ok tonight i went back out catfishing....wasnt doing too well..missed one(sure its because i am using too small hooks) but no other takers..few nibblers but thats it. right before i was going to pack up i got a hit. set the hook and the fight was on. not a MONSTER but a nice one....he ran me in the SAME log pile i been having troubles with...gota be a logpile...car.....train..theres something BIG down there lol...so he runs me in and i try to fight him out..he snagged me up good. i finally felt him get off.....so im trying to break the snag free. walked backwards and had a but of tension on the rod but not all too much bend in it..i heard a metal pop and kapow! my rod snapped! the metal snap was a guide snapping off. that let line go too fast and put a wierd bend in the rod and made it snap. no biggie..35$ walmart special "southbend CATFISH rod" lol..i got more then 35$ use out of it...(it was made of WOOD!)

but anyways....my summers almost over...new bow will be here in a day or 2...i need bigger hooks for my bigger bait and bigger fish......i need better rigs...so i need your guys help....i may just buy 2 rods and put the reels from the junk rods on them for now....i dont wanna sink serious cash into rods i abuse and will only use a few summers...ill be graduating college in 3 years hopefully and hopefully movin outa here....i dont wanna sink a couple hundred into each rig and i move where them rods will be useless to me..so i need you guys to recomend some good reasonable catfish rods and reels...or combos etc....id reallllly like rods that werent WOODEN lol...i really dont have a problem with the reels.....they hold 20lb test mono fine...they arent the smoothest or great...but they work and i havent had much problems..but ill take reel recomendations too..keep in mind my big catfish will probably only be 10-20lb....our state records only 43lbs for a flathead though i knowwww theres bigger..im stuck on the bank so my fishing spots are limited...something ratedfor 20-30 lb line should be fine..and a few ounces of weight.......so lets hear the recomendations...rods...reels...combos...dont matter long as i aint selling the truck to buy them lol.....