Favorite Rod

[Trollin226]

I'm sure this has been talked about before. I was just wonderin what kind of rods everyone was using through the Ice. Length, line, action, etc...

[adamr]

my new perch sweathart

[fishwater]

perch sweathart

+1, my favorite is a 32" perch with 5" Tennessee handle. Thorne Brothers rods are amazing.

[dmoore]

Looking for a 30-36" Med-Hvy Bait caster to use for Lake Trout fishing on Lake Superior. Don't want to spend a fortune. Any help?

[Lotwfisher]

I use a 28" TB sweetheart for panfish. And a 36" and 45" TB professional plus for lakers. For walleye I use the 32" walleye sweetheart.

[Tankjd]

dmoore - I was in gander and saw a st croix that would work real nice for you, $19.99. If cost was not a factor hands down go with the TB professional plus.

Favorite rod - American made thorn bros. sweetheart 28"

[maros91]

24" TB Power Noodle. Great for finicky crappies and panfish. 3lb. P-Line with a #10 Power Swivel, 2ft. of line, then a #3 Mustad Fas Snap with a Northland Mud Bug tipped with some larva. Fish on!!!

[Rope]

Just caught a Kansas limit on channel cats 18" TO 28" on Thorne Bros. 28"panfish sweet heart plus/32"panfish sweet heart plus/32" perch sweet heart plus.Quite a workout for the 28"er but I had a spring bobber on at the time that's all I could do.Do I love em? You can bank on it!

[harvey lee]

Mitchell Perch rod, great for the perch and eyes.

Meatstick for a soft tip for lite biters yet a good solid backbone for the hard fighters. Great panfish rod also.

Mackinaw rod for those hefty Lakers and northerns.

All of these rods come with a good 3 BB reel also. They sure look like a Tica and are as smooth with what seems to be a great drag.

[aanderud]

Just caught a Kansas limit on channel cats 18" TO 28" on Thorne Bros. 28"panfish sweet heart plus/32"panfish sweet heart plus/32" perch sweet heart plus.Quite a workout for the 28"er but I had a spring bobber on at the time that's all I could do.Do I love em? You can bank on it!

Wowzers, I didn't know you guys could ice fish down in Kansas. I bet it's a short season, eh? I bet the 28 inch channel was hard to get in on that light gear!

[Rope]

aanderud,I live in NW Kansas,and we get 1-3 months of ice.We are already putting planks and ladders down to get on.Great sport and life.

[Drewski]

TB power noodle!

[Schloogs]

TB power noodle!

I just received my power noodle the other day. My first TB rod. Absolutely love it. I also have a jason mitchell meat stick that is a great rod.

[mrfish1991]

my 'eye stick is a 28" YAD with a tica cetus reel spooled with 6lb mono and i believe its a medium action. Lots of backbone on that rod.

my crappie/sunnie/perch rod is a 24" Bro series UL spooled with 4lb test. the reel is the one that came in the combo and its ok. there are some things i would change with the reel but over all im very happy with the combo.

[Far-I]

I have been gill and crappie fishing with a ultra-light st. croix legend 24in. i use 1 pound line, and after trying to make leaders of small jigs i just decided to practice and get good at tying knots directly to the jig on the ice (using the black of my bibs to see the thin line) it is fun! I had a 12 in crappie taking out line when my drag was set loose. too much fun! and the strike indicator on top is so convenient and really works well for me!

[Scott K]

I will have to put another vote in for the Jason MItchell rods. When you use them you can tell you are using a good quality rod. I have a Meatstick, and a Perch rod. I just orderd 2 more Meatsticks, and another Perch, and also bought a couplePanfish rods. I have seen many good reviews about Jason Mitchells spring bobber Panfish rods, so I got one of them as well. I fish outside alot, and never got into spring bobbers because of the problems with them freezing. Although the spring bobbers on the Panfish rods I hear dont have this problem, so this may make me a spring bobber user, and I will be able to detect those light bites that I cant feel without a spring bobber.

[frogtosser]

I am in for the TB perch sweetheart also I have a couple and love them.

[caseymcq]

St. Croix Premier and Berkley Dave Genz Lightning Rods (that aren't made anymore).

[Drewski]

Berkley Dave Genz Lightning Rods (that aren't made anymore).

That sure is a shame. They were one heck of a rod for one heck of a price! I still got 2 of them brand new in storage for when I break one of my rods I have now!

[mrfish1991]

there are a batch of 2 18" Berkley Dave Genz Lightning Rods on that one auction site that starts with an E....

[Deitz Dittrich]

My fave rod is one I built myself.. However a close second is my pannfish/walleye sweetheart from TB!!!!

[Quetico]

Those Berkley Genz Lightning rods are great. I've got the 28" M with a Sedona as my primary walleye combo. Its a shame they stopped making them.

[ole]

I love my Jason Mitchell Meatstick. Probably going to need a couple more since the kids tried them.

ole

[Far-I]

I fish outside alot, and never got into spring bobbers because of the problems with them freezing. Although the spring bobbers on the Panfish rods I hear dont have this problem, so this may make me a spring bobber user, and I will be able to detect those light bites that I cant feel without a spring bobber.

I loved using a spring bobber going after gills but it freezing up had to be my biggest pet peave. just when i'd hook a nice one i'd go to reel and the line wold be stuck, a pain in the arse. Anyways, thats why i got the st. croix legend and its a heck of a rod. I heard that the mitchel panfisher with a strike indicator on it is top notch as well! You won't want to panfish again without a set up like this.

[pdk511]

I have a frabill 30 inch deadstick that is super ultra light and it works great for really finiky crappies