What a baseball bat is to basketball players, the hockey stick to hockey players and boxing gloves to boxers, that’s what the fishing rod is to a fishermen. It’s the item that defines them and fishing as a sport.

A good fishing rod is important, but it also matters what type of rod you choose depending on whether you’ll be casting in deep sea or shallow waters. There is the style, the length of the rod, how flexible the rod is, the type of action you want to perform, the line and the lure weights. Also, your level of experience is another factor that will determine what type of rod will you use. For instance, sea fishing rods will be hard to handle for beginners.

Speaking of sea fishing rods, the first thing to know about them is that they’re mainly made for casting in deep sea waters, and for catching big, strong and powerful fish, which in addition require experience and knowledge by the fisherman. Below are the 5 most popular sea fishing rods.

Shakespeare Ugly Stik Bigwater Rod

Depending on the angler’s needs, this rod can be found in different lengths, from 167 centimeters to 457 centimeters. If you’re a more experienced angler, get the longer rod and go for the big fish. If not, get the smaller one. This sea fishing rod is made of stainless steel, has aluminum oxide inserts, graphite reel seats and EVA grips – a combination that offers durability, toughness and dependability.

Okuma Cortez

The Okuma Cortez sea fishing rods have a not so ordinary construction made of carbon and glass blank elements, guides made of double-footed stainless steel and polished inserts made of titanium oxide. They also have EVA grips, and a line that can handle up to 9 to 13 kilograms of weight.

Penn Rampage Boat Casting Rod

This one is a fishing rod made for hunting big, powerful, resisting fish! The EVA grips are triangular and designed to fit the contours of the hand and the standard stainless steel guides and aluminum oxide inserts. The rod is designed as a tubular glass blank and can hold up to 38 kilograms of fish.

Crowder Tideline Spinning Rod

Standard aluminum oxide guides and a high-modulus, graphite blank is what defines the Crowder Tideline rod. In addition, these rods also have reel seats and a very comfortable and sensitive cork grip. The line can reach 2 meters length, and the weight the rod can handle is near 38 kilograms the most.

St. Croix Legend Salt Offshore Rod

If you’re looking to optimize flexibility resilience, than this is the rod for you. This is a graphite rod that features proprietary tooling technology for creating a continuous taper. The St. Croix Legend Rod features slick butts made of high density nylon and EVA grips. This rod is probably the best for handling heavy fish of more than 45 kilograms, so if you’re going against some powerful sea monsters, this is the right rod for you.