We bought one of these for our youngest son's third birthday, and of course we had to by another one for his four year old brother to avoid fighting. I have to say that despite some mixed reviews, it works as advertised. We never had any problems with snaggles, and the hook deployed everytime. I wonder if people were using enough weight on their line? Or had some other problems with their rig? The kids caught three fish between them with these rods, and I caught one while showing them how to use it. Neither my wife nor I caught one with our conventional rods, so perhaps we should consider switching, too...

Bought this for my son and it has been a big hit! Makes fishing a lot easier, and more fun, and less worries about someone getting hurt from a wayward hook. It was easy to setup, is easy to use, and is holding up well. Great for fishing in tight spaces too as you can just aim and shoot to cast. Fun product!

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.

My father bought this fishing rod at Target for both my boys for their birthday. The first day we caught 16 fish, (bluegill and catfish). The only problem for us is that the line broke twice and we now lost a bobber that I'm trying to find and replace. I love it. I know people aren't having good luck. But we did...I don't know why.... :)

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.