Ocea Bluefin tuna rod

[Kiel Hinds]

Has anyone fished with this rod? Fukui San seemed to get good casting distance out of this rod
and i read somewhere that it has a nice tip for working stickbaits and Fukui San was casting sea frogs
and another pencil popper with it as well. Looks like it might be a good all purpose rod for guys like me
looking for something to cast a mile and a half from shore.

[Kiel Hinds]

I noticed that this thread had some 50 odd views so i thought i would just share what i gathered from persons about this rod for whoever is interested. The rating on the rod suggests that it is capable of casting lighter lures, but a guy i spoke to about it said that he found the rating to be on the conservative side. He was unable to load the rod down at the lower end of the rating (30g) and even said that he was sure it could comfortably handle a 5 ounce popper which is slightly over the 130g rating.

I also read on another forum a post by someone who got good distance casting flitz. I'm assuming the 75g version. Now i'm not sure what size gammas and sea frogs Fukui-san was using with this rod, but i'm goin to guess they were around the 4ish ounce mark as well and he was cetainly belting those lures out there AND lets not forget that bibbed minnow he worked with it as well.

For someone looking for a rod to work a wide range of weights this could be a very good option. Hopefully sooner rather than later i will get my hands on one and form my own opinion.

[Gavin Ng]

sorry to go off topic, but does anyon e know what bibbed minnow fukui san is using when he gets that last big fish?

[Kiel Hinds]

Gavin, that is one of the many unanswered questions of the universe. I too have been trying to find that out for a while.
The Duo tide line of minnows seem closest to me. But i am not 100% on if it is one.

[Luke Wyrsta]

I'll ask him for you 

[Rick Smith]

Thanks for the update Kiel! Wouldn't mind getting myself an s86m also.
Curious about that lure too...

[Jon Li]

Has anyone fished with this rod? Fukui San seemed to get good casting distance out of this rod
and i read somewhere that it has a nice tip for working stickbaits and Fukui San was casting sea frogs
and another pencil popper with it as well. Looks like it might be a good all purpose rod for guys like me
looking for something to cast a mile and a half from shore.

Very few anglers in the world can come close in achieving the casting distance of Fukui-san is capable of , he is afterall a field tester of Shimano hence in official records , he uses Shimano products .

Jon .   

[Kiel Hinds]

Very few anglers in the word can come close in achieving the casting distance of Fukui-san is capable of , he is afterall a field tester of Shimano hence in official records , he uses Shimano products .

Jon .   

You are very right Jon. I watched all the available episodes of him fishing on shimanotv...Fukui-san is a casting god....
For all those wanting to learn how to cast well WATCH AND REWATCH FUKUI-SAN!.. You might learn something.

[Alex Gomez]

I have just brought one of these rods and can't wait to use it! I also have the newer version that is rated up to 100g. It will be interesting to see the difference between the two.

I'm new to stick baiting but although not carpenter or Ripple Fisher etc the BFT may be a good versatile rod.

We'll see......

[Cameron Mundy]

Fukai-san could belt a lure out with a broomstick he has a remarkably powerful casting technique. He generally fishes a 8k with PE6  which helps a lot with gaining distance but the fact that he has forearms like Popeye and is in great shape doesn't hurt either.