Short answers about the angled handle, choosing a rod, and how the lifetime guarantee works.
Ice rod questions and answers
The angled handle
It lets your wrist stay straight while the rod stays level. That means less wrist and forearm fatigue, more power on the hookset, and better control on the retrieve.
Every rod except the Recoil. The Recoil has a straight handle because we designed it for autoset systems with a non-adjustable rod holder. If your autoset has an adjustable rod holder, our angled handle rods work in it too.
Yes. The handle is protected by U.S. Patent D782,608 S.
Yes. Buy the rod only and mount the reel you already use.
Choosing a rod
Medium. It has the backbone for bigger fish. For perch and crappie choose Light, and for bluegill and other panfish choose Ultralight.
Shorter rods are easier to handle in a shack or shelter. Longer rods give you more reach and line control on open ice. If you fish both ways, a mid-length rod is a good place to start.
If you already have a small spinning reel you like, buy the rod only. If you want to fish the day it arrives, pick one of our ice fishing rod and reel combos.
The JP200 is our standard reel with 3 ball bearings. The JP500 has 5+1 ball bearings for a smoother retrieve.
It will land them, but if perch and crappie are your main target, a Light action gives you more backbone.
Guarantee and shipping
If it breaks, we replace it. Contact us with your order details and a photo of the rod, then ship the broken rod back to us. You cover the return shipping.
No. The lifetime guarantee covers rods only, so the JP200 and JP500 reels are not included.
Yes. If it breaks, we replace it.
Every Neptune rod is manufactured and assembled in Wisconsin.
We ship to the contiguous United States, and every order ships from Wisconsin. If you are in Alaska, Hawaii, or outside the U.S., contact us and we will quote shipping for you.
No. All sales are final. A broken rod is still covered by the lifetime guarantee.
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