I bought 2 of these for both young children. I was impressed on how easy it was to use. For a very young child it may be a little heavy but still with some help would be manageable. Good quality, easy to use, user friendly and for the price really can not go wrong considering an average kids fishing pole/real kit runs $20+-.

Well worth the investment for those "Help dad, I caught a tree again" children. Recommended

my daughters are 8 years old-this is not an item for them!!! We were all disappointed-we always go fishing, and my girls begged to have these. They shoot out about 20 feet, which is right in front of your feet, and they catch nothing!!! They do better with a rod and reel, and live bait. We have told everyone not to buy them, unless you have children who are 2 years old and want to act like they are fishing-otherwise, not worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fogo Rocket Rod Jet Cast Fishing Rod

Our 6 year old grandson asked Santa for this Fishing Rod. He was thrilled to receive it Christmas morning. He mentioned to Santa that "it would go (cast out) 30 miles out into the water". Highly recommend to "young" fishermen. Patricia Taylor, Veneta, Oregon

I was very excited at the concept of such a rod and bought three--one for each of my sons (ages 10-4). however, after trying these, we discovered it was very difficult for even our oldest to set up himself and they kept getting tangled and jammed. we had problems with the hook not releasing when it hit the water too. we took them out on a fishing trip with a group of our friends--I have to give them credit--every child wanted to try this rod, but for the work we had to put into each cast I would honestly just go back to a regular rod. it's a nice novelty item that still needs a little work.

After seeing the commercial on TV my son wanted this really bad. It doesn't really work very well. The bobber where you put your bait doesn't open up very well. I've had to open it up to fix tangled line twice. I like the idea of it though. It makes it easy for younger kids to cast, but it's not really designed for younger kids. Older kids like my 9 year old can cast a regular pole pretty well.