The average premium rod now costs over $1,000
My first experience with the BEAST gear was a Murray cod trip south
These ratings are for the recommended weight the rod can handle for best performance

TACKLE USED (retail links) DROP SHOT SETUP #1 (nose-hooked plastic) DROP SHOT SETUP #1 (nose-hooked plastic) WORM X-Zone 4 Original Slammer HOOK VMC Drop Shot Hook, Size 2 WEIGHT VMC Tungsten Teardrop Drop Shot Weight, 1/8- to 3/4-ounce ROD Alpha Angler DSR Spinning Rod, 610 Medium REEL Daiwa Exist 3000 Spinning Reel LINE (main) Seaguar Smackdown Braided Line, color Flash Green, 15-pound LINE (leader) Seaguar Gold Label Fluorocarbon Leader Line, 6-12 pound DROP SHOT SETUP #2 (threaded plastic) DROP SHOT SETUP #2 (threaded plastic) WORM X-Zone Lures 6 MB Fat Finesse Worm HOOK VMC Finesse Neko Hook, size 2 WEIGHT VMC Tungsten Teardrop Drop Shot Weight, 1/8-3/4-ounce ROD Alpha Angler DSR Spinning Rod, 610 Medium REEL Daiwa Exist 300 Spinning Reel LINE (Main) Seaguar Smackdown Braided Line, Flash Green, 15-pound LINE (Leader) Seaguar Tatsu Fluorocarbon, 6-12 pound BOAT & ELECTRONICS LIVE SONAR Humminbird MEGA Live 360 SONAR Humminbird MEGA 360 Imaging FISH FINDER Humminbird SOLIX 12 CHIRP MEGA SI+ G3 BOAT Skeeter FXR20 Bass Boat TROLLING MOTOR Minn Kota Ultrex MSI+, 52, 36v (112 lbs) OTHER GEAR PLASTIC STORAGE Bass Mafia The Brief Case TACKLE BOX Bass Mafia Bait Casket 3600 2.0 HAT Rapala SnapbackHat

The 13 Fishing Concept C2 is available at these retailers: Lightweight but still solid Reel manufacturers are spending a lot of time and money to get their reels as lightweight as humanly possible