11-30-2010, 01:33 AM
Jason Mitchell has the identical spring bobber rod setup that avoids shrink wrap etc.. Best spring bobbers IMO on the market are the St Croix legend rods but they are expensive. Another option also from Jason Mitchell is the meat stick. Doesn't have a spring bobber just a super sensitive tip but enough backbone to land anything. Cabelas carried them last year. Have two of the meatsticks and 3 St Croix legends and those are the only rods I use to chase panfish through the ice. Been ice fishing for over 20 years and I have tried a lot of rods and those two are my picks. Thorne Bros out of MN sells a rod called a quiverstick that is the bomb for icing panfish but costs twice as much as the meat stick - it is worth it if you can part with the money. Just google the names and check out their offerings. Mitchell is out of the Dakotas and Thorne Bros is in MN where ice fishing is more popular than open water and people are very serious about their gear.
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