Jason Mitchell rods

[dairyman]

thinking of getting another rod----leaning to either a spring bobber rod or the meat stick----I fish mainly crappies any thoughts??

[MikeH55343]

For crappies, I use the MeatStick. Don't need the spring bobber for keeper size crappies. The tip on the MeatStick will show the bites.

[Sifty]

The meatstick is what i use for panfish and it works well.

Sifty

[Northlander]

I would go JM meatstick over the JM spring bobber rod.

[harvey lee]

Meatstick here also, just be abit careful with the tip when not fishing.

[Borch]

Another meatstick vote...

[fisherman-andy]

I'll line up my $10 HT Ice blue rod against anyone of those meatsticks. LOL...

[efishsport]

I would say it depends upon whether or not you fish mainly outside or inside. If you do a lot of hole hopping outside, I would definitely go with the spring bobber because it does not freeze up very easily. The meat stick has a lot smaller guides than the spring bobber rod. I have both--the meat stick is good if you fish inside of a house--not so much if you are fishing outside.

[PerchJerker]

I have both and use the spring bobber rods much more than the meatsticks. For me the meatstick is mostly used for deadsticking a live minnow .... but the spring bobber rods are used for all of my jigging with anything smaller than a 1/8 ounce jigging spoon.

[hamms-scooter]

I also like my Ht ice blues rods but I do have a jm sight fishing rod 17 inch that I incorporated a spring bobber on made by HT. That rod is great and love the fight of nice slab crappies and gills on it. I would have to believe the meat stick would be great! JM rods are a nice quality Setup.

[CJH]

I like the Meatstick for pannies and the SB rod for walters. Just my personal preference.

[amateurfishing]

im on my 3rd JM spring bobber rod for 2 reasons 1. i broke the tips off on first 2 and they replaced em no questions asked under 1 year warranty program and 2. they are great for outside with big holes so does not freeze up easily at all. tips are fickle on em so i "reinforce" rod tip with epoxy so no more breaking, just enuff around rod tip to prevent future breakage & not interfere with fishing line. this is all i use until i get my new thorne bros power noodle that i have been waiting for for 3 months.

[dairyman]

I'd like to see how you beef up the spring bobber set up

[walleyeking19]

The meat sticks are nice rods. But my dad has broken the tips off 2 of them while putting them into his rod case. One was still under warranty so they replaced it, but the second time it wasnt covered. So he's out of luck. The tips are very fragile, so you have to be careful with them

[amateurfishing]

I'd like to see how you beef up the spring bobber set up

2 part cheap marine epoxy, when first 2 broke it did not want to throw them away so i put rod back together using this, worked well enuff that when they sent me my most recent replacement, i did not want it to break again so i just put epoxy on right away to prevent breaking tip off.

[castmaster]

I've got both and find the spring bobber rod to be much more versatile. My MeatStick barely gets used anymore since getting a TB QuiverStick. The tips on the MeatSticks are just a lighter/thinner tip section "secured" onto a heavier main blank, and I have had problems like others with the tip breaking at the point the 2 are joined together. The small eyes are another drawback IMO.

If it was me I'd go with the springbobber rod, or else save up some extra $$ and go with a TB Quiverstick.

[dan z]

I like my 24" meatstick, I have used JM's for a couple seasons now, I do tend to break the tips easier on these rod's though. but thats the risk you take when buying really sensitive rods. I even break tips on my high class graphite summer poles, good thing those are lifetime replaced...