plumberroy

I hope this is the right area After not riding in a few years I am back to riding first for my health plus I just like to ride . One of the other thing I like is to fish. I often fish a small colapsable panfish pole ultra light line and small jigs for panfish . A lot of the places I ride have places to fish too! so I made a me a stay on the bike kit
The pvc tube holds a 8 foot colapsable pole a roll of 3.5LB test fly line leader altoids small tin with jigs, small hooks, sinkers and power bait grubs in the side pocket of my trunk bag

sailor2

Nice setup. How do you carry the fish home?

plumberroy

I am not a big fish eater so I generally release the fish I do have a meijers reuseable bag that has eyelets with brass gromets and carbiners to hang off the rack. Fish could be put in ziplocks and hauled in that. Due to budget they have quit stocking trout in the one park I frequient . I usually keep trout . The one park I go to has a wall about 300 yards long I jig for crappie and gills. I have caught many stocked trout with this set up
Roy

RickBlane

Ronco Pocket Fisherman


Laugh all you guys like but of all the money I have spent over my fishing life this is by far the best money I have ever spent. Fits in every bag and backpack I have. I have one on my bike at all times.


Exelent review at the link below. Nice bike links there too. For the price you can't go wrong. Read the info do your research make your own mind up.


https://thefrugalhamstercyclist.blogspot.com/

gyozadude

I have a home-made pack rods. They vary depending on use. All carbon fibre. I've got a combo fly/spin based on a 4pc fly blank that works great for panfish and trout. Small TiNitride coated guides with no ceramic insert makes it durable against drops and still allows for distance. I can shoot 6wt WF floating line or cast 4 - 6 lb mono. For finesse worming, I have a 7ft, 3pc casting rod with fast taper that can set the hook okay w 12 - 17 lb braided line on a baitcaster, or sometimes, I bring a spincast reel like the Zebco 20/10 or 20/20 which is fairly low profile. And for light saltwater at a pier or when I'm fishing after work in SF bay for sharks/batrays/stripers, I have a similar 7 ft casting rod, but the heaviest they make, almost like a pack muskie rod. Beefy. But packs really small. All of them attach to the top tube with just velcro straps and I bring minimal tackle that fits, like the OP, into a trunk bag on the rear rack. And it's all catch-n-release.

I've tried the ronco pocket fisherman. It can work, but if you're making a short pit-stop on a trans-continental bike tour in Lower Mainland, BC, and see pink salmon jump off the sea wall in West Vancouver, the Ronco will not likely to do well. But my 7 ft finesse rod - spinning version, unpacks, and with 17 lb braid throwing a size 1.5 buzz bomb, can land lots of salmon and even play a 30 lb+ chinook. Landing a big chinook is unlikely. But at least the gear handles it without issues, although braid can get expensive if a big fish spools you.