Bearcat89 wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>slipperybob wrote:</div>
Mine remains the Thorne Bros. 32″ <strong class=”ido-tag-strong”>Panfish Sweetheart rod custom with baitcasting reel. I do also keep a set up with a spinning reel too.

What kind of bait caster ? You fish the rod upside down like a casting set up ? Or are you talking about a inline reels?

Right there in my avatar picture. Yes, spinning rod upside down, but it’s custom with more line guides to work properly. In fact I like it better without the trigger. The trigger gets in the way with gloves on at times.

I keep a few Ugly Sticks in the long/short youth rod configurations.

36″ Dock Runner
4’6″ Ugly UL.

Great for the lazy lounge chair dozing off fishing.

Mine remains the Thorne Bros. 32″ Panfish Sweetheart rod custom with baitcasting reel. I do also keep a set up with a spinning reel too.

about 36 inces. But that was all the snow shoveled off to get down to the ice.

In about two to four weeks, I would start to look at weed edges again, 10 to 20 feet of water.

The reflective sheet works very well. Same as those foam sheets. Get a few fiberglass rods to slip in there helps too.

Really the secret method??? I think everyone will have their own method that they will take to the grave. Just to make it sound like it’s a big deal secret. But I think it’s experience as well as experiments to find out what really works.

Beaver Dam 32″ custom noodle rod
St. Croix 36″ Light Mojo/Premier rod

Whoops I forget the days of the $20 Premier rods don’t exist anymore and the Mojo is now $50.

No one blaming the noisy gas auger anymore…

Administer and two witnesses must be present.

depends on how fast the bobber goes…fast down, fast hook set.

slow submersion…well I wait for like it the move about 16-20 inches or so. No guarantee but always on a prayer.

It’s been a very long time in years since I’ve dealth with the lookers and tight lippers.

1/64th oz. or 1/128th oz. jig and little atom skimpies. The most insane dead stick presentation with the lightest of rod taps for the most micro jigging.

A bait hook of size 8 or 10, maybe 12 and the smallest blade of size 00 maybe 000 with a little atom micro nuggies.

If you don’t have patience, last resort is a Daredevle trout weight spoon. Let it flutter passed them and hope to trigger a reaction bite.

What some people don’t realize is that sometimes old spoons had the natural fluorescent paint and will reflect the UV light. Often times it’s that neon flame orange or chartreuse that has it already. In the right conditions, yeah there’s that deciding factor that UV reflective paint helps a fish to hone in onto the lure.

The leader material is usually very stiff and much harder to cinch your knot down.

Not that I used it, but…

Tyler Berger did 725 tests….

Norwest banks really was well deserving. Then Wells Fargo bought them. It was still okay.

Then Wells Fargo and Wachovia got in bed together. Then all helluva froze over for Wells Fargo and that’s what you see today. That’s insider information and you never got it from me.

+ultra action

Yes look for the downhill ski or snowboard beanie caps

Portable Power tools battery, Ryobi is what I use.

I know how my answer will be like, get both.

The biggest misunderstanding of buying a rod is people will buy the rod for the rod. Which inevitably often leads to a dissatisfaction of use. The rod’s intended use is primarily for the lures and lure presentation. Yes the final intention of the rod is for the targeted species. However without the right lures or often lure weights, the feel of the rod in use is often missing out on.

The biggest misunderstanding of buying a reel, is people will buy a reel for the rod. Sure it will be just fine, but the reel’s best use is for when you’ve hooked up with the fish. Inevitably the bigger sized reel will be more robust. Sure there are reels with special technical features or special functions like a bait feeder design. When it comes to fishing equipment, small nuances maybe subtle advantages to huge game changer impact for the individual.

The Stormshield is a better insulation layering without the mal-effect of the pin hole weld stitching of which the IQ material relies on. Plus it has a better water resistance coating on the outside that beads off the wet snow or rain snow if the weather is above 32F temperature. Skirt material has some polyurethane coating so it also resist ice freeze in better.

