing helps me so much
That's so crazy huh? Great voice and and smooth clear thoughts ...
Your right. I just woke up and had to watch over cus he puts me to sleep almost every time.
"I don't really care for that activity, or them people." I love that you speak your mind. Keep up the good content.
this guy is the real deal, just fish don't worry about sponsorship , gadgets , it's what you like to do. not what is others have .just have a good time
Justin speaking his mind again. I love it. Walking g around in their Jersey like nascar driver with promo code. Gotta love it.
So tired of "catfish" tackle companies selling overpriced bs. Great job saying what a lot of people are thinking.
Cough *carp* cough. There's a stupid expensive market, also.
Yes! It’s most of tackle and rod companies sadly. I can’t afford those crazy high dollar rod and reels. I drive a semi for a living. I have 50.00 per rod/reel combo. I do buy my catfish rigs from a company online though. They are reasonable and it saves me a boat load of time.
Most of the stuff you can get at Walmart for any time of fishing especially freshwater
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This is why I love this channel. I love your stance on the pro staffers. Trying to sell people stuff they dont need. Most of the fishing gear made today is made to catch the fisherman not catch the fish. The flashy color rods and the extra pretty graphics. Its just a gimmick. I've had the same ugly stick rods and abu reels for striper fishing since the early 2000s. Never had one break fishing I've broken them in the tailgate but never had one snap on me while fishing.
I do a lot of fishing In the same areas, I bet we don’t live to far apart. I picked up 4 Shakespeare Tidewater medium Heavy combos from amazon awhile back, 50.00 per combo. I have brought in big reds and drum from the gulf, 36-40 inch strippers and a few 25-30 lb cats and man, I got to tell ya, I couldn’t ask for better.
Justin, you just made it another perfect Saturday morning. Thanks.
You are single handed raising stock for academy rods! Lol
I have 2- 7ft MH Roughneck poles from Academy Sports & been happy with them, even though I do not target the size fish that you do. Wish that they were still available @ Academy 😞
Agree I use Shakespeare tidewater rods for offshore also about $30 and have put them on big kingfish and snapper for the past 10yrs and not one has broken a ring or even any corrosion. Note using them on some big okuma 45L on 50pound mono
Holding our 2 day old baby boy and showing him some kayak fishing. Those were some nice Stripers!
Man I'd love to tackle into one of those stripers.. Thank you for the content bro.. Still the best on TH-cam..
Best quote, “You can’t catch ‘em from the couch. You gotta put your time in, people!”
I've got 2 two piece "tiger" catfish rods that are a decade old. They were sold as combos with a junk reel for $20 each. They've worked great and are still cooking. They're only 7ft though. I fish from shore when the weather is trash and want something just a touch longer for that. I'm going to add another rod to the collection soon 👍 keep on keeping on
Yeah i got one still going strong. Have a zebco hawg seeker as well same story real nice rid horrible reel.
Catfish Dave would be dagblasted mad from catching that many stripers lol
My first rule of gear is,, if it is getting the job done then there is no need to spend more just to impress some stranger at the boat ramp.
Those rods are good if they can handle big stripers like that. You really found a good deal.
2 things makes you feel good - 1 when you get a good deal on a rod, 2 when it turns out to be your hot rod 👍 Most of the time with a new rod you won't catch any bigger fish but you feel better doing it 😊
Just when I thought I couldn’t enjoy your content any more, you drop a deuce on those team fishing blowhards 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
One of my favorite youtubers ,this is my dream to catfish out of a kayak and catch biggins like you do !! Keep up the videos I enjoy
Thank you for all you do both as a caregiver and a person.
I really appreciate the fact that you don't dog stripers like "Catfish Dave"!!! Keep up the good work bud!!!
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@@chronicawareness9986 Catfish Dave hates stripers.
I missed my own point on my first comment. I'm sorry that I just found your channel but I'm glad I found it. I subscribed, liked, and turned notifications on. Will share future videos. You're great.
My ugly sticks have outlasted rods that cost twice as much. I appreciate your perspective based on trial and error saving us some mistakes.
I picked up a couple of those Roughneck rods last year on clearance. They were $10.00. Figured if they break there wasn't a big investment, but so far not too bad.
Love my Ugly sticks. They are good enough to catch 6 foot blacktip sharks for me in my kayak all day long. Had 1 for over a decade fishing for them and had no issues.
I caught my p.b. on a $40 rod an reel combo from wal-mart and 30lb test line.. the flatty weighed 60-70 lbs.. an took 45 mins to get him in the boat.. so I agree ya dont need the most expensive equipment to catch fish... today tho were gonna have to call ya kayak striper king lol... thanks for the video again..
