Hand line fishing

[Jaguarxjsport]

Does anyone on here fish just with hand line and no rod or reel? If so what results , pros and cons do you have using no rod or reel?
John

[mricefish]

when i was younger we had a 1 foot piece of closet pole 2 screws and just wrapped the line up on the screws.  But i guess now i have moved to all poles.  Some of them are not the best and they get really cheep this time of year.

[Whopper Stopper]

Years ago we used hand line all the time. It works but bottom line it sucked. Hard on your hands when landing a big fish, line storage was a pain, no matter how careful you would still get tangles etc.

                WS

[WalleyeTom]

I hand line for perch and walleye.  It is great to feel the bite.   I use a rod for lake trout.  Tough to pull in 100 ft. of line.

I cant stand tip-ups.  There is no connection between man and fish.

[Jaguarxjsport]

I was in 30 feet of water and my relation was in 100 feet of water, we were both just using lines and no rods. I have been thinking of buying a rod and reel. I was fishing in Saskatchewan for lake tout.
John.

[RapShack]

It seems to be popular with the Lake Superior guys for Lakers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEuVuN2dp-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGKooH_g6Jc

[WalleyeTom]

RapShack,

Very interesting .... learned something new today.

[slipperybob]

Use to use the old soup can or pop can...

[Chris Raymond]

It seems to be popular with the Lake Superior guys for Lakers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEuVuN2dp-8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGKooH_g6Jc

The dreaded gebu...me, I don't much like fishing with one.  Personal preference though. 

[filetandrelease]

when i'm fishing 12' or less ,I hand line gills ,sunnies, and crappie have done it for countless years for a few reasons , for deep water fish perch and eyes It's all rod and reel