At the very least, you will need two different setups, preferably three.

For the Bluegill and Crappie, you’re best bet is going to be a small spinning setup, even better, an ultralight setup. I won’t go into specifics, but a light action 4′6 or so rod, along with a small spinning reel will do you just fine.

For the Bass and Trout, you could go with a mid sized spinning reel on a 6′0-6′6 medium action rod.

For Catfish, you need a bigger setup to be consistant. You’ll need at least a 7′0 medium heavy action rod in my opinion. I actually like heavy actions better, but the medium heavy will suffice. Buy a larger spinning reel or baitcasting reel for them. Be sure the reel is capable of holding at least a 14 or so pound line.

In both instances we will say you are equipped with the appropriate clothes and have the necessary tools for creating fire, a knife, a shovel, basic survival gear, but no food or water.

You only have to survive a few days, not long-term.

Which is the "easier" environment to shelter yourself from the elements, get enough water, food and just generally survive in for the short-term?
My feeling is definitely the arctic would be the easier place to survive, while my friend thinks the desert.

My feeling is arctic= cold, but you can warm yourself with a fire whereas desert= hot, you can’t effectively cool yourself without expending a lot of energy (Eg: fanning yourself… building an A/C) water- arctic, you can melt snow, the cold of the water may burn calories, but you can warm it over your fire. Desert- water= underground, you have to dig to find it, burns lots of calories. You have 3 days reserve of water in your body in "normal" conditions, in the desert, without water, you can die in a matter of hours. Food- in the dessert there IS probably more food you can realistically take down solo- foxes, lizards etc, whereas the arctic has polar bears, walruses and various other big, potentially lethal animals, with the fish beneath thick ice.
It’s far easier to build a shelter out of snow than sand, and from there you get shelter from the wind and insulate yourself.
Also, an interesting variable would be whether you’re alone or with someone else- I think that the added moral of not being alone would probably make either situation more bearable, as well as giving you a "reason to keep fighting"

Snow/Ice happen to be fair insulators. You can construct a shelter easily with a shovel and a knife., and you can maintain temp inside it with a candle or a container to burn fish oil. Fish can be eaten raw, frozen and provide good nutrition, and snow atop the salt-water ice can be melted for water. The most significant danger is the large carnivore, the polar bear.

Desert–well you will likely never get enough water, and while it is hot during the day, it may be bitterly cold at night. If you do not have a noisemaker and a mirror, you may be unable to signal potential rescuers because you will lose your voice as you dehydrate. Some sort of sunshade will be very important

I’ll take the arctic any time. Worst case, when the end comes, you drop into a sleep from which you do not awaken. In the desert, you will suffer.

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How deep you set the floater somewhat depends on how deep the water is. Generally, when I’m pond fishing for Crappie, I’ll start out with my floater placed about a foot and a half up my line. If nothing hits it, I switch to 2 feet or so, and so on. Go deeper and deeper until you start getting hit pretty consistently. They will probably be hanging out pretty deep with how hot it’s been lately. If you have some overhanging trees providing shade over the water, it will probably be a good place to start fishing.

As far as fishing them goes, it’s not difficult. Cast it out, let it sit for 5-10 seconds, twitch it 3 or 4 times, reel in the slack, then pause again. Repeat that throughout your retrieve.

Crappie like holding on to cover. Any downed trees, rocks, stumps, shade, etc will hold Crappie throughout just about any given day. Cast towards these things, and fish them thoroughly.

Many homeless shelters must kick in to high gear as well. The emergency shelters that only are open for extreme weather are opening and must be prepared for high numbers of people.

There are other industries that rely on warm weather that are impacted as well, such as tropical fish farms.

While it is rare for Florida to drop below freezing, and when it does, it is usually only for one or two days at a time, this cold spell is predicted to last for at least a week. Believers, Florida can use your prayers. Will you pray?
sophieb; true, freezing temps usually occur in the wee hours of the morning. Preparing for it is around the clock. And the impact of just a few hours can destroy crops, and cause produce prices to skyrocket.

Prayers to Florida!

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I live and ice and summer fish in northern minnesota. For ice fishing walleye/crappie I use a light ice spinning rod with 6lb line. I have them set up with slip bobbers with a jigs, mainly and with minnows for bait. For pike I use a tip up. With a large minnow. As far as the old road bed I would guess they are fishing for walleye. I also use a vexlair and a under water camera. Best of luck.