Okay, got free $$ to spend – Ice Rods

  • sundogg44
    Eden Prairie/Mille Lacs
    Posts: 228
    December 20, 2006 at 10:20 pm #1298202

    Okay, got a $75 gift card from work for Cabela’s and it just so turns out that I’m in need of new ice fishing poles … as one of my good ones bounced off my ATV this weekend and a couple others are just plain old and not so good. So, I’m looking for a combo rod/reel setup. Or I could buy ’em seperate – whatever gives me the most for the money, I don’t really care.

    My question is what do I get? I’ll be fishing exclusively for walleye and perch on Mille Lacs. I’ll be using camera and Vexilar for fishing. I don’t like the really wimpy ones with no backbone at all, but I still want to feel the jig.

    Suggestions? I’ll probably run up there tomorrow, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

    Ben Garver
    Hickman, Nebraska
    Posts: 3149
    December 20, 2006 at 10:28 pm #513496

    Anything St.Croix!!!! There are plenty to choose from!!

    millelacsjumbos
    Minnesota
    Posts: 125
    December 20, 2006 at 11:40 pm #513529

    Agreed. I would go with a St. Croix for sure.

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    December 20, 2006 at 11:42 pm #513530

    Nate, (I’m hijacking your thread for a moment )

    How’d the MarCum camera do for you? Everything work out?

    luke_haugland
    Iowa City, Iowa
    Posts: 3037
    December 21, 2006 at 2:05 am #513583

    St. Croix’s for sure…

    sundogg44
    Eden Prairie/Mille Lacs
    Posts: 228
    December 21, 2006 at 2:43 am #513608

    Quote:

    Nate, (I’m hijacking your thread for a moment )

    How’d the MarCum camera do for you? Everything work out?

    Simply outstanding! Nothing more to say other than it was fabulous!

    csp88
    Ankeny, Iowa
    Posts: 121
    December 21, 2006 at 3:13 am #513621

    Thorne Bros. take your pick of either the Perch Sweetheart or the Walleye Sweetheart……either one of these trump any St. Criox.

    luke_haugland
    Iowa City, Iowa
    Posts: 3037
    December 21, 2006 at 3:21 am #513622

    Quote:

    trump any St. Criox

    Just curious as to how that is?

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    December 21, 2006 at 3:54 am #513637

    Thorne uses a grade of graphite that is ground like no other blank on the market. They use to use Sage blanks, Sage are high end fly rods. They now use a blank that is even better than Sage and the supplier only sells to Thorne. I use nothing but St.Croix for my open water rods and I have many St.Croix ice rods, but nothing beats a Thorne Sweetheart.

    Thorne Rods

    UncleGrump
    Dodge County MN
    Posts: 221
    December 21, 2006 at 12:55 pm #513705

    I would agree w/ the Thorne rods – but Sundogg has a little tiny problem – his post indicates a gift card for Cabelas…

    UG

    skineboy
    Red Wing, MN
    Posts: 161
    December 21, 2006 at 2:51 pm #513788

    Wade I am going to give some input on the camera as well as I was fishing with Sundogg. That thing is unreal! The aqua-vu stopped working when the sun started going down. The Marcum worked in to the dark even without the light on. That camera is head and shoulder’s above anything else I have ever seen.

    ~SKINEBOY~

    gary_wellman
    South Metro
    Posts: 6057
    December 21, 2006 at 3:49 pm #513848

    If you are able, call Thorne Bros and see if they will take the card for equal trade????

    There is a bunch of guys in that shop, that would surpise me if none could use a gift card to Cabela’s…..

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    December 21, 2006 at 4:26 pm #513884

    Quote:

    Simply outstanding! Nothing more to say other than it was fabulous!

    Quote:

    Wade I am going to give some input on the camera as well as I was fishing with Sundogg. That thing is unreal! The aqua-vu stopped working when the sun started going down. The Marcum worked in to the dark even without the light on. That camera is head and shoulder’s above anything else I have ever seen.

    Excellent! (sorry for the hijack boys)

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    December 21, 2006 at 4:44 pm #513901

    No problem Wade,

    We’ll take care of you at the GTG.

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