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07-13-2008, 03:34 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Ugly Stick-Chapter Two!
So my kids friend Kevin goes to make a cast and look what happens!?!?! Guess you get what you pay for.....but it is why I bought it!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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07-13-2008, 07:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: south shore , ma
Posts: 669
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i have 10 ugly sticks , surf,and boat and have never had a problem with them and on some of them i have got some good size fish . this spring i got an 8 ' tica and have used it many times and i am going to retire it i prefer the ugly stick .opinions vary
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07-13-2008, 07:28 PM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Snapped a 5'5" Ande Saltwater Tournament graphite rod on a hook set this week....... landed the fish by hand, wrapping the braid around rocket launchers on the leaning post.
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“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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07-13-2008, 08:14 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Georgetown MA
Posts: 18,203
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That's an Ugly Stick?? doesn't look like any I've seen before. Usually Black and I have seen them in a kind of honey color, but never in white before.
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"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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07-13-2008, 08:37 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: South East Mass.
Posts: 263
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Thats stick is just ugly now- lol. Nice pencil though!
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07-13-2008, 09:12 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Boston, PRofMA
Posts: 276
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The "tiger" model (honey/red/black) is supposed to be the one you can abuse because it's got a rubber core inside the rod...I like my 7'er.
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07-13-2008, 09:22 PM
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Seal Control
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Caver, Ma.
Posts: 3,875
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I have the black with clear tip for years and love it.
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"All my friends are Flakes!!"
BOATLESS 
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07-13-2008, 10:18 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
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The stretched out treble with the weed on it is more indicative of someone muscling it off a rock.
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07-14-2008, 06:20 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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No it was on the cast it just snapped....I was watching...no rocks there! The bent treble is more indicative of eight 8-10 pound blues the boy was beating up on last week!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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07-14-2008, 06:50 AM
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Just Keep On Pluggin !
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: New Haven,CT.
Posts: 1,041
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By the look of that popper that rod gave him a lot of fun before it snapped. I would try and return it what have you got to loose.
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07-14-2008, 07:06 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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on Graphite rods that i've snapped
when casting....
the seller was always quick to
replace it for free.
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07-14-2008, 07:38 AM
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Callinectes sapidus
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 6,277
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They WILL replace it for FREE.
You shouldn't have any issues with that.
When someone new to fishing breaks a rod, I would still put my money on the user being the problem, not the rod.
Kids will play ya know ~
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 ... it finally happened, there are no more secret spots
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07-14-2008, 08:56 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Trust me I was with this kid the entire time....he is new to this fishing and I need to be there in case he needs help as he is not experienced......the rod just plain broke. Maybe the line was wrapped around the tip on the cast....but I have done that a few hundred times and usually the line snaps and you lose the lure? No big deal...$17.86....take more in gas to go get a replacement for cryin' out loud!
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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07-14-2008, 10:21 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Quote:
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
HAHA me plan worked! The Gamma Ray generator inside that Sheriff will weaken all your rods. You are doomed to catch schoolies for all of eternity now  |
Scott has a new friend
Last edited by Raven; 07-14-2008 at 10:23 AM..
Reason: color
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07-14-2008, 10:37 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 10,295
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have you tried casting a different brand of plugs  |
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07-14-2008, 10:45 AM
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lobster = striper bait
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Popes Island Performing Arts Center
Posts: 5,871
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BigFish
The bent treble is more indicative of eight 8-10 pound blues the boy was beating up on last week! |
8-10lb blues bending hooks? |
Ski Quicks Hole
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07-14-2008, 11:22 AM
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Ban Sluggos
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: east taunton, ma
Posts: 363
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i've snapped more lami surf & jetty rods (1) than ugly stiks (0) ...btw, i've also never seen a white ugly stik...
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07-14-2008, 02:03 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Quote:
Originally Posted by likwid
8-10lb blues bending hooks?
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Yup! When they get all 3 barbs in the mouth they tend to bend when you put the pliers to them to get them out.  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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07-14-2008, 03:22 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: New Ipswich, N.H.
Posts: 116
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I believe that picture is a shakespeare rod who also make ugly sticks.Just a cheap rod,I have 2 of them.
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Larry the cable guy.
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07-14-2008, 04:11 PM
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Any nibbles?
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: South Eastern MassiveTulips
Posts: 123
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So much for the "you can't kill a ugly stick" mantra. Apparently its pretty easy, even on new ones.  |
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07-14-2008, 04:25 PM
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Steve "Van Staal"
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Cranston
Posts: 544
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I wish I could get a 10 foot Ugly stick blank for custom rod purposes. One of the best surf rods I ever used was fashioned from one of these blanks in the 1980's. They were plentiful back then , I don't know about now?
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07-14-2008, 04:30 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Here and There Seasonally
Posts: 5,985
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Polar Express
I believe that picture is a shakespeare rod who also make ugly sticks.Just a cheap rod,I have 2 of them.
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I believe you're right. I have a couple of those for loaners. My Ugly stiks are black, yellow wrap, clear tip. |
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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07-14-2008, 05:49 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 16
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Alpha
That pole looks like the shakespear Alpha. i had a 10' until last year i was casting a 4ounce lure, and it snapped the same way. The ugly's are the black ones, and those are a great rod.
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07-14-2008, 07:31 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Worcester MA
Posts: 79
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Return it
Larry, if that's an ugly stick return it to ugly stick and they will replace it. I had one break once fell off a hook in garage and got caught in the door while closing. I had a new 12' surf rod from them in less than 2 weeks. Must have receipt though.
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07-14-2008, 08:46 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
Posts: 21,691
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Quote:
Originally Posted by steve
I wish I could get a 10 foot Ugly stick blank for custom rod purposes. One of the best surf rods I ever used was fashioned from one of these blanks in the 1980's. They were plentiful back then , I don't know about now?
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Steve, look on Ebay. Buy one with guides and have a rod builder strip it and re-build it for you. |
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07-14-2008, 09:32 PM
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The one that got away
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: K'Port, ME/Westford, MA
Posts: 118
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I have 3 white ugly sticks. Theyre the "striper" or "catfish" model. Theyre my backup rods and boat rods for whoever wants to use them so if they break no big deal. They may still be ugly sticks, but it does look like the alpha
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Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. 
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07-15-2008, 05:25 AM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Its the Alpha model.
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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07-15-2008, 05:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 44
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Ugly Stick
Like a few others have said, I didn't think that was true Ugly Stick you posted in your picture
then I went to the web site and found.........
"Shakespeare has created species specific Ugly Stik rods for striper. These rods feature actions and components that are perfect for this type of fishing. All Ugly Stik rods feature the Ugly Stik quick-taper Clear Tip® design, as well as the blank-through-handle construction for added strength and sensitivity."
http://www.shakespeare-fishing.com/index_rods.html
By the way they are white in color with black wraps like yours.
Just thought you might be interested. |
Gramps
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07-15-2008, 07:22 PM
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Fishin' Fool
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Rhody
Posts: 77
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 7milebridge
That pole looks like the shakespear Alpha. i had a 10' until last year i was casting a 4ounce lure, and it snapped the same way. The ugly's are the black ones, and those are a great rod.
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 Thats no ugly stick,the rod in the pic is a wally world special made by shakespeare.From the looks of that hook the kid got his 18 bucks worth out of it  I've got a few of them noodle trebles lying around my shop,once the metal is fatigued it bends pretty easily but hell it didn't break! |
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07-15-2008, 07:25 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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It a vmc hook.....bent getting it out of a blues mouth....it had all 3 barbs in the mouth......had to torque it to get it out.
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Almost time to get our fish on!!!
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