Ice fishing rod for tubers & tooners

[KAZUALT]

I know that eveyone here probably thinks this idea is a little off, but today just for kicks I took my Ice Fishing Rod with me on a river float. I usually use my telescoping rod, beacuase of its easiness of storing. But I found that using the ice rod was something of a eye opener. I was fishing on a fairly narrow river with a lot of hang overs,TREES and SUCH, and the little rod came in really handy. Of course this is not what I would usually use on the bigger rivers, but for the little one it was GREAT. I wa quite surprised of how easy it was to bring a 3lb bass in from about 20' away. Since these rods are made mainly for retrieving straight up, I was skeptical of how it would be fighting a fish from a distance.
Has anyone else ever tried to use a ic rod. I was thinking that it would come in handy especially for kayakers.


KAZUALT
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