Well, you could use it but for the method we were using for tog you really want a rod more suitable to lighter line -
That Tica would be fine for plugging and eels in the surf for bass, though - and the price was right, too -
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.