Merry Christmas everyone.
So, I got a new rod and real for Christmas unlike any I've used before... hoping someone can say what it's best suited for!
It's a 6 foot heavy one-piece rod (Shakespeare TW601B) rated for 4-8kg line, with a Shakespeare T15L overhead reel rated for 300 yards of 14 lb line, "Light/Medium Saltwater".
To me this sounds like something you might use out on a boat going after kingfish and the like...
... will it be of much use to me as a landbased fisherman who just likes to catch the occasional flattie, bream, trout, redfin etc?? (baits and lures) (from their description I was expecting a baitcaster but it really is a chunky overhead and real stiff rod)
If not I'll ask for a boat next xmas