Rockaway Light Weight Carbon Saltwater Surf Rods

9/7/22 - This baby was 12' long, very small in diameter & very light. I wondered if it would chuck a 3oz weight it was rated for without breaking? It did & without breaking. It sailed the bait & 3oz farther than ever before. Tip was sensitive enough to see tiny 3"-4" fish nibbling on the bait. (I know cause I caught one, along with a sea anemone & starfish) It did well bringing other 2-3 lb fish up the 30' cliff we were fishing from. Pretty impressive & happy with it. Good addition to the collection. However, next time I looked at it 2 months later (Nov), the tip & 3.5" of rod was broken off. It was stored like any others, separated in 1/2 with line still attached standing up with tip down next to handle. Mending failed cause I.D. was to small to insert anything strong enough & wasn't please about being 3.5" shorter if I put a new tip on it....being as it's brand new & only used once. I felt like I got cheated. Came across a fishing forum where a guy had same problem on same rod. He contacted the factory & got a new outer 1/2 of the rod for free. Well I'm screwed as it is so gave it a shot. Sure enough, the factory is sending me one too...for free. Might have to pay for shipping but that's better than the options I had. Bottom line, good pole & customer support but tip needs special care to prevent breaking. It appears to be a weak link. I will now store it standing up with the butt of both sections on the ground & twist tied together. Once again, beware, the tip will not take the abuse other rods will. 12/1/22 update, Received outer 1/2 of pole from Okuma today. The thick cardboard 3" x 6' tube was bent 1' from one end. The tip end as it turns out. Luckily the pole was not damaged. Okuma didn't charge me anything, not even shipping. Now that's the way to treat customers! Kudo's to Okuma! I'll look you up 1st for my next pole. 👍

Great bang for the buck. Just bought a PENN rod that is almost the equivalent. The Penn is heavier by about 4 oz and cost 2x as much 3x as much if you get it on sale like I just did. Both are great rods, they cast well but he Rockaway has less wind resistance so with the lighter wt. casting all day is an easier thing to do. It may be just me but the Penn needs a heavier reel to feel better balanced for me. Lighter rod, lighter reel, less wind resistance and lower price. HOW COULD YOU GO WRONG! The bad part was packaging. Amazon just doesn’t get it. I’ve been luck with my rod purchases but this time was pure luck

My pole arrived unpacked. It had a thin plastic wrapping.. the eyes had poked through the plastic in few spots... Remarkably, none of the eyes were broken or bent and the pole only had a few scuffs from the journey...

2nd photo is the box the replacement was shipped in. 11 boxes taped together and not a tag or a piece of packing at all inside. Chunked up handle and damaged eyelet inserts. 1st is the original, plastic opened and taped back shut but the tags were intact. The damage is clear and I’m not sure if it’s a factory defect or the first buyer did it and returned it. Being the plastic was opened and taped back I’m guessing it’s a factory defect that was previously returned. I have been a customer of Amazon since 1995 or so. This is the worst experience. I can’t believe Amazon has devolved to shipping good customers used damaged trash sold as new. I’m going to start shopping more legit online retailers that still care. In no way am I not pleased with any Rockaway rod or reel I own or Okuma products

Love this rod! Very sensitive but has enough backbone to haul in the tanks. I use mine mostly for surf perch and for the cost, it’s a great rod! I would recommend using it for any surf or jetty application for perch, bottom fish, crab, lings, salmon. If you haven’t, you should.

Insert fell out of my tip eyelet. So far have not heard back from anyone. Will repost later.

The rod looks be great with a sensitive tip. The rod is very light and rated medium power. The packaging had something to be desired it had been bent. There was no foam or packing so the rod had bounced around in there and tore through the plastic bag but the rod was not damaged but it could have been easily. A little packing would have gone a long way but all in all a great looking Rod I can't wait to try it.

Thank you

Good rod

Muy buena, la he utilizado para pescar desde orilla de playa y me permite realizar muy buenos lances, altamente sensible al ataque de los peces.

A great rod for surf casting. No complaints.

A la caña le falta un pedazo de la punta más delgada no trae la anilla de la punta está golpeada cuenta con diversos raspones, acabo de recibir la segunda caña que me envían y está totalmente rota

Tuve un problema llego sin una pieza, pero se aclaró y me mandaron la caña completa