Found I really loved using a bait caster as my dead stick .....
I bought a bait caster rod and real last year and found it is beyond my ability to use it on soft water ....
But on the Ice it is deadly paired with a Stiff Medium rod, Fluorocarbon line, Ice buster float cut to neutral ... and a slip bobber stop.
Been running a minnow tail hooked with a red snelled hook with a couple chartreuse beads and a tiny worm weight ...... Very clean presentation.
With the bail open the pay out is uninhibited and I was able to hammer the perch as they drifted my bobber under ....
