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Re: best ice fishing rods & reels

PostPosted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 7:08 pm
by Mornin Beef
jehler wrote:
BrewGUN wrote:Let's take the boat out then, I'm sure jr would be down for it.

we were going to longline saturday vbut the damned wind

Why longline get the inline boards outs. They can jump mini ice bergs. :thumbsup:

Re: best ice fishing rods & reels

PostPosted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 4:24 pm
by jehler
Mornin Beef wrote:
jehler wrote:
BrewGUN wrote:Let's take the boat out then, I'm sure jr would be down for it.

we were going to longline saturday vbut the damned wind

Why longline get the inline boards outs. They can jump mini ice bergs. :thumbsup:

Church boards are part of the long line rig, we can run 8 lines off our little 14'er

Re: best ice fishing rods & reels

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 4:39 pm
by bill herian
Don't spend a lot of money on ice rods. None of them hold up to the crap you put them through on hard water. Throwing them in buckets, dragging them around in the sled, getting them all iced up, they just don't last. Better off buying cheapies and every once in awhile you get one that actually holds up alright and you get some mileage out of it.

As for feeling the bites, the spring bobber is your friend.

Re: best ice fishing rods & reels

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:03 pm
by Goldfish
bill herian wrote:Don't spend a lot of money on ice rods. None of them hold up to the crap you put them through on hard water. Throwing them in buckets, dragging them around in the sled, getting them all iced up, they just don't last. Better off buying cheapies and every once in awhile you get one that actually holds up alright and you get some mileage out of it.

As for feeling the bites, the spring bobber is your friend.

Yup.

And yea, the spring bobber is nice after about the 4th beer

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Re: best ice fishing rods & reels

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:01 pm
by jehler
Goldfish wrote:
bill herian wrote:Don't spend a lot of money on ice rods. None of them hold up to the crap you put them through on hard water. Throwing them in buckets, dragging them around in the sled, getting them all iced up, they just don't last. Better off buying cheapies and every once in awhile you get one that actually holds up alright and you get some mileage out of it.

As for feeling the bites, the spring bobber is your friend.

Yup.

And yea, the spring bobber is nice after about the 4th beer

sent from a phancy fone

I have never had 4 beers ice fishing, always on to whiskey by the second

Re: best ice fishing rods & reels

PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 8:16 pm
by Goldfish
You are later on in life to the finer things, I'm still sucking down the cheap stuff

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