Great content as always Justin. Keep it up brother
I found your channel a few months ago and I absolutely love watching it. Its great to see someone giving honest feedback with good tips and just flat out putting in the time on the water. Keep doing you because I look forward to your new videos as they post up on my feed. Good Luck and Good Fishing!
Great video on 2 fronts... 1. Great quality fishing (as always)! 2. Love that your showing it doesn’t take one’s whole bank account to enjoy and be highly successful in fishing!!
I love to use my 60 dollar bait cater combo. Just a silver max but its big enough to bring in some mobsters on 12 to 16 pound test. Fish on 😀👍😊
I am 74 years old and do all my fishing -- catfish, bass, crappie, etc. -- on rods I purchased when I was a teenager. They still catch the fish.
don’t understand how some people think a day full of stripers is a bad day. when catfishing a striper is always a pleasant surprise in my opinion. they pull hard and are impressive fun fish.
Just hit Academy and bought two of the rods. They were a whooping $13.99 each at the one near me! Hopefully I can put them to the test this evening!
Ok another economy rod to check out at Walmart is the Berkeley big game for about $23 it is 2 piece medium heavy and you can get the spinning rod or one for a level wind reel and they come 7 to 8 feet long.An awesome stripper video and thanks for all the info
another hit on the head piece to the staff of raw.. them stripers are fuuuun fish son.. no doubt about it.. Houseman don't like 'em much, and Melhorn will catch anything.. Good test for them cheap rods though.. I have some old wright/mcgill trout poles that I have had since the 70's that still work great.. poles are like any other tool cheap or expensive.. know the limit of your tool and stay with in the bounds and it will work for you a long time. Well done video.. I enjoyed it tremendously .. Carry on!
Justin I’m so glad you like catching those dag blasted fish in the stripe suit unlike catfish Dave Lol, I say fish without whiskers count too.
Everybody is not going to like everything that everyone likes. That's what makes us diffrent.
Both justin and Dave do release them. Approximately 40 miles from both of them. People intentionally kill everyone they catch. So they dont ruin their crappie fishing.
Nice job on catching catfish bro without having to use high dollar tackle or reel or tackle everytime your videos pop up I watch every single one
Great trip, great comments. I appreciate you sharing your candid point of view!
A good day of fishing 👍. Several nice stripers, and a couple of blues . Take care and stay safe.
I do about every type of fishing, from saltwater to bass fishing; but, catfishing is one of the most fun because the tackle is so simple and the fish are so big
I agree with the rods man, cheaper the better!
At least you have excellent reels on them. I absolutely love my Seagate reels, don't cast mono as far as braid but I depend on mono for the rocks and down trees I fish.
we think exactly alike on this high dollar equipment stuff. BUT.... My New Academy med heavy rod cost me 13.99... couldn't get the better deal... but that is still good.... can't beat if for the price... that's for sure.
NOW... I wonder if I should go back and get some more???? They have the heavies as well.
Them rods are staying with it. Enjoyed the video👍
25:50 I was laughing my ass off 🤣🤣🤣🤣. Well said lol.
Well, you just pushed me over the edge and I bought 2 of the Roughneck Rods. LOL What a hell of a deal. I'm actually going to be giving them away as prizes on our next Catfish Tournament get together. Our June date got screwed with the Covid mess. Looks like maybe an August or September event now. Thanks for the videos man. Catch a Giant!!
Just got me a kayak, been doing some ultralight fishing with it, but my favorite is what your doing. Love your videos man and hopefully I'll be catching some big ol cats on mine soon
Those ugly sticks are no joke. My main cat pole is an 8 foot medium action that i have had for like 10 years. Great rod
Just got home from a 3day fishing trip we caught alot of bluegills a couple of monster crappie 2lbs each and 6 catfish that yeilded about 40lbs of fillets nothing like the fish you catch ,but I found myself thinking about some of the things I have heard you say as far as presentation and types of structure or creek beds to fish.. i just wanted to say I appreciated brother and keep on fishing.
I got one on father's day and had no problems with it it is a good rod
man you a great deal on some nice rods look to be very stout and hold up really well i like it
I got the lews cat daddy’s rod and reel combo on sale for $7 a piece and I tell you what those rods can handle anything yeah I use the reels but one of them went out and the other one still works good and that’s to be expected they will go out eventually since they are made cheap but them rods are really good that’s for sure and I might be going out and buy me a couple of those rods you mentioned on this video I like how they handle the fish
I talk about this Roughneck Rod in my Shakespeare ATS Reel Review,This is a great rod,i have 3 ATS Reels all paired on these Roughneck Rods and its a Killer Very Affordable Catfish Setup,Great Video as Always Mr. Johnston 👊 🎣 🇺🇸
I had read last year that the Roughneck poles were Academy's answer to the Ugly Stick, I like the bend when you are reeling up a nice blue.
