Noodle Rod

[Uncle Nicky]

Crazy question but I'll ask anyway... I have a noodle rod (9 foot Ugly Stick) with a Jupiter Z 4500 spinning reel, which has been gathering dust for 20 years. Did the Salmon River thing once, wasn't for me.

Anyway, I was thinking of taking this rod/reel late December for an offshore sea bass trip. Looking for opinions, is this even doable on a rod like this? Obviously I'd have another rod just in case, but was hoping to get some use out of this rod/reel, the other option would be sell it. I was thinking to spool it with 40# braid, and I'd be dropping 8-24 oz of lead. I would think if you could reel in a salmon with this setup, why not a cod or bluefish?

[BugEye Chris]

I do a lot of winter offshore sea bass trips
And in my opinion although it would a lot of fun
unless you have perfect conditions you would be
In trouble. But I would bring it along because you
Never know

[ALS Mako]

i think a 9' rod would be very difficult to wield around on a partyboat. also a noodle rod for fishing deep water just doesn't make sense. i'm sure you could do it but the rod would be doubled over the whole time.

[SaltLife1980]

Its to light. The rod is going to load up and the thing will be bent in half just from the weight.

[Uncle Nicky]

OK, makes sense. I don't recall using much weight when I did fish with it 20 years ago, but doesn't sound like it is the right tool for the job. Thanks.