White Rods

  • shawnil
    Posts: 467
    January 22, 2009 at 10:37 pm #740448

    That “rod envy” guy creeps me out…

    BTW, when I was shopping for a new rod this year, one of my requirements was that it be white (otherwise, I paint the top white).

    life1978
    Eau Claire , WI
    Posts: 2790
    January 22, 2009 at 11:18 pm #740462

    Or get a glow stick it lights up

    dfresh
    Fridley, MN
    Posts: 3053
    January 23, 2009 at 12:54 am #740488

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    Or get a glow stick it lights up

    Seconded! I think I have used that funtion a total of 2 times, and once was to find my car keys.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    January 23, 2009 at 3:10 am #740526

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    Seconded! I think I have used that funtion a total of 2 times, and once was to find my car keys.

    With that came a short belly laugh.

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 578
    January 23, 2009 at 7:41 am #740580

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    When it’s getting dark or even when it’s total dark it’s easier to see a white rod. That’s a fact.

    Now look at what you did Matt! Dtro took the gloves off!

    Matt is the guy that came up with the Wallmart reflective tape.
    If you need a white rod to see it at night, you might as will use your white cane or train your seeing eye dog to bark when there’s a bite…Fact is stranger than fiction!!

    All my rods are white for dtro’s reason exactly. My worming poles are not, and it bugs me using them at night. I still use reflector tape too, but not having to shine my light constantly is worth using the white rods. I don’t use any kind of boat light, just the cat eye and I prefer to only have it on to for tying knots and catching fish.

    I fished with Jetcat and he used to use bright flourescent monofilament line and had a blacklight setup in his boat – too elaborate for me, and I’m not a mono guy, but seeing more is better!

    I’ve used bells plenty too – when sandbar fishing. We used to spread our rods out over more than a hundred yards where possible and sit by the fire drinking beer. Couldn’t have done that without the bells!

    Now clickers, those are the real training wheels!

    tyler_holm
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 260
    January 23, 2009 at 8:10 pm #740775

    My rod is a fleshy tan color. I tried one of those glow cover-ups once, but it didn’t do it for me.

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    January 23, 2009 at 8:13 pm #740777

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    My rod is a fleshy tan color. I tried one of those glow cover-ups once, but it didn’t do it for me.

    Just when I thought this thread couldn’t take a turn for the worse

    aanderud
    Posts: 221
    January 23, 2009 at 9:25 pm #740812

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    My rod is a fleshy tan color. I tried one of those glow cover-ups once, but it didn’t do it for me.

    Just when I thought we would have a brand-less back and forth, you had to go bring up the Ugly Stik…

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 23, 2009 at 9:57 pm #740826

    Alright. That’s enough for me. I am out of this thread…

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    January 24, 2009 at 4:02 am #740928

    I’m not sure if I should or or …but I think I’ll take Pugs lead and…

    team catfish
    Grove, Oklahoma
    Posts: 27
    January 25, 2009 at 11:22 pm #741224

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    My rod is a fleshy tan color. I tried one of those glow cover-ups once, but it didn’t do it for me.

    Thata some funny …t!

    I like white catfishing rods. They are my first choice day or night. I have used lots of different models/colors and white is always the easiest for me to see.

    When rods are bent over and touching the water…….It does not really matter what color they are!!!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    January 26, 2009 at 12:33 am #741252

    That’s a very good point Jeff!

    I know with my clients, I just want to know which rod was thumped and old Mr. Flathead isn’t exactly subtle about it.

    I really hope new folks reading this thread know that the White Rod/Black Rod wars are just something to pass the time in the winter…

    Speaking of passing the time…I should have a flathead video up tonight….who was it that said they don’t move around in the winter….

    Ralph Wiggum
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 11764
    January 26, 2009 at 1:31 pm #741345

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    I really hope new folks reading this thread know that the White Rod/Black Rod wars are just something to pass the time in the winter…

    It’s better than icefishing

    mplspug
    Palmetto, Florida
    Posts: 25026
    January 26, 2009 at 6:28 pm #741492

    Who fishes for ice?

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    February 1, 2009 at 4:35 pm #743400

    Well….at least you aren’t running pink line.

    Whiskerkev
    Madison
    Posts: 3835
    February 2, 2009 at 1:46 pm #743584

    my rods are white but I never watch them. Lets talk about what color of lights to use in our bobbers.

    mudcatkid
    On water
    Posts: 663
    February 6, 2009 at 5:52 pm #745421

    Don’t debates like this belong to the show-and-tell style of walleye and pond-rat connoisseurs?

    Just for the record, I use both, but my white ones are affordable.

    flatheadwi
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 578
    February 7, 2009 at 4:51 pm #745714

    All three (white) rods in my starting lineup cost me $30.00 – as in, $10.00 each! They’re made by the prestigious “South Bend” company. They’d normally have been $20.00 each so I got quite the steal. I seriously haven’t found spinning rods that I like more for cats – they’re 7 feet long (most others are eight) and have serious backbone. It’s much easier to find stout casting rods than spinning rods, for some reason.

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