fish catching

one of the nice things about panfishing is that you don't have to spend a lot of money. a lot of sporting goods stores have rod and reel combos for as little as$20 and there nothing special but they work fine for fishing for panfish.

but if you are even more frugal than thatbut you can actually catch a fish without a rod and reel - you can just use along stick or, like i'm going to show this morning, you can even use a pop can. first i need to get the proper amount offishing line.

i have some 4 pound test here that i'm goingto use and i'd like it about 12 feet long sowhat i'm going to do is measure by stretching on my arms one to each side, and just get about three times that length that should be about right for what iwant to do today now i'm gonna tie the end of the line to thetab of the pop can. i'll probably use an improved clinch knot to do that but itdoesn't really matter what knot you use

here. ok, now i have it tied on now i'm going to take the line and put it straight back toward the back of the can and i'm gonna hold it there and then use apiece of packing tape to make sure it stays there. i'm just gonna wrap the tape around thecan. now i'm gonna take the line and wrap it around the can and i'm gonna put it all on there except justenough on the end to put my tackle on. alright, i think we're all set.

i have my normal panfish tackle on herewhich includes bobber and then a split shot sinker and a snap swivel and finally a hook with a european night crawler. there's one there we got a little rock bass not too bad for a pop can rig another rock bass