B&M BW3

Like most folks, I generally fish with a spinning reel, spincast reel, or a baitcaster for bass and pickerel. The Black Widow is my first experience with cane pole fishing. I find the lightweight convenience and simplicity just terrific. Pulled a number of bream and crappie out of the pond with this rod so far. I'm not really sure why I would need to bring my spinning setup now I have the "cane pole." I mean, yeah, the spinning setup will cast much farther, but I'm catching more or less the same number of bream with the Black Widow, so it's getting me to rethink things. I rig it up with about six feet of some left over braided Dacron fly backing, wrapped around the tip section about 10" and affixed with a spot of electrical tape, then through the tip loop. I use a couple of simple loop knots to tie on enough mono to bring the total length of line from the tip to about 12". I tie on an Eagle Claw cricket hook, or some other long-shank #6 hook, then on goes the float and enough split shot to cock the float and sink the line gently, so the presentation is natural. As it stands, I consider myself a convert to the simplicity of float fishing from a fixed line for bream and yellow perch. Even though the angler just sits waiting for bobber movement, when the little fish does strike, this rod affords a lively fight. Just let the rod do the work without trying to pull the fish out of heavy cover as with bass fishing. I've never done much float fishing, but now I'm checking out YouTube vids on the finer points. Kinda nice to be learning about a fishing style that's new to me. I've seen folks using these rods for small stream trout, so that's next on the agenda. This cane pole setup does seem like it would be good for drift fishing a creek. I'm considering buying the 13' or 16.5' model to get a little more cast. I mean, at around $15, the 10' Black Widow is the price of a small spool of decent line. Can't beat it.

Was surprised at the quality for such a low price. Great for fishing from a boat.

I have 3 silver cat rods. First time fishing one broke after a few casts. Doesn't instill much confidence in the quality. Hope the other 2 turn out OK time will tell. Update called BnM they are sending me a replacement top half no questions asked.I was impressed with the customer service . Changing my review to 4 stars.

I thought you could use them for the different lengths of extensions but it only goes to the 10 foot extension but good product for what it is

My 7 year old has pulled in tons of fish with this “purple pole.” He even caught a decent sized bass with it yesterday! He won’t even share, and always claims this pole when we go fishing. He caught blue gill, perch, and bass this week.

Born and raised in Hawaii, we always fished with hand poles (bamboo, carbon fiber, etc) and the fishing shops sold great product. I thought this might be a good pole, we'll it wasn't! The first time I got my line caught and pulled, I pulled the tip completely off. Spend the money and buy a better brand of pole, this one's a cheap product.

Bought this for our son for Christmas, because he enters every Catfish tournament he can with his Dad. He was so excited by everything about it that we ended up ordering 4 more. *Will update when they finally get a chance to use them. TY!

Sturdy pole for pond or lake fishing.