Panfish Spinning
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Ready 2 Fish Ice Panfish Spinning Combo with Kit Sale Price: $19.42  |
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Ice fishing combo |
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Shakespeare Spinning Rod and 20 Size Reel Combo 11 (4-Feet, 6-Inch) Sale Price: $24.29 |
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Shakespeare CATCH MORE FISH – Panfish 4-Feet6” Spinning Rod & 20 Size Reel Combo |
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Zebco Fishing Ready Tackle Spinning Combo |
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The perfect starter bass fishing set, with rod, reel, line and tackle |
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G. Loomis Trout and Panfish Spinning Fishing Rod - GLMSR6010 Sale Price: $180.00 |
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The Trout and Panfish Spinning SR6010 GL3 Fishing Rod is one of G Loomis' best selling ultra-light spinning rods. It's a super-soft, yet surprisingly powerful spinning rod. It's slightly softer than their typical '1-power' rods and that's why they put a '0' at the end of the model number... |
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St.Croix PFS80LMF2 Panfish Spinning Fishing Rod Sale Price: $150.00 |
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If you're into crappie, bluegill or perch fishing you're going to love St. Croix's latest and greatest, the appropriately named Panfish Series. This exciting new series features two awesome platforms from which to choose... |
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St.Croix PFS100LMF2 Panfish Spinning Fishing Rod Sale Price: $170.00 |
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If you're into crappie, bluegill or perch fishing you're going to love St. Croix's latest and greatest, the appropriately named Panfish Series. This exciting new series features two awesome platforms from which to choose... |
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St.Croix PFS60ULF Panfish Spinning Fishing Rod Sale Price: $110.00 |
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If you're into crappie, bluegill or perch fishing you're going to love St. Croix's latest and greatest, the appropriately named Panfish Series. This exciting new series features two awesome platforms from which to choose... |
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St.Croix PFS50ULM Panfish Spinning Fishing Rod Sale Price: $100.00 |
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If you're into crappie, bluegill or perch fishing you're going to love St. Croix's latest and greatest, the appropriately named Panfish Series. This exciting new series features two awesome platforms from which to choose... |
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St.Croix PFS69ULF Panfish Spinning Fishing Rod Sale Price: $120.00 |
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If you're into crappie, bluegill or perch fishing you're going to love St. Croix's latest and greatest, the appropriately named Panfish Series. This exciting new series features two awesome platforms from which to choose... |
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Fishing: St. Croix Panfish Spinning Rod Sale Price: $120.00 |
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Crafted of premium-quality SCII graphite combined with high-modulus, high-strain, SCVI graphite for an exacting blend of weight, sensitivity and balance needed to handle crappie, bluegill and all kinds of panfish... |
Bass fishing represents one of the most popular fishing sports practiced today. Its popularity has yielded a multi-billion dollar industry unto itself, aside from the business of other modes of sport fishing. There are boats on the market designed specifically for bass fishing. Clothes and gears are also very popular.
Freshwater sport fishing in Florida provided recreational opportunities for over 1.32 million people, over age 16, and generated an economic output of $2.0 billion in 2001. Aside from that, Florida freshwater recreational fishing generated 19,519 jobs with earnings of $484 million in 2001. Florida freshwater fishing provided 20.8 million angler days of recreation (92% resident) based on 14.5 million trips. (A trip is from the time someone leaves home until they return and may include many days; a day is defined by an activity on a specific day.)
Bass habitats include a variety of environments, from rivers, lakes, streams, and even ponds. Rivers provide one of the healthiest habitats, due to the highly oxygenated waters from the rapid current. In order to fish bass from rivers, it is best to seek out breaks in the current, perhaps from a fallen tree, a stump, or rocks. The fish that bass feed upon will normally school below a dam, thereby making these spots ideal for bass fishing.
There are at least 32 species of fish commonly caught in the numerous lakes, ponds, canals and rivers throughout Southwest Florida. The anglers pursuing the most popular of these freshwater game fish are locally referred to as either bass fisherman, "perch jerkers", pan fisherman or catfishermen, depending upon the object of their pursuit.
The most common and popular of these are Largemouth Bass, Catfish, Panfish, Chain pickerel and Crappie.
