I have really enjoyed some excellent trips this year with my telescopic poles. I have every size from 12 feet through 16 feet depending on location and bait...etc.

Got me two more telescopic poles yesterday as I try to hit every little bait and tackle shop in Coastal S.C. .... I look for bait shops like some people look for yard sales....

Found these two cool looking Fish Hunter brand telescopics with Camo paint job...10' and 12'

Het Jeff great looking poles. Where did you find them, My oldest boy would go nuts over one those.

I found them at a little bait shop/gas station in Goose Creek, South Carolina.....The brand is Fish Hunter so I don't know if you could find them on the internet or major retailer....I have about 20 telescopics and I had never seen the Camo color that caught my eye.......

Nice fish and fun to catch on my telescopics...

Jeff, how do you tie on line to your poles?

I normally attach 10 to 12 pound test to my telescopics directly to the eye and I change the line frequently to avoid bad spots...With no drag, heavy cover potential and bass filled waters I prefer to use heavier line.... I don't find that it hurts my fishing but I do know some folks like smaller line......If I have a great trip and catch a nice mess of fish, I take that pole out of service until the line is changed....That's one of my justifications for having 25 to 30 poles...LOL

ooooh -  10# - 12# stren WOW. That is some heavy line.

Dwayne - the way to attach rigs to the end of the pole is by using a large loop that will fit over your float / bobber. Now - if you are using the right float - then a loop the size of a quarter will do - if you are using something wider than a quarter - then, uh, well you will uh... have enough free time to tie any ole knot on there because we are fishing for bluegills - not sea bass.  The big loop allows you to fit the loop through that eye a the end of the pole - I never ever store the line on the pole when I put it away - this leads to broken floats, broken lines (from line damage) and broken dreams - [lost fish]. Once the big loop goes though the eye of your pole - then feed your hook through the line loop and feed that all the way up - over your small float and finally tighten it down on the  pole eye.

This is NOT a dumb question - as in the first competition I won fishing a pole with no reel - I had to ask my neighbor how to attach my rig. My teacher taught me - but I could not remember.

This attachment is key because it creates two pieces of line over the eye of your pole and makes it so your entire rig should never break off at the eye! This is important for snags and big fish - you also want to use a lighter leader so if you are using 3 lb. main line - you want a 2 lb. leader line - unless the bluegills by you are in the 8  lb. range - then you should go heavier on your line.

After you are done fishing simply - undo that knot carefully - reverse the process and then wind that whole rig up on a large piece of cardboard for storage in your box. There are also winders available like on my "Ready Rigs" in my store.

Exciting news too - I have coded a much nicer store and will be working on it over the next couple of weeks - it's just for live bait and a ton of pole fishing stuff - because bluegill pole fishing is a passion of mine

Good to see you posting, Johnny!

I also run a bead of thing super glue into the eye ferrule on the end of the pole tip. Just a little extra insurance.

Thanks for the loop attachment idea Johnny.

This is a fitting photo for this group.......

I also like to use a jig tipped with a cricket for gills on my telescopic poles.....

A few of my telescopic toys.....

Cane poles and spincast reels - Jeff, I very much would like to go fishing with YOU!

Just let me know when you get moved to the triangle David...or maybe in South Carolina...I fish alone 90 percent of the time because I'm out in an outlying area with low populations.....

We have obtained a small rental now in Greensboro and Lori is moving in next week. So it won't be too long before I'll be up there. Im shooting for end of March, in time to get a small garden going... :-)

I do appreciate the thought, Jeff. You are a prince. I was more making the comment because I like your style, sir!

Nice 13 inch Pasquotank slab Crappie caught on a 12 foot "Shooting Star" rigged with the Chartreuse Sparkle Charlie Bee Slider tipped with a minnow. Eight feet down in 25 total FOW that was 47 degrees......Had a total of six Crappie today...

Even got a little carried away and battled some small Striped Bass on my telescopics as well. My 16 footer handles them pretty good but it became more of a challenge on my 10 foot Fish Hunter, but I landed a dozen or so between 12 and 16 inches....Still had a blast....

I'm sitting in one of my favorite Crappie honey holes waiting on a Slab but this spot was slow today...There is a 12 foot hole where this tree fell and it shallows up to about 3 feet quickly at the mouth of this creek under the bridge....It's always better here when the water is moving in and out....

good lookin fish hole Jeff, I see you got the pole ready

Nice 17 inch "Pan" rock on my Shooting Star 16 ft. telescopic on a 4 inch live minnow......What a Blast!

Dont know just how to ask this or if terms are right, but I will try. Does anyone make up pole rigs before they go out? By rigs, I am meaning line,float, weight and hook. If so how do you store them. I have been looking at the snell holders.

I'm going to show a series of photos to describe how I secure my telescopic poles/line in between uses.......First things first, I have the HT Linewinders on 95% of my poles in use....The first image is a 16' pole stowed with the line secured around the brass tabs (HT LInewinder). This rig is ready to fish, unwind and bait up.....

This photo is a close up of the float and this is how I choose to stow the hook since the float can be moved on the line....this just requires adjusting the float to the desired fishing depth when you unwind for fishing........Certainly not the only way but I find that multiple poles don't get tangled up this way...I normally carry at least six of these poles ready to fish.....10 to 16 footers

Close up of an HT linewinder.......

Close up of the Float and secured Hook......

I keep the line tied to the eye and the rubber securing cap is attached to my poles with a lanyard and the rubber cap is notched to prevent damage to the line.....I have already confessed to using heavier line than many members but don't feel that it hurts my Gill fishing.....Proof is in the Photos.....These photos are just ideas that work for me........

This has worked for me but I understand the guy that reties every  time. Trust me, on good fishing days when I catch 20 or more fish, I take that pole out of service until I change the line....I like to see what hits so this means Largemouth, Bowfin, Catfish and Striped Bass to name a few.....If this helps one angler I'll be perfectly content.....Good luck everyone!!!!

I do it, too, Jeff, i.e., store my line on the pole's winder. I dont retie each time. I use a doubled loop of braided line at the eye, to which I add a hook leader of mono or fluoro.

Thanks David.....nice to know I'm not on the island alone......