Looking for suggestions on a decent rod for doodle sockin. Hopefully when you are done googling "doodle sockin" you will have time to make a suggestion :Rofl Looking in the 10-12' range.
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Looking for suggestions on a decent rod for doodle sockin. Hopefully when you are done googling "doodle sockin" you will have time to make a suggestion :Rofl Looking in the 10-12' range.
Why not just get BnM's Ray Scott jiggerpole? Designed for it.
Didnt know about it. I will look at them.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
Sam Heaton
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My opinion only I use Sams 9ft from BPS they are 2 piece but have held up well. I use 10lb 2lb diameter line and usually the 9 fter is long enough to reach the jig or the 10lb can mostly straighten the hook. all the rods above are a good choice. good luck with your fishing.
My opinion only I use Sams 9ft from BPS they are 2 piece but have held up well. I use 10lb 2lb diameter line and usually the 9 fter is long enough to reach the jig or the 10lb can mostly straighten the hook. all the rods above are a good choice. good luck with your fishing.
PS a friend of mine thought I was pulling his leg about Doodle socking he had never of such thing.
Todd Huckabee Pro series. Its 10' 6". Very stiff backbone and soft tip. You can pull a 2 lb'er to the top and flip him on the boat, no problem. Only downside is its a little heavier than most, but with a baitcaster on it, it will balance right in front of the reel. Best jigging/dippin pole out there!! IMHO. Second would be a BoneHead 10' er. These are Carbon rods. Light, plenty of backbone, but an be a little fragile during transport and knockin around the boat. Either of these rods are $90-$100 ea. Worth it!! You can get by with a lesser rod (I did for years!!!!), but why??? You wont regret it.
Doodlesocking/jiggerdoodling/doodling is bass fishing heavy vegetation with long stiff pole and usually about 3' of heavy 100lb braid. Just slapping the surface with a skirted hook causing a commotion that draws angry strikes from heavy bass. Dont think a Sam Heaton or any other panfish stick would fill the task unless his interpretation is something totally different. Most I have seen doing it use a 20' cane pole cut down to 12' - 14' to be strong enough. Heart attack fishing for sure.
I agree. Would like to hear Kevin's interpretation on this technique.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
Where I grew up in SE Oklahoma doodle socking has always ment single pole jig fishing. Same throughout the middle section of the country. Grew up doing it with long slender cane poles my grandpa cut and cured in the barn.
Still does here in OK!Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
Yep, that's it. My dad used about a 12-footer and got his biggest bass (8#) with the method.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinslabs
I would use a BnM pole from 14-16' and maybe remove the tip section to make it a little stiffer.
This is not finesse fishing. It's hand-to-hand combat. :)
I dunno, DB4D .... we are still talking about Crappie fishing here, aren't we :scratchhead
I'd think a 12ft Southern Crappie rod would be a good choice. Cheaper, lighter, & probably a little stiffer than a BnM. I, personally, don't much care for the 17.5" handle & EVA foam ... but, the Kevlar/Carbon blank should provide plenty of power/strength to snatch a Slab out of his hideyhole ... don't you think ??
We call dipping trees as DS, you are right about the heavy stuff, just one of the things we changed.maybe not the Political Correct way but I knew what he was talking about from us OLD hillbillies. Good Luck with whatever you wish to call it:twocents
I honestly didn't think we were. It goes by different names, but every reference to "doodle socking" I've ever heard is exactly what I described above.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
As Crestliner noted above, maybe Kevin22 should define what he means.
https://youtu.be/lhtOafM1B1cQuote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
But I would like to do it for bass as well as for catfish when they are spawning. I think i need two rods.
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lews wally marshall troll tech. they are stiff with lots of backbone come in 10'-16'Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin22
As I read this, I wondered how long before the cane pole came to be mentioned. I first heard of it shortly after arriving in FL in '72. This guy used 50lb test that came off of his bottom reel he used offshore. Tied at the tip and wound about halfway down the rod, tied off occasionally, and friction tape(remember that) wrapped around the line in a few places to keep it from slipping. He had a bull frog pattern Dalton Special on the end of 3 feet of free line. He sat backwards in the front of a small jon and sculled with a paddle that was maybe 2 feet long, down the edge of the grass. I watched from another boat and only saw him catch bass 3lb or less, but law of averages stands for a giant to cross paths eventually. I learned to scull that day and only did it a few times, but he was sold on it and hardly fished any other way.
Calcutta fishing isn't much different but done off of docks with a live bait at night. Seeing the shadows of a big Snook rise to a bait is a thrill like no other.