Largemouth Bass without a doubt is the most sought after game fish in Florida. It is the main target of the majority of anglers. Many of these lure busting monsters in the 10 to 12 pound range are taken every year in local waters.
The yellow and brown bullhead, followed by the channel catfish, is the most abundant in the area. They are favored by sportsman for the delicious table fare that they provide. Also harvested commercially, mainly on Lake Okeechobee, and their tasty fillets are served as an "all you can eat" favorite in most area restaurants. But it is still the bass fish that promises the challenge of the sport.
Every freshwater river, canal, lake and pond in South West Florida is abundant with what is locally referred to as "panfish" for the thick tasty fillets they provide. The term actually covers a wide variety of pan sized fish in the sunfish family. These include, but are not limited to, the following: bluegill, bream, warmouth, and the most sought after, redeared sunfish, locally referred to as a "shellcracker" for its diet of aquatic snails. Another favorite is the exotic oscar, which has flourished in the hundreds of miles of canals in the area.
An angler needs only to arm themselves with a cane pole and a can of worms or crickets for guaranteed success in catching supper. However, most anglers opt for the ultra-light spinning outfits with tiny spinners and spoons, or the fly rod with popping bugs. Catches of fifty or more a day are common.
While not particularly sought after, the pickerel must still be considered a game fish for its savage attacks on the lures most commonly thrown by bass fisherman. They are fast, tackle busting acrobatic fighters. While edible, they are usually released due the many pesky little bones in their fillets.
Also locally called speckled perch or "specks" and considered as the favorite of the "perch jerkers" or crappie fisherman that pursue them. These quick striking fish fall for a variety of lures. They congregate in large schools and once located, provide the angler with plenty of action and a great fish fry.
There are innumerable techniques and types of tackle available to practice the sport of bass fishing. For a beginner, it is advised to gather some more basic tools to get started. Some suggestions point towards acquiring a 10-pound line, suitable for the average sizes and weights of this species. Also, it is suggested to start with artificial bait until the angler has a better understanding of the unique characteristics of the bass fish. The Spinnerbait is common artificial bait used by both amateur and seasoned anglers.
The catch and release method was first introduced in the 1950s. It was designed to reduce the rising costs of restocking hatchery-raised fish, and was normally used for fish not meant for consumption. Popular consensus does not consider bass as a food fish, and thus this technique is widely used.
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Anyone have a recommendation for cheap reel/rod combo?
I have 3 reels, two lights and a medium-heavy.
Zebco 33 on a medium-heavy Shakespeare rod for carp/catfishing.
Shakspeare 15 durango combo, for panfish, bass and occasionally carp.
Zebco RZ Series combo for panfish, and occasionally bass.
I want a good, cheap bass combo, or another good carp combo.
I like spincasts, or spinning reels.
Shimano have a combo that comes with working lures and tackles. They came in three rod sizes: 5'6", 6' and 6'6". They use Shimano IX series reels and FX series rods on those combos. They usually cost between $18.95 to $24.95 depending on where you shop.
I got a 5'6" combo with a IX1000 reel which I left at my in-law's place. I used the combo to catch bass, carp, catfish, and various near shore saltwater species when I visit. The rod isn't very stiff but I have no problem setting hooks on large mouth bass with it. It is not heavy but it got a lot more backbone than most rods that size. Turning and landing big fish is a lot easier than expected. The biggest fish I've landed with that combo is a carp about 22-23 pounds. The combo handled that carp very well and I am very confident that it could handle bigger carp with relative ease.
The reel is smooth and quiet. It packed enough power for many common small to medium sized fish. The drag is smooth and you will not find anything comparable unless you spend $36 on an Abu Garcia reel.
The combo isn't perfect though. Despite its small size, the rod is actually more suitable for bigger fish. It isn't very sensitive and detecting light bites will be more difficult. The rod will also take a lot of fight away from smaller fish even though it was only rated for 6-14lb test lines.
http://www.bargainoutfitters.com/cb/cb.asp?a=268942
http://www.stevesfishingsupplies.com/brands/Shimano/Images/IX_Combos.jpg
PS: There are many combos out there but this one is a very good bargain.
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