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Ice Fishing Tips -Check your local regulations! => Equipment => Topic started by: Sax_ on Nov 29, 2005, 07:53 PM
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what do you guys think is the best panfish rod out there ?
sax
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For a cheap very sensitive combo you could get the frabill panfish popper for like $20, it also has a spring bobber on it that makes it real nice ;)
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I don't know if they still make them, but I got a Frabill Amplifier a couple years back that is great. It's the most sensitive rod I ever held in my hand.
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Fiskas palm rod.
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I don't know if they still make them, but I got a Frabill Amplifier a couple years back that is great. It's the most sensitive rod I ever held in my hand.
Not to mention one of the coldest!
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frabill ultra ice hold it to your voicebox and talk can feel it through the handle
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I've got an older thorne brothers sweatheart rod before they went with solid graphite. It is my favorite for jigging marmooskas and wolfram's. Also liked the Berkley/Gentz Lightning rod, the stiffer 29 inch model is good for jigging and the 24 inch makes a great spring bobber rod. Paul
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St.croix avid series UL paired with a cetus gv500 reel is the best combo I,ve come up with for panfish, have landed largemouth up to 6lbs. & several 15-18" walleye on this rig too. St.x rods are awesome & also made in the right place, by fishermen & also have great cust. service if needed.
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Nature Vision teamed up with Dave Genz this year to produce the Genz Stick Gold and Silver series. I believe there are 7 rods in each series, each one made for a different species of fish. I ordered a 27 inch Light Perch rod and am anxious to try it out this year. The Gold series are graphite rods and the Silver are fiberglass. The Gold series run $19.99 and the Silver $14.99. Not a bad price for a graphite rod.
I also like the HT Ice Blue Series in UL action. For $7.99 these rods are great panfish rods.
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I like Cabela's Fish Eagle 16" IM6 graphite.
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Just bought a St Croix UL rod from gander mt.,I really like it . very sensitvie cant wait to give her a try :)
thanks for the info guys !!!
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noodle rod about 3' long
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One vote for the thorne bros. panfish sweetheart and sweetthing
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Marmish is where it's at....those little beauties are super sensative and yet capable of bringing in the big boys as well
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ht blue 7-8 bucks cant go wrong and seeing that i ussually break 1-3 a year the price is right
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According to my wife I have too many rods. However the first rods out of the box are two home made ones. I stopped at my local tackle dealer's and went through the junk rod pile. I found two light action fiberglass tips. cut them to 24" epoxied them into an 8" piece of broom handle. I re-wrapped the guides in better spots, added a spring bobber, taped on a reel and and it's done. Maybe too much work for some but it's satisfying to catch fish on a homemade rig.
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I really like my Thorne Sweetheart. St. Croix is my 2nd choice. Tica Cetus SS500 is a nice reel. No more $20 combos for me.........been there, done that. They do not last.
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I like the frabill panfish popper combo, spring bobber, sensitive blank, and a decent reel also
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HT ice blue 30" - If you can find any with the brown synthetic cork handles, they are the most sensative jigging rods I have found - perfect for 1lb-2lb test. I cherish the one that I have.
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My favorite is one I made from a broken light action rod. I used about 24" from the tip and epoxied it into the cork handled that I cut down to size.
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The St. Croix & HT's are my weapons of choice. Have mine set up with Pinnacle and Shakespear reels with the clearest lines I can find.
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second vote for the Thorne Bros. panfish sweetheart and sweetthing. The walleye jiggin rods and deadsticks are second to none.
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HT ice blue 30" - If you can find any with the brown synthetic cork handles, they are the most sensative jigging rods I have found - perfect for 1lb-2lb test. I cherish the one that I have.
Red...which one...ultralight or superflex? George mentioned them to me and I am gonna order one.
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hood, the one I'm talking about is the OLD Ht ice blue...the new ice blue's with the blue foam grip have a slightly stiffer action...still about perfect for 2lb test though - I do not know anything about 'superflex'...send a link along so I can learn ;)
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You can't beat the H T Ice blues for panfish............... ..or for the cost either. :tipup: Great all around ice rod series. ;)2
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I love Marmish rods for panfish. Great presentation and fun. I also have some Gander ultralights that I'm partial to. I also have one my buddy made for me that is top notch.
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I really like the St. Croix Avid Model AIR 28 UL and also the St. Croix Legend Model LIR24UL. The sneekybobber on the Legend. I have had excellent days when the panfish became fussy and I needed the sneekybobber to help me feel very, very light hits. I also many other rods including the Thorne Bros. model Sweeheart which they used a Sage fly rod blank to make the rod. Awesome as well. Just another for fisherman out there, I recently purchased an ultralight underspin reel from Pflueger Model PFLMICROSPIN. It is very good on all of the rods I listed. Four ball bearings, rugged stainless steel cone and rear cover, and durable graphite frame. Look into these reels, no tangles.
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If the fish are in less than 10ft of water this bad boy I made does the trick every time!
(http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d147/Fish247/HPIM2306.jpg)
If they are deep my favorite is a St Croix avid UL with a Panfish Popper spring bob attached, when they're bitin' light. If they are slammin' it then I go with the Berkley Prolite 28 in light, its a nice rig.
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The best panfish rod is one that has a fish on the other end. ??? ??? ???
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I was gonna say the same thing, TJ! Seriously though, the best I think are the St. Croix Legends, but for the money prolly the Genz gold series
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hood, the one I'm talking about is the OLD Ht ice blue...the new ice blue's with the blue foam grip have a slightly stiffer action...still about perfect for 2lb test though - I do not know anything about 'superflex'...send a link along so I can learn ;)
Lance, you're so right, I had one up until last year and I absolutely LOVED it...unfortunately, I somehow managed to break the tip off it! :'( I got a newer one, but I'm not nearly as thrilled with it. I bought a few St. Croix Premiers, and I like them a lot....but not like the old Ice Blue.
-Zach
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Are you guys talking about the cheap blue white and orange ice rods?