cane poles?

[paul pace]

we use to do a similar type fishing we took a cane pole tide a bout afoot of line with a skirted two pronged hook to it and would go along the shore reaching under the bushes hanging over the sides slapping the tip of the cane in the water my brother caught a 25 pound grinnel and we had a ride in that 10 ft john boat that was on dump lake in mississippi

[deathb4disco]

Around here I've heard it done two different ways :

1) big gob of nightcrawlers on a treble hook, under a big cork bobber, about 3ft of heavy line off a heavy cane pole

That's how my dad got his bass (on Lake Cumberland, I believe).

[SpeckledSlab]

We used to carry some Calcutta Bamboo poles at our fish camp in the 60's, man they were tough.

["G"]

we use to do a similar type fishing we took a cane pole tide a bout afoot of line with a skirted two pronged hook to it and would go along the shore reaching under the bushes hanging over the sides slapping the tip of the cane in the water my brother caught a 25 pound grinnel and we had a ride in that 10 ft john boat that was on dump lake in mississippi

Yep....we called that doodle socking

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[deltarat]

Cane poles was all we had in the 60s and early 70s. We caught a lot of fish trolling Lake Washington, sitting on the poles.

[Blackhawk19]

We used to use a cane pole with about a foot of line with a inline spinner bait about 6-8" long with multiple blades in the early 80's but I haven't seen a lure like that in years.

["D"]

Doodle socking was used by a fisherman named Dee Thomas in pro bass tournaments early on. It was banned and a rod length limit was instituted. That was when flipping baits started. The length limit is back up to 8 ft. for rods. Doodle socking and jigger fishin are great ways to get under low hanging branches. The material for the rod is not so important, just the length. I may need to do this, I sure am not good at flipping a bait. I would thing dock shooting is sort of a replacement also for these methods. Unfortunately I'm not to good at that either. I got one of those old lures like that IKE somewhere, they are still available. Fun post. Thanks funbun.

[Grainraiser]

We used cane poles during the spring when I was young. We would take a cane pole, wire close hangers, black electrical tape, pliers and some dacron line. We would cut up the hangers and make fishing guides and a basic reel to hold the line. They were the original jigging poles. You could pull the minnow up near the first eye and poke into the cover. Caught thousands of crappies this way. Once the spawn was over the cane poles went back behind the garage until the next spring. Great memories.

[eminart]

This vid shows it being done in Alabama with a shorter leader than I recall, but whichever works is fine with me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_u4it32ASI

That brings back some memories. I used to watch Archie Phillips on TV when I was a kid. I think that episode might even be the one I mentioned renting on VHS.