HAS ANYONE EVER CAUGHT ANYTHING USING ONE OF THESE?
Oct 7, 2020 21:49:56 #
It is right up there with a line wrapped around a beer can. You catch a big fish, you will have a real fun time and might get tugged into the lake. just Sayin...RJS
Oct 7, 2020 21:54:22 #
I got one for Christmas years ago. And yes I caught fish with it.lol not the best set up, but they do work. Ya have ta have one heck of an arm to get it out very far.lol.
Oct 7, 2020 21:54:27 #
Barnacles wrote:
I'm surprised about your line being stripped! When I took this thing apart, I was impressed by how much line it could hold. It could be that Popiel only put just enough line on them so that they could sell them? Also, the Pocket Fisherman had a fairly decent drag mechanism, I thouught.
When you’ve hung a ten or fifteen pound red, they’re hard to land with a regular fishing reel. The Popiel wasn’t a joke but it wasn’t for large game fish.
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Oct 7, 2020 21:56:47 #
I would think that in lake fishing for say sand bass or crappie, it would work find. But a bull red would rip off all the line in short order. Just Sayin...RJS
Oct 7, 2020 22:05:18 #
Robert J Samples wrote:
I would think that in lake fishing for say sand bass or crappie, it would work find. But a bull red would rip off all the line in short order. Just Sayin...RJS
You’re correct Robert, and it happened. I wish I had one now to Crappie fish with. It’d be a lot of fun.
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Oct 7, 2020 22:52:10 #
The whole idea behind using light gear is having the line ripped off the reel. I caught a Perch once that almost spoiled my pocket pole. Good thing I respooled with 10 lb line. Woulda never got her thru the hole.!!!
Oct 7, 2020 22:59:50 #
Oct 8, 2020 09:16:23 #
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen one of those. I never used one but a buddy of mine and I were fishing the spillway below the dam for Tobin Lake in northern Saskatchewan back in 1976. The bite was on and he got broke off in the rocks. I guess he didn’t want to take the time to re-tie so he reached in his bag and pulled one out rigged with a red and white spoon. He caught 3 or 4 small pike in the 4-5 pound range and we were both laughing at his success when he hooked into something much larger. After about 10 seconds the fish bolted and his pocket fisherman exploded in his hand. We laughed even harder. He’s gone now, but you just jogged a great memory for me. Thanks
Oct 8, 2020 10:04:34 #
Fishon Fishon
Loc: Baton Rouge Louisiana
Yes I had one back in the day good for bank fishing on ponds that have lots of trees and or bushes around the bank close quarters fishing
Oct 8, 2020 10:06:14 #
Oct 8, 2020 10:59:27 #
Egghead wrote:
The whole idea behind using light gear is having the line ripped off the reel. I caught a Perch once that almost spoiled my pocket pole. Good thing I respooled with 10 lb line. Woulda never got her thru the hole.!!!
Nice photo shop!
Oct 8, 2020 13:04:00 #
Barnacles wrote:
I think that it was in the 1970's when Popiel adve... (show quote)
Oh yeah! Back in the day in SoCal (Oxnard/Pt. Huememe) area and caught perch, smelt and mackeral off the piers there. It was my brother's rig and he loved it. Then, there was the big fish that pulled it over the railing and we lost it. We tried to snag/retrieve it with a diamond jig (lead weight with a treble hook on the end) but no luck. Good times!!!!
Oct 8, 2020 13:27:04 #
Jack Pine Savage
Loc: NW Wisconsin
I used one for ice fishing pan fish. Seems like mid 70s. Spooled on 4 lb line. Worked better than any other rig available at the time. The closed construction kept the slush and other frozen crud from the mechanism. I'd use one again if I had one.
Oct 8, 2020 14:14:59 #
jfbanzai
Loc: Menomonie, Wisconsin
Had a couple of them when I was a kid, made pretty decent ice fishing jig rods.
Oct 8, 2020 14:25:56 #
JimFordJr
Loc: wichita, ks
I used one as a kid back in the late 60's and early 70's. My cousin and I would ride our bikes a couple of miles outside of our little town to a small fram pond that was over ran with bluegill. We caught fish all day with those and then rode back to town. Good times!
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