Especially for the price on those rods!!! You scored a home run triple
Really like the new rods! Sorry you weren't catching big cats, but those killer strippers sure made up for that! Great video
I actually use one of those rouchneck rods, they are a little stiff but it hasn't failed me yet.
Last couple of years I'd catch Shakespeare sturdy sticks for 10$ a piece. Cant beat a cheap but good rod lol.
You certainly purged the Ju Ju out of those rods!!
Stripers are tough on tackle.. Looks like you hit the jackpot on the rods..good on ya!!! Great video, enjoyed it...!!!.
Another great Saturday morning , thanks for another great video Justin
Lest reel down on that one. That’s what i say every time I get one to bend the pole now! Awesome video
Enjoy the show!
Those rods are beautiful.
Thank you for the suggestions and tips. Enjoy watching your videos.
My son the other day caught a 13 pound blue on a 10 foot medium light mr. crappie jigging rod and it was completely folded over but he landed it in the kayak. modern cheap rods seem to handle more than one might expect.
Good stuff as always!
Really love your inexpensive rod reviews.. really helps a lot of us out.. thank you sir..
Well Justin it looks like the new rods those $6 $7 rides they are doing pretty good they look mighty good I just left from academy and I seen a couple of rods in there that I really like and not a bad price I just don't have a real to go on it so baps that's my next choice is get me a good catfish reel I'm thinking about possibly a big water I've got one it performs really good so way to go good deal on the roods
As always, another great video, thanks for your time. And congratulations on the rods.
Stripers are my favorite fish. Flatheads a close second. You are the best. That laugh. 😂
Haven't got to watch a kayak catfish video in little while now.. awesome video and I guess them rods aren't bad at all! Them fish with the striped suit's on is pretty darn good test for them rods! Never caught a striper and it's on my bucket list,they look to fun not to catch! Stay safe out there brother!
Good stuff justin, sorry the tournament didn’t work out for you. Keep up the videos buddy!
I love your videos Justin keep up the good work my man
Love your videos man! Thank you sooo much for making it possible foe me to " go fishing while I'm stuck doing other things.
You rock!
Big fan! I am 12 yr old angler and you inspire me on catching cats I want to get a dlx angler pedal boat and fish just like you and hopefully make some good videos with some lochness monsters keep grinding these cats 👍🏾
Wearing those stripers out Justin way to go good advice about the rods you're using got one myself and love it. Thanks from NC
another great outing a good day on the water
Huge stripers you be catching always a great video you share keep up the great work
Kayak Catfish, Ripping Water+ Legal Skipjack=Giant Catfish. Show us how to break in new rods! Drag pealing Rod bending MegaCatfish. Your due for a Wopper. God bless
There’s reports of people noodling them-them hand grabbing people. I don’t really care for that activity, or them people, but...😂😂 has me rolling
Ive had an ugly stick with an ambassador 5000 for about 30 years, been the perfect rig
Good job. I would be well pumped to catch a striper like that.
always learn a lot from your commentary, thanks bro
I use one ugly stik and my other rods are just rods leftover from a few berkley fusion combos, I've used them for 5 years, the river, the lake, and surf fishing at the beach, I can't afford them high dollar janks
I really look forward to your videos. Thanks from SoCal
Justin, I sure miss those Abu Garcia 6500 C3s. If you had put the Abu Garcia power handles on them, you would have liked them that much more.
Love that myself I've caught some big fish on Walmart poles
i fish 3 pro angler casting rods, 2 roughneck rods, and 2 whuppin sticks from cabelas. i cant tell much difference between the pro anglers at almost $60 a rod, and the roughnecks. the whuppin sticks feel cheap.
Man those were some nice sized stripers!
Impressive haul of stripers.
Nice job Justin. Good fishin
I love you man! I watch all kinds of fishing and hunting youtubers. That bass fishing a like watching golf! I love me some cat fishing! If I'm not fishing for catfish, I'm fishing for bait for catfish, and sometimes I'm catching bait while fishing for catfish! Lol also love me them ugly sticks!
Folks i just bought a Penn Carnage spinning rod $220.Dam thing put it together never saw water .I caught bigger fish with a 2×4 sanded down 50# mono.True dont need expensive shit to catch a sardine
When I was 16, I actually snapped a brand new Ugly Stick in half trying to cast out. I don't know how many ounces of lead that I had on it, but I know it wasn't over 8oz. Lol Bought that Ugly Stick earlier that day.
Great clearance fishing special 🎣👍👏🤠🆒
I use medium heavy ugly sticks from wal mart on all my lews catfishin reels and has handled 50lb flat heads and 100lb gar no problem! Even bigger trees 😂 great videos man!
Great video Justin.🎣😎🇬🇧
You Catfish channel almost turned into a Striper Channel those rods appeared to work fine
Kayak Striper Channel??? LOL.....Nice video as always Justin!!