Cane poles not only are maintaining their popularity, but are actually increasing in use as the years go by. Kids use them, of course, but so do a lot of grownups. Nobody can dispute the effectiveness of a pole for producing good strings of bream, perch, catfish and many other species.
Plenty of bass are caught on cane poles too, sometimes by mistake, but often by design. And one particular type of cane pole fishing - called “jigger fishing” or “skittering” - may be the best method of all for consistently producing really big bass.
Advances in poles have managed to keep pretty well abreast of advances in rods and reels. You can still buy the old-fashioned cane pole just about everywhere, and in a great variety of lengths and strengths. You can also buy two, three and four-piece disjointed poles with friction ferrules or screw-type ferrules.
Then, of course, there are the telescoping fiberglass poles, which cost a few bucks, but which stow and transport easily, and which generally outlast far more than their equal money value in cane poles.
As a rule of thumb, you should use as long a pole as you can comfortably handle. Twelve and 14-footers are about right for most people in most situations, but a lot of fishermen like 16 and 18 footers. Of course, you might use the long poles for lake fishing, but have shorter ones too, for fishing in tight creeks or bushy spots.
For bream, perch or crappie fishing, use monofilament line of 10 to 15-pound test. First tie the line snugly around the pole about two feet down from the tip, say aground the third or fourth joint of bamboo. Then spiral the line upward around the tip and tie it again at the very end of the pole.
Why the double tie? Because it is not at all unusual for a cane pole to break at the tip, especially if you’re surprised by a husky bass or catfish. Should the tip break, you’re protected by the second tie, and may not lose your rig or your fish.
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