Thread: Opinions on equipment needed

The pinnacle limit rods are decent starter rods at Grizzly Jig they are $66 for 4.

I wouldn't do line counter reels. Cheap spinning reels are fine.

I would buy the Humminbird 999 from BBG Marine for $899 while it's on sell. It has dual full size card slots and is networkable the Helix is close in price but lacks these features.

Ree's Guide has a nice 899 in the classifieds he just posted. Grizzly also has some Wally Marshal rods four for 80.00 in 9-10-12 ft I would consider. Unless you are going to do a lot of crank pulling then I would stay away from the counters. Get some decent spinning reels or cheap thumbar bait casters.

I just got an email from Lowrance(I have a HDS7 touch Gen 2). According to the letter, they will be discounting the Gen 2 HDS unit by as much as $400. I would check with Brian at BBG Marine(one of our site sponsirs) to see if he has gotten pricing info yet.

And on the rods, the Pinnacle Limits at 4 for $60 or hard to beat. I have 6 of them and they have served me well. They are not as light and sensitive as my B&M BGJP rods, but they are great for tight lining and long lining.

Good place to start your build up would be at Bridgemasters on Hwy 60,
Lakewales, (across from Walmart)
Its called the "fisherman's candy store"
Excellant prices on rods - reels - line - all kinds crappie tackle..........
Grizzly Jig Co, excellant place for mail order - and they ship same day ordered.
Bass Pro - Orlando has reasonable prices on Crappie Prods.

Depending on size of your post - Spider rigging - good start size is 12' rods,
any spinning reel that will hold line and crank. (5 - $9.00 range)
Mono line - 6lb test. Barrel swevils 1/2 oz size - Jigs (i would start with
Skipper's or Ron's mylar jigs - (hot pink - orange - yellow - blue/black -
black. most come in range of 16th oz. average $1.19 - $1.45 ea.) Moon jigs
for spider rigging will also work -(pink-orange-purple- blue) minnow tip them.
Depth finders - here again depends on what you wanting to do - range from $100
to $1500.00. same with trolling motors -
Belive you over in Lakeland area. send me a pm along with cell number, name
I will try and help you.

Southern Crappie Rods are decent rods

Southerncrappierods.com Store

I don't know if you will beat the pinnacle rod deal, but if you live near a Academy for a convenience factor, I recently purchased (2) 10ft. tournament edition rods they sale for $20 & teamed them with Michell avocat reels on sale, they have a good backbone & have already past the testing of a large gar on the other end.