I hope someone can help me find the proper rod for this;  I don't have to get out very far, maybe less than 60 feet in still waters... looking for Bass of course!

I  just don't want to break the rod and lose the sensor!  I already have the reel (Revros LT 2000) bought a few years back... 

I was thinking along the line of a  7' heavy, fast tip and use 50lb braided line (not sure of weight I need)

 

TIA... SpokaneDude

 

I need to edit parts of my post:  Reel is a Diawa BG 3000 tossing 50 lb braid... sorry, couldn't figure out how to edit the original above!

25 minutes ago, SpokaneDude said:

I need to edit parts of my post:  Reel is a Diawa BG 3000 tossing 50 lb braid

Reel should handle that - I'd go higher braid to be sure.

 

25 minutes ago, SpokaneDude said:

I was thinking along the line of a  7' heavy, fast tip

Standard heavy power rods only go to 1.5 oz...for a 2oz weight you're looking at an  inshore or surf rod...this'll handle it and for under $50

https://www.tackledirect.com/penn-squadron-iii-inshore-rods.html

32 minutes ago, SpokaneDude said:

I hope someone can help me find the proper rod for this;  I don't have to get out very far, maybe less than 60 feet in still waters... looking for Bass of course!

I  just don't want to break the rod and lose the sensor!  I already have the reel (Revros LT 2000) bought a few years back... 

I was thinking along the line of a  7' heavy, fast tip and use 50lb braided line (not sure of weight I need)

 

TIA... SpokaneDude

 

I need to edit parts of my post:  Reel is a Diawa BG 3000 tossing 50 lb braid... sorry, couldn't figure out how to edit the original above!

Just get UglyStik GX2 for $39 and you can use the rod for fishing when needed as well.

Hey Guys... the weight of the sonar sensor is 2 pounds, not two ounces!  It's 1/2 of a Namo Fish Finder.

Just now, SpokaneDude said:

Hey Guys... the weight of the sonar sensor is 2 pounds, not two ounces!  It's 1/2 of a Namo Fish Finder.

Do the Berkley 8’ Big Game Spinning Rod, Two Piece XXH $35  , It will do it, I am casting 2lb weight with it. If you want I can go to my truck and take picture for you.

I have Dobyns Mag Swimbait rods but they are expensive for your job.

17 minutes ago, ATA said:

Do the Berkley 8’ Big Game Spinning Rod, Two Piece XXH $35  , It will do it, I am casting 2lb weight with it. If you want I can go to my truck and take picture for you.

I have Dobyns Mag Swimbait rods but they are expensive for your job.

I found a  Penn Squadron III Surf Spinning Fishing Rod Titanium/Red/Gold, 10' - Medium Heavy - 15-30lb - 2pc for $70 on Amazon... 

I think it will work, since it's similar to what you have suggested... and I'm familiar with the Penn name

If you need to get two POUNDS out to casting distance I’d be thinking about something other than a fishing rod. That’s 32 ounces. A big surf rod will throw 8 and bait for a common big surf rig, so 12-16 ounces. I have an 8oz rated surf rod and I’ve throw. 12 plus bait for about 16-18 ounces total and wouldn’t do it again. You’re really straining the rod. If it were me I’d be looking at a 12-16 ounce rated rod and given what you’re doing I’d go with 130 lb braid. 

12 minutes ago, casts_by_fly said:

If you need to get two POUNDS out to casting distance I’d be thinking about something other than a fishing rod. That’s 32 ounces. A big surf rod will throw 8 and bait for a common big surf rig, so 12-16 ounces. I have an 8oz rated surf rod and I’ve throw. 12 plus bait for about 16-18 ounces total and wouldn’t do it again. You’re really straining the rod. If it were me I’d be looking at a 12-16 ounce rated rod and given what you’re doing I’d go with 130 lb braid. 

 

I wouldn't use braid or spinning (of course I wouldn't cast a FF either) I'd use a conventional fiberglass rod. We use to use 8' rods and Penn conventional reels with 50 or 60 lb mono, and would fling 16-24 oz jigs underhand quite a bit for cod from a rocking boat. You should be able to lob 2 lbs fairly easily from land with something like that. If I was going to go through all that trouble, I'd just tow it behind an RC boat...

This seems like a recipe for disaster. I'm surprised they would make a castable sonar transducer that weighs 2 lbs. I definitely wouldn't use braid for that. If you haven't already bought it I would look for a different option. 2 lbs is a ton of weight to try to cast.

16 minutes ago, Jrob78 said:

2 lbs is a ton of weight

 

LOL

10 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

 

LOL

I should have said literally ?

What fish finder is 2 pounds? Jesus

 

I'd load that B in a water balloon slingshot and launch it.  Seriously though, I'd think a more  quiet entry would be beneficial.

 

9 hours ago, JediAmoeba said:

What fish finder is 2 pounds? Jesus

I think the op may be mistaken, the ones I’ve seen are more like 3oz.

BIG MISTAKE ON MY PART!!  It's 2.6 ounces! not pounds!  Sorry for putting all of you through this waste of time... I certainly appreciate it from all of you, and in the future I'll have my wife verify weights for me!☹️

two pounds.  can you just put some line at your feet and simply throw it like baseball?  60 feet?  

 

use one of those Chuck-It dog ball throwing toys.!

17 minutes ago, SpokaneDude said:

BIG MISTAKE ON MY PART!!  It's 2.6 ounces! not pounds!  Sorry for putting all of you through this waste of time... I certainly appreciate it from all of you, and in the future I'll have my wife verify weights for me!☹️

No worries.   It made it a very fun read!!  

What is it from Northern California to the Canadian border? Inhaling too much Mount St Helens dust maybe?...

2 hours ago, Darth-Baiter said:

two pounds.  can you just put some line at your feet and simply throw it like baseball?  60 feet?  

 

use one of those Chuck-It dog ball throwing toys.!

This was going to be my option, 2 lbs is heavy as frick to be casting. Grab some heavy braid and toss her as hard as you can, good ol handlining it.

That being the case, look for a cheap Heavy saltwater rod, longer will cast it farther, so maybe a 2 pc surf casting rod. Check out Purefishing, they do Ugly stix, Shakespeare, and such. You might even find a combo. 
 

You can even cast it like a surf rod where you lay out 6’ or so of line and launch it like a trebuchet. If needed you can get a surfcasters trigger which I found useful for heavy baits that tore up the finger.

22 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

Reel should handle that - I'd go higher braid to be sure.

 

Standard heavy power rods only go to 1.5 oz...for a 2oz weight you're looking at an  inshore or surf rod...this'll handle it and for under $50

https://www.tackledirect.com/penn-squadron-iii-inshore-rods.html

Agreed! Look for a cheap, shorter inshore rod. 

7 hours ago, SpokaneDude said:

BIG MISTAKE ON MY PART!!  It's 2.6 ounces! not pounds!  Sorry for putting all of you through this waste of time... I certainly appreciate it from all of you, and in the future I'll have my wife verify weights for me!☹️

Rod I posted above will handle that as long as you don't try 'for the fence'...just a good lob should get it out far enough.