can't open ports in ufw

[edibanez]

I've been trying to figure out why couldn't I open ports using ufw...
I've used: sudo ufw allow ssh/tcp
but when I connect it shows that connectio is not allowed.
here is the output for iptables -L

Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target   prot opt source        destination     
ufw-before-logging-input all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-before-input all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-after-input all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-after-logging-input all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-reject-input all -- anywhere       anywhere      

Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target   prot opt source        destination     
ufw-before-logging-forward all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-before-forward all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-after-forward all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-after-logging-forward all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-reject-forward all -- anywhere       anywhere      

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target   prot opt source        destination     
ufw-before-logging-output all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-before-output all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-after-output all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-after-logging-output all -- anywhere       anywhere      
ufw-reject-output all -- anywhere       anywhere      

Chain ufw-after-forward (1 references)
target   prot opt source        destination     

Chain ufw-after-input (1 references)
target   prot opt source        destination     
RETURN   udp -- an

Anyone here can lighten up my dilemma?