fishing for animal crackers!

oh finally you're up.

I didn't eat my wheaties this morning, so I shall regurgitate. Here are my posts from Last Time

The Price of ONE of these is about 18+ shipping over at Cabella's
SOLD OUT NOW

The cheapest price I can find elsewhere is 15 with free shipping for one From Froogle
Buy 1 get one free if you're only buying one. Obviously the savings is much better if you're
in for 3, but I'd also recommend a vasectomy if you're in for 3

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Zebco Website It looks like they sell a tackle box too. (Speaking of tackle bo-)nevermind

Looks like they cost as much as this woot though.

Also there is a diagram that shows how these float in case the woot write-up didn't do a good job explaining the floating handle.

Can you actually use this to fish? Like real fish? Or are they just toys?

CowboyDann wrote:Obviously the savings is much better if you're
in for 3, but I'd also recommend a vasectomy if you're in for 3

Too funny. I think that must be Kids.Woot's official stance too, since you can't always rely on 2-for-Tuesday, you shouldn't have more than three kids.

I had three siblings growing up. If Woot would have existed then, my kid sister would have only got something on 2-for-Tuesdays.

Jivedaddy wrote:Can you actually use this to fish? Like real fish? Or are they just toys?

yep, My kids have them and I sometimes cast for them so they don't get the line caught in trees and such, and I can easily cast 40+ feet, and we've reeled in 4-pound catfish, and mid size trout with no problems.

Jivedaddy wrote:Can you actually use this to fish? Like real fish? Or are they just toys?

I grabbed a pair of these during the recent Woot-Off and am very happy to have done so.

My son, who is 3½ and had never held a fishing rod before this past Saturday, is now able to cast, with reasonable consistency, 15-20 feet and is having a blast, just tossing the plug around in the backyard. (The other reel is for my daughter, who won't be old enough to use it for another 18-24 months.)

Though almost entirely plastic, the reels seem to be of decent quality -- not quite on par with the 70's-vintage Zebco 33's and 202's that I learned to fish with as a kid, but decent, nonetheless.

Using these little rods, I can easily toss a lure 30-40', with consistent distance and better accuracy than you might expect and the guts are robust enough to survive my son's occasional tendency to continue cranking-away after the lure has stopped at the end of the pole.

These are a fun, and safe, way to get young kids interested in fishing. They *can* be used for catching actual fish, but the line is very thin, so angle for perch, at most. But once the kiddos catch the bug, you can move them up to some more substantial tackle.

I've bought similar ones for my 5 year old and 2 year old last year. Took them fishing with them and they both caught several fish. I just added a hook, worm and a bobber and fished at the right depth for the lake and time.

They had a great time and still both talk about it.

Jivedaddy wrote:Can you actually use this to fish? Like real fish? Or are they just toys?

yes, you can fish with these. The Boy has the Cars version and The Girl has a Dora version.

they also come with a rubber weight that you can tie on. this is helpful when they are learning to cast, or if you dont want to bother with hooks, worms, or actually catching fish.

the floating feature is important. i had an old snoopy fishing rod, complete with snoopy bobber. The Boy dropped it off the side of a canoe it now sleeps in davey jones locker. singing last train to clarksville, no doubt. of course these things wont float if you have a ton of weight on them, but you still want that insurance.

Jivedaddy wrote:Can you actually use this to fish? Like real fish? Or are they just toys?

Yes you can fish with them, perch, not king salmon.

That is some pond - you caught a Mouse Lemur... :-)


Poor Mort.

My kids have similar ones and lost the practice casting plug - we called Zebco and they sent us 5 casting plugs free! (Ours were shaped like fish)

CowboyDann wrote:
Also there is a diagram that shows how these float in case the woot write-up didn't do a good job explaining the floating handle.

They all float down here!

Interesting. Over the Memorial Day holiday, we unexpectedly ended up at a resort-type place, and I bought a couple of these sorts of poles for me younger kids to go fishing.

I got 'em at WalMart . . . they're not branded the same but the design seems identical. They didn't come with the floats, tho. Ten bucks each.

I didn't know what to expect, all I knew was I didn't want to spend a whole lot of money for poles for a few hours' worth of fishing. But they worked great. We caught all sorts of sunfish and perch with them. They cast pretty well!

Bought these on Woot before for my son's birthday and one of them never worked right. One of them worked great and he learned to cast very well after a day. However, be prepared that both may not work. $9.99 isn't bad for one fishing pole, but kind of disappointed that one of the two was jacked.

I was hoping to go penguin fishing with these, but disappointed now that it looks like you can only use these to catch fish.

Got this (Zebco Penguins Fishing Combo–2 PK) from here on 5/23/2012 & kids are loving it. So far they have become expert caster just throwing it around inside the house. Both unit jammed once & I had to open the cover to re-wind the spool. Otherwise very happy with it. It is sturdy too.

Also excellent for exercising your cat!

I purchased these last time and i don't have kids. I keep one in the car with a small tackle box for those "sick days" when other people in the house don't need to know and you don't need them to see you loading up the fishing gear.

And the other is just a spare in-case this one one breaks.

So far they work great. no complaints.

#Off-Topic

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Join me! I will be posting in each of these threads shortly to spark conversation.

I am impressed! I ordered these fishing poles and 3 days later I am holding them in my hands. My grandson thanks you. Yes these are real fishing poles. My 4 children and my other 4 grandchildren started with this type of pole. They have caught catfish, bass, carp, and a million bullheads. Can't count the fun these type of poles caught. Thank for a great price on these.