GOOFISH® WAKEPORT 802H Swimbait Casting Rod

The GOOFISH WAKEPORT 802H is a freshwater swimbait casting rod designed around larger glide baits and weighted soft swimbaits, a long two-handed grip and a two-section transport format. The Apricot Mint finish pairs natural cork with an orange EVA foregrip, a mint butt cap and an ice-grey lower blank.

This is a dedicated big-bait direction, not a finesse rod, a crankbait rod for small plugs or a boat jigging rod. One 802H model and one finish are proposed, without interchangeable Power tips or additional color combinations.

Specification status: Every new rod rating, dimension, mass, balance, material choice and installed component detail below is a development target awaiting engineering approval and physical samples. FUJI catalog dimensions are sourced references, not measurements of this rod. Images are design renders, not product photographs, scaled drawings or production instructions. No casting-distance, catch-rate, sensitivity, strength or hook-retention result has been established.

Why this model exists

WAKEPORT names the surface path of a moving bait and the practical need to transport a long rod. The 80 family denotes a nominal eight-foot class, 2 denotes two removable sections and H denotes the intended Heavy power. The controlling metric length is 2440 mm, not an exact imperial conversion. Model WP-802H-AM identifies the Apricot Mint finish.

The intended user is an experienced freshwater bass angler working larger swimbaits or glide baits from an open bank or stable boat deck. Lakes, reservoirs and slow river reaches need clear casting and landing space around the angler. Largemouth bass is the primary target species; species names do not establish a permissible fish mass. Pike waters require separately selected bite protection, whose mass counts in the complete rig. This is not a muskie-trolling or universal heavy-cover outfit.

The longer handle gives two hands room during controlled casting and can be braced against the forearm during retrieval; comfort and reach still require trials. A Moderate-Fast bending target is intended to load progressively with the complete bait rather than copy a light Fast-action bass blank. The middle joint shortens transport length but adds fit, wear and bend-transition checks. Neither a two-piece layout nor an H label proves greater strength or one-piece performance.

802H selection targets

A complete bait lighter than the target window calls for a different rod rather than a claim of universal versatility. Heavy spinner blades, deep-diving lips and fast retrieves introduce resistance not described by bait mass alone. Do not treat 140 g as an approved hanging load, reel drag or pulling force. No vertical metal-jigging or suspended bottom-rig window is assigned.

Natural cork behind the reel, orange EVA in front

The starting grip choice is a continuous 350 mm natural-cork rear grip for hand placement along a long two-handed handle, a molded graphite casting-seat palm zone and a short 60 mm orange EVA foregrip. A thin mint elastomer cap protects the butt-contact zone as a design direction, not a validated impact claim. A small composite-cork wear transition is proposed beside the rear cap; it is not used to represent the whole grip as premium-grade natural cork.

Natural cork offers a familiar contact texture and permits local contour adjustment, but pore grade, filler, seams, cleaning and bond quality need supplier definition. The light surface can stain and must be evaluated with wet hands and gloves. EVA is a practical colorable foregrip candidate, but compression, cleaning, wet/cold contact and long-session comfort remain untested. Neither material is claimed to be lighter, more sensitive or more non-slip.

A full-EVA rear grip was considered for its continuous moldable surface and straightforward color control. Composite cork would require a defined binder, filler and bond schedule. A rigid carbon rear grip would add a separate wet/cold comfort and edge-protection problem. The mixed cork/EVA direction is a use-specific choice, not evidence that those alternatives are inferior. Repeated casting, prolonged retrieval, freshwater grime and incidental salt contamination all belong in material trials; this does not give the rod an approved saltwater use rating.

Approve separate natural-cork and finished-foam samples for staining, sunscreen and bait residue, cleaning-agent compatibility, pigment transfer, fading, UV/wet-dry aging, compression and adhesion. Assess both bare-hand and wet/gloved use, including cold conditions, before approving grip contours. Do not coat the cork simply to imitate a brighter photograph.

Handle dimensions and reel compatibility

All axial dimensions below use millimeters from the rear butt face x=0 toward the tip. They are development envelopes, not installed dimensions or machining tolerances. Maximum outer diameters apply only to the named grip or cap, not to a graphite seat's shaped trigger envelope.

The nominal seat-body midpoint is x437.75 mm by this chain, not the installed reel-foot midpoint. Use an engineer-approved section drawing to resolve the complete seat, moving hood, grip transitions and any arbor. Measure blank OD at both seat ends, then select structural arbors, adhesive clearance and contact length. Do not fill an unknown bore with an improvised soft spacer or grind away structural carbon to force a fit.

Trials must record the actual reel foot's length, width and thickness, hood contact, available locking travel, thread engagement, palm/trigger reach, spool-to-first-guide line exit, levelwind travel, winding-handle clearance and mounted balance. Check bare and gloved hands and seated/standing casting reach. Reel mass and a 200/300 label do not establish capacity or fit. A spinning rotor is not part of this configuration; no spinning-reel clearance is approved. Reel, line and bait are not included.

Blank and FUJI candidate bill of materials

The blank direction is a two-section tubular carbon-composite structure through the tip, with a reinforced central composite put-over joint. No solid tip insert or third removable part is specified. Carbon brand, modulus grade, fiber orientation, layup, wall thickness, resin, cure, blank diameters and wall-transition profiles remain engineer/supplier decisions. This is not a confirmed proprietary carbon recipe.

