Curious if anyone has the the Walleye Snare and the Panfish Snare if they could tell me the difference? I have the Panfish Snare and its great for deadsticking crappies and perch, but Im curious if the walleye snare is just as sensitive but with more backbone being the main difference?
Asking because I have a winter trip to Kenora on Lake of the Woods and I dont want to get a deadstick rod that is too heavy to use locally for crappies and perch
I have both. The walleye snare could possibly be used for crappies. It has significantly more back bone.
Curious if anyone has the the Walleye Snare and the Panfish Snare if they could tell me the difference? I have the <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>Panfish Snare and its great for deadsticking crappies and perch, but Im curious if the <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>walleye snare is just as sensitive but with more backbone being the main difference?
Asking because I have a winter trip to Kenora on Lake of the Woods and I dont want to get a deadstick rod that is too heavy to use locally for <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>crappies and perch
I have both. The panfish snare is too light imo for perch. Bluegill/ crappie and even then, it’s really light. Go with the walleye snare, you can use it for panfish just fine. I use it when I hit Lotw with no issues, short of a really big pike or laker hitting you.
Thanks for the replies
That rod will be perfect for LOW. Good luck on your trip. If you are mainly going to use this rod indoors as a deadstick then there are cheaper options of course but you can’t go wrong with adding this to your arsenal. Pair with baitfeeder reel… may seem excessive but trust me it helps IMO.
Orange is the 32” walleye snare and blue is TUCR dead stick. Sorry I don’t have the Panfish snare recorded. The walleye snare and panfish snare use different trip wires. It is easy to see from the picture why I always thought the TUCR dead stick was way too heavy. The TUCR is a solid fiberglass blank and the JT has a glass tip and carbon butt. The carbon butt will have more backbone than the pure glass blank for the same thickness.
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Thanks for the added info and opinion
Ended up getting the Walleye Snare. It is noticeably heavier than the Panfish Snare as you would expect, but I do think it will work for crappies and perch fairly well, just have to watch it closer as the transistion to a heavier backbone will provide more resistance to the fish.
Ended up getting the Walleye Snare. It is noticeably heavier than the Panfish Snare as you would expect, but I do think it will work for <em class=”ido-tag-em”>crappies and <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>perch fairly well, just have to watch it closer as the transistion to a heavier backbone will provide more resistance to the fish.
Good choice. Far more flexible in use.
Update here, so after using the Walleye Snare last weekend for the first time, I am impressed I have it spooled up with 6lb Sufix Ice Magic Mono and the first fish of the day was 25in walleye on that rod. It handled it really well. The next fish on that rod of the day was a 11in perch. I watched both fish hit and saw the rod slowly bend and load up and just simply picking up the rod versus a fast hook set worked great.
That said, I still really like the Panfish version as well, but that would be limited to places where I expect crappies and perch. In those situations, I will bring the Walleye Snare too, to compare them head to head
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