Thread: What rod do you use

Obviously everyone has their favorites and what works for you is the best for you. I've owned or tried about everyone on the market at around $100 or less and these are my favorites:

Casting - 6' Falcon BuCoo or 6'9" Falcon BuCoo with spinning reel and Vicious hi-vis.
Dipping/Pitching - 10' Huckabee Meat Draga, 10' ProAngler or (up close) 8' ProAngler all with baitcast reels and 8-10 lb Vicious hi-vis.
Jig & Cork - 8' BnM Float & Fly rod or 8' ProAngler with spinning reel and Vicious hi-vis.
Strolling, Pulling Jigs, Pulling or Pushing Cranks - 11' Huckabee Pulling rods with baitcast reels and 8 lb Vicious hi-vis.
deep vertical jigging - various 7-10' spinning and baitcast rods with both types reels and original hi-vis PowerPro 10/2 braid.
Shooting Docks - 5' BnM SharpSooter with 4 or 6 lb Vicious hi-vis.

YMMV
Floyd

I bought my first from JR at a Fishing Show in Bixby. But I also order my Outlaw rods from Grizzly Jig at www.grizzjig.com. My wife also found one on Amazon her recently.

I bought the 7'2 Outlaw camo to use as a dual purpose rod for casting grubs and vertical jigging. It works very well for 1/8 - 1/4 grubs, and for drop-shotting for bass and walleye, but the action is too heavy for vertical jigging with the 1/32oz #6 jigs I prefer. Have had too many hooks tear out.

I am using the Lew's WM 7' pro series for my vertical jigging and am very happy with it. I also use a B-n-M Sam Heaton SS 7' for casting 1/16oz and smaller baits.

Welcome, Mountain Fork

to Crappie.com and to the Oklahoma message board. Hope to hear lots of reports from down your way. Check out the state crappie camp threads and join us if you can.

Thanks- Been here a while but haven't posted much due to technical problems, but that looks like it's been worked out. Fishing is slooooowwww....... See Machine's post about the lack of a thermocline. The water level is coming back down on Broken Bow after a 3 ft rise a few days back. Next week may be better.

I hope it will be better. Going to broken bow lake for the 1st time next week.

Originally Posted by DrNip

I hope it will be better. Going to broken bow lake for the 1st time next week.

Good luck! If you are not familiar with the lake, there is very little cover in the main lake. There are unmarked brush piles, if you can find them, and some marked ODWC piles that get hammered pretty hard and are usually too shallow for crappie this time of year.

The standing timber starts just north of Egypt creek. Trying to find brush piles around the standing timber will be easier than trying to find unmarked piles in open water. In a "normal" year the fish would be holding tight to cover around 20' - 25' deep in 30'- 40' water. Vertical jigging soft plastics works best for me. Crystal shad and blue metal flake(Blue Ice) are usually good colors.

Originally Posted by IkenI

Obviously everyone has their favorites and what works for you is the best for you. I've owned or tried about everyone on the market at around $100 or less and these are my favorites:

Casting - 6' Falcon BuCoo or 6'9" Falcon BuCoo with spinning reel and Vicious hi-vis.
Dipping/Pitching - 10' Huckabee Meat Draga, 10' ProAngler or (up close) 8' ProAngler all with baitcast reels and 8-10 lb Vicious hi-vis.
Jig & Cork - 8' BnM Float & Fly rod or 8' ProAngler with spinning reel and Vicious hi-vis.
Strolling, Pulling Jigs, Pulling or Pushing Cranks - 11' Huckabee Pulling rods with baitcast reels and 8 lb Vicious hi-vis.
deep vertical jigging - various 7-10' spinning and baitcast rods with both types reels and original hi-vis PowerPro 10/2 braid.
Shooting Docks - 5' BnM SharpSooter with 4 or 6 lb Vicious hi-vis.

YMMV
Floyd

I just received another rod that may well become a favorite - it feels great! I had problems with a 7' Bonehead and the owner of Bonehead, Josh Spain, bent over backwards to satisfy me. Superb customer service! He replaced my 7' Bonehead with one of the new 8' 2-piece models. It feels great and I can't wait to try it out. My daughter is closing on a house tomorrow and we are moving her all weekend or I would be on the water bright and early in the morning. Take a look at Bonehead rods.

Floyd