The Stormshield fabric on the XD models are much better than the IQ fabric.

I have no problem using an Ugly Stick for the job, but personally prefer my Thorne Bros. Custom rods. It just sort of depends on the actual lure I’m using or the rig on it.

Rigged and ready to go is usually a soft plastic on a jig. Usually a Northland Bro’s bloodworm.

I would say that my favorites is rather broad. I know when I started, it was a select few lures. Northland Forage Minnow jig/spoon, Doodlebug spoon, Swedish Pimple, ACME Kastmaster. Then as I expand my lure box and tried different lures, I found I really like Northland Buckshot spoons, Lindy Rattl’n Flyer spoons, Rapala Jig’n Rap and Jig’n Shad Rap, Salmo Chubby Darter.

More recent years been doing really well on Kender’s T-Rip lure, Major Craft Jigpara tail spinner

Also super amazing to catch a channel cat on a feathered jig.

Unfortunately Fluorocarbon lines are more likely to break at the knot and that’s just how it is.

I line test the lines I used off my fish scale. So I get results that applies directly to how I tie my knots and on which line.

Gamma Touch .16 mm 4# line break 3# 10 oz. (palomar knot 3# 9 oz.)
Gamma Touch .19 mm 5# line break 4# 14 oz. (palomar knot 4# 5 oz.)

Pline Flouroice .15 mm 3# line break 3# 3 oz. (2011-2yr 3# 9 oz.) (2015 7 yrs 3# 7 oz.)

Pline Floroclear .16 mm 3# line break 4# 1 oz. (2012 palomar knot 4# 4)
Pline Floroclear .18 mm 4# line break 5# 14 oz. (2012 palomar knot 6#1)
Pline Floroclear .23 mm 6# line break 8# 11 oz. (2012 palomar knot 8#1)
Pline Floroclear .25 mm 8# line break 10# 9 oz. (2012 palomar knot 10#1)

ASSO Micron 3 .153 mm 4# knot break 4# 8 oz. Mfg claim break of 4.8# (2011-1 yr 4# 12 oz.)(2015-5yrs 4# 7 oz.)
ASSO Micron 3 .173 mm 5# line breaks 5# 2 oz. Mfg claimed break of 6.2#

How long the line lasts in years? Pretty amazing that fluorocarbon stuff, even just coated version. Off the same reel spool just pulled a few feet to get to somewhat more fresh line and it’s still pretty strong after 5 years. Of course everyone’s mileage may vary. That was back in 2015…and I still have some of those same lines on some reels. Just have to test them again before going fishing.

Berkley Whiplash 20+ yrs
Berkley Original Fireline/Crystal give about no more than 5 years
Berkley Fireline Braid 15+ yrs on the reel – I think, cuz they discontinued it.
Berkley Triline XL and XT no more than 5 yrs in storage. Change out every season.

Pline Floroclear 10+ yrs storage – would be careful after about 5 years on reel. Something about fluorocarbon coat that makes that line lasts super long.

Sufix 832 Advance braid 10+ yrs on the reel.
Sufix 131 G-Core 3+ yrs since they came out with it. Holds better than 832 Advance, but let’s see where it goes in 10+ years on the reel.

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If you use Reel Magic, just be ready to change your line out after one month. That stuff degrades your line tensile strength. And don’t get it on any plastics, it will rot and degrade it out. A few tools and parts peels off like as if they were 20 yrs old, but were only a week after application. Looked great on the day I polished it. I once applied it religiously on my line guides and 80# braid broke right at the top guide where my line bends on it in storage after I checked on it next season. Line broke like magic.

Do not let KVD line conditioner touch any line that will get below 32F. It will destroy that at the molecular level in a few days. So it’s a no for ice fishing.

For really lazy slow style, make to bottom like a drop shot rig or a floater rig?

use stiffer leader line to avoid line tangles.

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Is the egg sinker necessary?

Shimano Poison Adrena 6’10” UL/M spinning rod

dirtywater wrote:

My old man can defeat the very best anti-backlash technology in the game