7 Ft Casting Rods

duckett wheeler series $140, or silverado series for $100.

For the price a 7ft Med/Hvy Veritas is a workhorse at the $100 price range. If you're into higher end stuff then I'd go for a Shimano/St. Croix/Dobyns but most of the upper end models need to be ordered.

seriously forget everything we say. Go to academy, bass pro or dicks and pick them all, test them all by piping them real fast about 3 or 4 eyelets down or moving them back and forth real fast, I am sure u can find something on u tube on how to do this and put your 3 favorites in one spot then look at price etc. Ask the guy that works there about difference , reliability issues, etc and pick the one u like the best.

I have bought some great rods like this

I pop it a few times to do that but I M going to try that next time

Falcon low rider or Falcon Coastal.

My last pick up was a Falcon coastal XG from Academy for $80 or $90. I have only used it in the yard but it feels good. I think it is 6'9" though, they had 7fters but this had the action/speed I wanted.

Same. I've fished bass all of my life, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, finesse, with the same 2 poles, and none of them were over 6'6".

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I need casting rod suggestions for a decent price. Just had 2 rods break, and have a trip this weekend so extra points for Academy finds

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Inshore or Freshwater?
Where are you?
What's a "decent price"? $75? $150?

Puglia's and Chags are both having sales through Saturday if you're in N.O./Metry

Outside of Falcon I don't think Academy has much to offer in rods anymore. I did pick up some GLoomis E6x rods from there when they went on sale a couple years back.

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BadatBourre

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What techniques do you fish most often?

For bass fishing, you should start with a 7'-7'6" MH/F rod as your first rod. It'll do a lot. Tx rigs, spinnerbaits, topwater, chatterbaits, flukes, senkos, finesse football jigs.

For your 2nd, it would depend on what other techniques you throw.

If you throw more squarebills, lipless, jerkbaits, smaller spinnerbaits, shakey head, poppers, etc..., then rod #2 should be a 6'6"-6'10" Medium/Fast.

If you throw more frogs, punching, flipping, big jigs, then rod #2 should be a 7'-7'6" H/F.

The 4th rod you really should have is a 6'8"-7'2" ML/F Spinning rod for finesse techniques.

Those 4 rods cover 95% of your techniques.

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I'll probably get downvoted but the $30 Berkeley Cherrywood ain't bad

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For just throwing and reeling moving baits (spinnerbaits, lipless and smaller crankbaits/squarebills), less expensive rods are fine. For technique specific applications and for bottom contact applications, you really gain an advantage paying up.

I really like the Ethos HD rods from academy because they're still not too expensive ($70) and academy will exchange them no questions asked without a receipt since they are their house brand. Also, they're frequently on sale for around $50.