Quiversticks Catch Fish

A little background: I own a couple Thorne Bros ice rods, and because I like them so much I decided to give a couple as Christmas gifts. One of those rods was a 26″ Quiverstick that I gave my brother. A couple weeks ago I borrowed it to chase perch out on Mille Lacs. It is sweet! I thought it was so sweet that I decided I better have one. With some advice from other guys on IDO, I ordered up a 28” Quiverstick.

This weekend I had a chance to use it on Mille Lacs while chasing jumbo perch and I wanted to share my findings. As far as the action, it is exactly what I was looking for. I have a Power Noodle and a Perch Sweetheart, but I was looking for something to fill the gap for fishing 1/16-1/8 oz spoons. My Perch Sweetheart has indoor guides, so it doesn’t work well in extreme cold and after fishing with an underwater camera I realized that I wasn’t feeling some of the light biters. I was able to feel a couple 5” perch that just “tapped” the lure. As for the Power Noodle, it is an awesome rod too but it isn’t designed to fish the larger spoons. Although the feel is great, I also rely on watching the tip of the rod to pick up on the subtle hits. I thought about getting the whole tip painted orange like the Power Noodle, but I decided to just get the last rod tip wrapped in orange. It was a good choice because the black blank and orange contrast well against the snow. For length I went with a 28” so I could have a little bit longer rod for hole hopping and added backbone, but also shorter than the 32” so I can use it in tight quarters inside a fish house. The recoil guides are a no brainer and will be on any rod I order going forward. The ice build up on the guides is very minimal and that makes fishing in the cold a lot easier.

I really love the option with Thorne Bros that I can customize a rod to any specifications that I want and it is safe to say that I’ve found my new favorite ice fishing rod.

I included a picture of some perch my Brother and I caught on Sunday morning with our Quiversticks.

I might have to check one of those out. I chase perch a lot in the winter and splurged on a perch sweethart which I found to be a little stiff and a little long for what I do here. Still a nice rod. I did catch quite a few with it but it is hard to feel a light bite.

Very nice write up and some great looking fish. We where up there over the weekend to chasing perch and tulibes. It didn’t take me very long at all to realize my pan fish rod was not matched up very well for these fish, the heavier spoons or the deeper water we fished. The spoons just loaded up my rods to much and the light action of the rod and stretch of the mono meant a lot of missed fish. Just couldn’t get a good hook set into them. They would be on for a reel or 2 and then gone. Guess thats what I get for only owning one ice fishing pole. If we keep going back to mille lacs it looks like I may need to get a second one.

I will try just about any rod when it comes to ice fishing, some have failed and some I depend heavly on. My quiverstik is the rod I go to the most. Panfish, perch and sometimes catfish I find the quiverstik does everything I need in a rod. Detects finicky bites, handles bigger fish with ease, and the re-coil guides for an outside fisherman are priceless. I have pushed the quiverstik out to 32″ simply because I fish outside 99.9% of the time, the longer rod makes hook sets easier and effortless. If you see me on the ice, I will let you give it a go.

Sounds pretty sweet! I cant wait to “Borrow” that rod…