The initial sample train is nine wrap-on double-foot guides plus one tip-top, in a straight upper casting plane: one size12 entry, one size10 transition and seven size8 guides, then an intended size8 tip-top. The count is a development input, not an approved guide-spacing chart. Double-foot fittings add wrapping and mass; no unsupported strength advantage is claimed. First-guide location, joint exclusion zones and every station must follow actual-reel layout, taped static line trials and dynamic sample tests. Rendered guide count/positions cannot authorize manufacturing.

Nominal guide ring numbers are not measured clear apertures. Never use the ring size as the tip tube diameter. Select the final top from measured finished-tip OD, coating and the approved glue allowance together; verify insertion depth and bonding process. The catalog tube-OD examples do not specify glue clearance or a blank diameter. The LG candidate must be reconsidered if engineer-approved casting and line-load trials require another frame.

Do not repaint guide feet, inserts, tip tube bores, reel-seat threads, hood contacts, joint contact areas or adhesive zones. Keep genuine guide and seat finishes. A dark-grey stainless frame is not a corrosion-proof claim. Only one rod model is proposed, so there is no unverified cross-model component-sharing promise.

Apricot Mint appearance and original GOOFISH artwork

Use PANTONE1645 C as the orange EVA foregrip reference,3255 C as the mint cap and fine wrap-accent reference,7541 C as the ice-grey lower-blank/transition reference and Black7 C as the charcoal coating/thread/ink reference. Natural cork stays natural. These are sourced color references, not dye, paint, elastomer or anodizing formulas. The seat remains graphite with genuine supplier silver hood; guide frames remain supplier dark grey.

Styling targets: ice-grey lower blank x590–1050; charcoal working blank beyond x1050. Joint contact x1185–1255 is masked from decorative coating. A single mint2 mm axial band at x1048–1050 closes the lower panel; no metal ring stack. Charcoal thread wraps use at most a1 mm mint edge and a0.6 mm orange keyline as appearance targets; structural wrap lengths follow prepared feet, not these decorative widths. No band or graphic bridges the removable joint.

Prepare and sign separate physical masters for cured paint/clear coat, actual supplier metal, orange EVA, mint cap elastomer, wrapped-and-finished thread, natural cork and ink on the actual substrate. Check wet/dry appearance, gloss, flex adhesion, rub, cleaning, fading and aging. Digital images and PANTONE screen simulations are not material standards. Functional surfaces must stay free of decoration that changes their fit.

Use only the approved original connected-double-O GOOFISH wordmark without stretching, redrawing, tracing or adding symbols. The available low-resolution bitmap photograph is a reference, not a production vector. Obtain the original artwork before printing. Render lettering is not an approved master.

All marking positions use the same butt-face x=0 datum. Allocate a70×8 mm wordmark box at x610–680 on the outward face relative to the guide plane, reading butt-to-tip, with2 mm minimum clear space. Fit the original proportionally. Series/model goes at x710–835 with2.5 mm letter-height target; specification rows at x850–1040 with1.8 mm target: “WAKEPORT 802H | 244cm TARGET | 2PC | H MOD-FAST TARGET”, “56–140g COMPLETE CASTING RIG TARGET” and “20–30lb MONO CLASS TARGET”.

Place S1 near x1160 and S2 beyond the contact region near x1265, with2 mm letter-height targets, on non-contact exterior surfaces only. Final location must follow the actual socket geometry; nothing is printed inside contact/bond zones. Paired8×0.6 mm mint alignment ticks sit on the guide datum at nominal x1170–1178 and x1260–1268, outside the contact region; their final positions follow approved joint geometry. They do not instruct the user to force a joint flush. On the rear cap, fit the original wordmark proportionally within18×4 mm with2 mm edge clearance. Pad-printing and compatible protective finish are proposed; supplier trials must approve ink, legibility and adhesion.

Selection limits and care

Do not use this draft as permission for surf casting, sea popping, fast jigging, trolling, lifting fish, high-sticking, pulling snags with the rod or extracting fish through heavy vegetation. It is not the smaller-lure substitute for Cinderbend or BassMaster, and not the suspended Tai Rubber counterpart of RIBBONRUN. No numerical drag, working-load, fish-weight or destructive-load recommendation is assigned.

Inspect all rings, wraps, cork bonds, reel-seat locking and clean joint surfaces before use. Keep fine line from wrapping around the tip, use suitable landing equipment, and leave clear casting space behind and beside the angler. Approved field trials use controlled hook-free dummy rigs and trained operators, not exposed hooks around bystanders. Do not cast the unapproved draft to discover its failure point.

Use cleaning agents approved for the actual cork, foam, coating and bonds; dry fully before separated storage. Incidental salt exposure requires appropriate gentle cleaning, but does not establish a saltwater rating. The proposed fabric section sock protects separated surfaces only; it is not a hard impact case or airline-size approval. Final package mass, width and height are unmeasured.

Candidate component and color sources

The following public search extracts were retrieved on8 November2026. Page publication dates were not given in those extracts; availability and current supply remain to confirm. Sources identify candidate catalog properties, not an installed WAKEPORT configuration.

• FUJI NZ BCKWAG table; size10 model notation; size8 model notation
• BCLGAT tip-top catalog examples
• TCSM17 dimensional reference; body-only ordering caution
• 1645 C, 3255 C, 7541 C and Black7 C