Tournament Choice Rod?

[Bassin30721]

Has anybody used Tournament Choice fishing rods from Academy sports? If so, are they good fishing rods?

[LARGEMOUTH ANGLER]

nope, I never heard of it, I only buy well known and high quality products that's why I only buy daiwa gear

[buzzfrog]

nope, I never heard of it, I only buy well known and high quality products that's why I only buy daiwa gear

WOW is all I gotta say, he was asking for an opnion not a d**n, sale pitch, to answer you question, my brother broke  2, one was kinda his fault, was on shore and he set a hook in a tree, mind you if was a sub descent rod, it probably wouldnt have broke on that. the other, I forgot but was the rod snapping, mid way, completly rod fault

 

not to go OT, the ethos rods are pretty dang good for there price, and if they break for some wild reason they will take them back, usally no ??s asked

[MichiganFishing1997]

WOW is all I gotta say, he was asking for an opnion not a d**n, sale pitch, to answer you question, my brother broke  2, one was kinda his fault, was on shore and he set a hook in a tree, mind you if was a sub descent rod, it probably wouldnt have broke on that. the other, I forgot but was the rod snapping, mid way, completly rod fault

 

not to go OT, the ethos rods are pretty dang good for there price, and if they break for some wild reason they will take them back, usally no ??s asked

I dont know about the rod, but im totally with buzzfrog, he asked for an opinion, not for an ignorant response.

[Ima Bass Ninja]

nope, I never heard of it, I only buy well known and high quality products that's why I only buy daiwa gear

Haha that's laughable. I have had daiwa products that are anything but quality. Point is daiwa puts their name on crappy products too.

To the OP the tournament choice rods are a basic IM6 blank with probably minimal quality control, but they are extremely affordable. Will they work for bass fishing...absolutely. They are an excellent choice if you are just getting into bass fishing or need a rod to carry in the truck.

[MichiganFishing1997]

i dont know the price of the rod but I have had a lot of good experiences with my Berkley cherrywoods if your looking for other options.

[buzzfrog]

yes any rod is good, I mean if you are getting in and thats all you need go ahead, if you think you are gonna get hardcore go for somthing more descent,  the mentioned cherrywoods, maybe it is my wallmart but my aunt went through 3, back in 2011, maybe it was that lot from wallyworld, I felt and messed with one at academy today, seems descent lol

[MichiganFishing1997]

I have had my cherrywoods for over 7 years, no problems at all. I love them for $30.

[Jrob78]

I would also check out some of the All Stars from Academy. They had the Classic series on sale for $29 when I was there yesterday. They are a far cry from the All Stars of old but still a good rod for the money.

[Bassin30721]

Thanks y'all

[SirSnookalot]

I've had im6 rods that were very decent and an im10 that I returned an hour after I bought it.  2 rods I use quite are inexpensive, both about $55.  1 is a med spinner 7' 8/17 I use for bass fishing and the other is a 7' mh spinning I use for barracuda, really like both these rods and neither has given me a bit of problem.

 

I'm not familiar with Academy, have no knowledge of their rods.

[JohnnyQuestWY]

Yes they are great. I have two 7 foot rods. Have had these for years and they are great.

They now are titled H2O but they are the same exact rods..

[Hower08]

On 6/15/2013 at 8:47 PM, LARGEMOUTH ANGLER said:

nope, I never heard of it, I only buy well known and high quality products that's why I only buy daiwa gear

The admittance of only buying daiwa shows you don't care about buying high quality either

[Teal]

[the reel ess]

It's their own brand of affordable rod. It's not high quality, but do you need it to be? I use some less expensive rods for techniques that don't require a lot of sensitivity. You know, spinnerbaits, topwaters, lipless cranks. If the action is good for the technique I'll use it.

 

I have to admit I have two old Eagle Claw composite rods that I paid $9 for in Walmart about 25 years ago. One is on my light creek spinning combo. Caught many a bass, bream and crappie with that one.

[WRB]

I don't know who you all are answering to.....this is a 7 year old thread!

Tom

[new2BC4bass]

On 6/15/2013 at 10:52 PM, buzzfrog said:

yes any rod is good, I mean if you are getting in and thats all you need go ahead, if you think you are gonna get hardcore go for somthing more descent,  the mentioned cherrywoods, maybe it is my wallmart but my aunt went through 3, back in 2011, maybe it was that lot from wallyworld, I felt and messed with one at academy today, seems descent lol

That pretty much says it all.  I've seen rods with broken guides, tips broke off, etc.  I did find one rod on sale that was in good condition.  I now have a 6' MH Berkely Lightning for $17.  But this was from a few years ago.  My local Walmart no longer carries rods of this high quality.  Just junk for those that go fishing once a year and don't want to spend more than $25-$30 for a combo with line already spooled.

11 minutes ago, WRB said:

I don't know who you all are answering to.....this is a 7 year old thread!

Tom

The dead rising has become more common lately.  Probably because ...like in the winter...people aren't getting out.

[Hower08]

4 hours ago, WRB said:

I don't know who you all are answering to.....this is a 7 year old thread!

Tom

Never once looked at any date haha