11-29-2011, 02:27 PM
Don't know why ya gotta be a negative newton, but I for one am glad to hear the report - thanks. I picked one up, but have yet to use it (beyond my nightly 'tests' in the basement! Freaks the dog out when it pops!). The video on the site cracks me up - that poor kid is falling all over himself trying to jump after every pole "going off". I wouldn't mind landing a school of Kokes like those!
I gather in Idaho you can have a number of poles on ice. We Utards can have two - with a second pole permit. And I'll second the notion - that farther away pole gets "jacked" while a hand-held jigger gets the direct love. That's my plan. It's easy enough to miss a bite when you're right there - least of all 10 feet away.
I see it as a downrigger for ice - and I use a downrigger on the boat - no harm, no foul! But no - I don't have a gas-auger! And I pull my own sled, thank you!
Another one I like is the [url "http://mrjigger.com/"]Mr Jigger[/url] - allows the rod to rock and roll - a bit of wind, or a tap on the butt, and you're in business.
I gather in Idaho you can have a number of poles on ice. We Utards can have two - with a second pole permit. And I'll second the notion - that farther away pole gets "jacked" while a hand-held jigger gets the direct love. That's my plan. It's easy enough to miss a bite when you're right there - least of all 10 feet away.
I see it as a downrigger for ice - and I use a downrigger on the boat - no harm, no foul! But no - I don't have a gas-auger! And I pull my own sled, thank you!
Another one I like is the [url "http://mrjigger.com/"]Mr Jigger[/url] - allows the rod to rock and roll - a bit of wind, or a tap on the butt, and you're in business.