Video of ugly stick ice rod getting tested to its limits.

[2thepointsetters]

Here is a video I took on 12-21-12 of Dave's Ugly Stick rod getting bent just about in half. I didn't realize how much the rod bent until I watched the video.

[slurpie]

What was on the other end? I have some custom rods I hope to never see them lik that I feel they would break.

[Rick G]

Wow that rod was realy getting a workout. Thought it was going to snap when ye grabed it above the handle. So now the question everyone will want to know is, what was pulling so hard?

[2thepointsetters]

The fish was a 57" sturgeon on Lake of the Woods. It took 30 minutes to land. The line got caught in a groove in the bottom of the hole but didnt break. There is a picture of the fish in the Lake of the Woods fishing report section.

[Fishin4fun_MN]

Do you have a link to the pic? I looked through the LOW fishing reports and couldn't find it.

[2thepointsetters]

I just figured out you can load pics right from an iPhone.

[DTro]

Wow, thats awesome!

I'd like to come up there just to target those fish.

Of course I'd use some bigger gear and a larger hole.

[Fishin4fun_MN]

Awesome fish.

[BartmanMN]

Wow. That is awesome

[pinkfloyd4ever]

WOW!!!! There aren't enough exclimation points to put behind that one. You should send that video and pic to the ugly stick makers for advertising purposes. That is impressive, I honestly kept waiting for the line to snap or the rod to break.

I can't believe that monster came thru the hole! Congratulations to you

[mrklean]

Awesome

[walleye29us]

Wow..Very cool..That had to be such a rush!!!

[hydro]

Thanks for sharing that! It must have taken quite a while to bring the fish up.

[otterman91105]

Nice fish i bet that was fun to to bring up.

[Grainbelt]

I'm curious, what size hole did that fish come through?

[2thepointsetters]

I'm curious, what size hole did that fish come through?

10" hole with a 5 gallon bucket for a sleeve. The fish fit through tail first and the hole sleeve came out on the fish when we pulled it through. The sleeve was tight on the widest part of fish so the girth was around 30".

[trapperdirk]

Right on . Congrats . I love to see the perfect " C " like that .

TD

[Will]

2thepointsetters,

You said you just figured out how to download pics right from your iphone, care to share?

[2thepointsetters]

To load a picture right from an iPhone click on the fifth icon from left above the reply box. The icon looks like a disk with a blue arrow pointing up. I am pretty sure I tried before and it didn't work but it does now.

[mainbutter]

Seriously impressive on the ability of that rod to take some punishment, and an even more incredible fish to boot!

I read somewhere that the optimal bend for fighting a fish is 90* (holding your rod horizontal , and the tip pointing directly down, for example, or holding your rod 10* above the horizon and the tip pointing 10* above the vector of the force of gravity), and that bending beyond that point actually reduces the amount of force your rod puts on the line.

Anyone know if there is any truth to that?

[Gus]

It depends on the rod design, but in general the more you can get your rod to act like a shock absorber the lease likely you are to break off a fish. That may be an oversimplification, but the idea is sound. Drag plays in as well as line type... etc etc.

[Will]

Thanks!

[traveler]

Wanted to try a download from the iphone...

[traveler]

cool...it worked! thats going to enable me to post a LOT more pics!

Next time I'll try to make it one with actual fish in it...

[2thepointsetters]

cool...it worked! thats going to enable me to post a LOT more pics!

Next time I'll try to make it one with actual fish in it...

Now there can be live updates from the ice with pictures! It used to be a pain to email the pics from the phone to a computer, then download, save and finally post them. I don't even need a home computer anymore.