Kil, I thought your 4'8 rod was short....PFFT!!! it's not even close to being short. Out in Cali the guy who makes these, Ed Robinson was there, and we spoke for a bit. His Whopper Stopper rods are only 3'8 and kick the crap out of fish with light line. Check them out, pretty cool, and makes your 4'8 look like a Surf rod:
Whopper Stoppers mini rod - custom fishing rods.