Thread: Braided Line?

Originally Posted by bassman harris

What kind rod u like for casting a crappie jig where can u buy u been using a 5ft6 seems short?

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I started with a 5' rod (couple of decades ago) and it did fine, just took a lot of arm/shoulder motion to insure a good hookset at any appreciable distance. Got a 5'6" ESP UL as a fieldtester and used it for many years, especially for shooting docks. Got a 6'6" ESP PowerLite as a fieldtester and started using it as my primary jig "casting" rod ... and left the 5'6" ESP to shooting docks and casting Road Runners in shallow water @ close range. Broke the 5'6" ESP (my fault) and replaced it with a 6' Ardent combo.

Any quality made 6' -7' rod of med to med lite power and a fast to very fast tip action will make a fine jig casting rod. IMHO

If I were going to "buy" another 6'6" ESP PowerLite ... I'd buy it from Grizzly Jigs. They're about $10 cheaper than from Norsemen Outdoors (parent company), plus there's not any local stores that carry the ESP line of rods.

I gotta try the #5 split shot, I made a post about no thump at Nolin. I was vertical Jigging in 17-20 fow seemed the bite was just extra lite. I was using a Sam Heaton Super sensitive 7" rof which I have had about 6 months and a old no name rod that I love. I fish with mostly 2-3 Lb. Suffix mono Ice line in a neon orange and I was seeing the line move before I felt anything. The fish seemed to be 4-8 cranks off the bottom. I managed 23 over 10 inches so it was a good day but a different bite than I had seen all year.