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When most people take a look at the Pen Fishing Rod, they will probably discount it as some novelty item, or gag gift, even a child’s toy perhaps. This is a huge mistake, because even though this little rod and reel can’t catch huge fish, you can still have a lot of fun with it. I personally love taking it to small retention ponds and slaying the ever so eager panfish that are over populated in them. These fish never seem to let me down, and this little rod can be thrown back in my pocket when I have to go back to work from lunch.
I used to carry a larger ultralight fishing setup with me to work every day, and dip out to the corporate retention ponds on my breaks, but now that I have found out about Pen Fishing Rods, I have saved myself a lot of time. The setup comes with an inline spinner, and it’s decent for the kit, but I prefer to use other types of baits in these smaller ponds, so I opt to take them with me over the lure they sent. Not saying it doesn’t catch fish.. inline spinners are one of my favorite trout and smallie baits.
The reel that they included came with some 5lb test line, and it isn’t a whole lot, but it does do the job. You could possible think about dropping it down to around 2lb test braided line to get more distance, some added strength, as well as being able to tie a leader to the end of it for cutting off lures. This should keep you from having to respool it too often, because it isn’t all that easy as you can imagine. It is possible though, I’ve had to do it a few times.
All in all, I was really impressed with this little fishing rod. I received the Pen Fishing Rod Extreme as a birthday gift from my girlfriends parents, and I have to say that I was one of the people who discounted it. I just imagined that I would end up breaking it, and couldn’t get any use from it. A year later I still get kicks using it on the ponds to catch slab sized panfish. I haven’t hit a bass yet with it, but if I do I hope it will hold up. Time will tell. Hopefully this Mini Pen Fishing Rod
review will help you in your buying decision.

When most people take a look at the Pen Fishing Rod, they will probably discount it as some novelty item, or gag gift, even a child’s toy perhaps. This is a huge mistake, because even though this little rod and reel can’t catch huge fish, you can still have a lot of fun with it. I personally love taking it to small retention ponds and slaying the ever so eager panfish that are over populated in them. These fish never seem to let me down, and this little rod can be thrown back in my pocket when I have to go back to work from lunch.

I used to carry a larger ultralight fishing setup with me to work every day, and dip out to the corporate retention ponds on my breaks, but now that I have found out about Pen Fishing Rods, I have saved myself a lot of time. The setup comes with an inline spinner, and it’s decent for the kit, but I prefer to use other types of baits in these smaller ponds, so I opt to take them with me over the lure they sent. Not saying it doesn’t catch fish.. inline spinners are one of my favorite trout and smallie baits.

The reel that they included came with some 5lb test line, and it isn’t a whole lot, but it does do the job. You could possible think about dropping it down to around 2lb test braided line to get more distance, some added strength, as well as being able to tie a leader to the end of it for cutting off lures. This should keep you from having to respool it too often, because it isn’t all that easy as you can imagine. It is possible though, I’ve had to do it a few times.

All in all, I was really impressed with this little fishing rod. I received the Pen Fishing Rod Extreme as a birthday gift from my girlfriends parents, and I have to say that I was one of the people who discounted it. I just imagined that I would end up breaking it, and couldn’t get any use from it. A year later I still get kicks using it on the ponds to catch slab sized panfish. I haven’t hit a bass yet with it, but if I do I hope it will hold up. Time will tell. Hopefully this Mini Pen Fishing Rod review will help you in your buying decision.

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