Customer Reviews

Fogo Rocket Rod Jet Cast Fishing Rod

5 star:		(6)
4 star:		(14)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(26)

 

 

I wonder how many people actually catch fish with this rod. We bought two of these at 30 bucks a pop. We have twin sons and they were so excited to use these. They shoot fine (about 15 feet...not 30) but the problem is with the capsule (bobber) that holds your bait. It tends to not release the hook that holds the bait. You aren't gonna catch much of anything if your hook is still inside the bobber. I was discussing the rod with a friend and she said her daughters did the same thing. Its a great idea, but it just doesn't work for some reason. I think we will be returning these and getting them a plain old fishing rod. We were out for over 2 hours and no bites. Maybe because they didn't have anything to bite into.

I bought this for my grandson. It took him about three minutes after receiving this to have a problem with the release latch. I was with him and saw he did nothing more then cast and retreive. I think it is a waste of money.

I bought this at Wal-Mart for my 4-year-old who LOVES to fish. It's true what the package says and that it's not for children under 8. As hard as he tried he was not able to cast it himself. It requires quite a bit of strength and coordination in order to cast it. And it's heavier than a normal fishing rod so that made it more difficult for him. I still thought I'd hold on to it for a while to give him some time and maybe he'd get better at it but I didn't get the chance. Only after 6-7 casts the darn thing broke. I didn't even ask my husband to see if he could fix it. Back to the store it went; we'll stick to a regular pole and just keep doing the casting for him.

I bought this for my 2 sons figuring it would be a fun way to have them easily cast the line and fish. Within 2 casts, the lines were impossibly tangled and they both broke apart easily when trying to repair. the hook did not properly come out of the cartridge and there is no way a fish will be caught. I feel really taken by the company that put this piece of garbage out in the marketplace. Terrible product. Please don't waste your money like I did.

Don't buy it. I bought it for my 7-yr-old son. I'm going to return mine after taking it out for the first time. It only casted out a couple times and then started tangling fish line inside, line kept breaking when casting and all kind of fishing line problem. It's impossible to fix. I spent more time trying to fix the casting and fishing line than to actually do fishing. Old fashion fishing rod seems so make sense after all.

Bought this for our 4 year old son who saw it on an infomercial. I wish I bought it from amazon cause I paid a lot more for shipping. (I also had to pay an extra 6 dollars in shipping added to regular shipping price to get it within two weeks for xmas) Now that my neice and nephew (8 & 10years) saw it they want it for their b-days in febuary. I will definately get them from amazon because it's cheaper here. Anyways the product is pretty cool. It shoots pretty far and you don't have fishing line issues that you have with regular fishing rods. It will definately be more excited to fish with Dad this summer. It's very easy to handle that my 4 year old can do it by himself and its cool enough that even a 10 year old enjoys it and wants it.

I gave this 1 star because they don't allow 0. this thing is junk. only shoots 15 to 20 ft. the reel is very weak. me and my 4 year old used it for 2 hours and then it broke. the reel quit reeling. the bobber is too hard to get back in the shaft. whoever invented this should give money back. Please do not buy this for your kids.

Our twins bought two of these with their own money. Neither worked as advertised. Both broke on the first outing. This toy was a big disappointment.

i bought 2 of these and my kids love them but there to hard for them to use,they dont shoot 30 feet they are luck to go 15 feet.they are yet to get a fish on them, the bobber floats way to low in my opinion it scares the fish.they dont work as easy as they show it to!my kids are 5 & 7!i wish i could resale them for half the price so dont waste your money like i did!

Well, they looked so cool on TV that I ordered 2 of them and I regret it. It's awkward to get the hook back into the "rocket" once the bait is on. I took my son fishing with them and what we ended up doing is not launching them out of the gun/rod. We left the pod open with the bait on the hook and dropped it into the water and let it drift with the current. I've come to find that buying cheesey little rods and reels are simply a waste of money. If you're going to take a little one out fishing, just use your own and let them reel yours in until their big enough to handle a decent set up. The only reason I gave this 2 stars is because it was a neat IDEA. [...].