Thread: Best Pole for Jigging on Bottom

Look up the Huckabee Rods in the Grizzly jig fishing catalog. I use the 11' pulling rods and the 10' dipping stick. For the river needing a heavier jig head because of current I would use the pulling rod. I use two jigs when fishing the river a 1/4 oz on bottom and a second about 24"above it 3/8 oz size. great combo for the rip rap and fishing the bottom transition from rock to sand. Hope this helps.

I have and have used the 11' Ozark heavy jigging rods. I love them. Plenty sensitive enough with enough backbone to boat flip any crappie I have caught. I caught a catfish that was about 8 pounds last trip and the rod handled it great.

Chris

I like the BnM Bucks graphite. I have a 12' and an 11' and they perform just fine while jigging down deep! GTT

Thanks for all of the feedback, I will look into all of ya'lls recommendations!

"Thank's for your service".Tough times right now.Keep Safe.Not trying to sell.If you are close to the Bass Pro shop in Little Rock.They have a salesman in the Rod and Reel dept.What you described is what he does on the Arkansas River.He showed us the Crappie Max rod's and reels.Have the Ozark's "meatgetter" Have the Wally Marshall's They are my go to Rod's for jigging. The Crappiemax's are pretty close to the Wally Marshall.we think Mr Crappie designed the Crappiemax's.Good luck.

Thank you for your Service!! They giving you some good rod option to work with. I like the ozark my self.

Thanks for your service brother, BnM guy here

I appreciate all the good wishes guys. That means a lot to me. I have looked at alot of rods online and what not but they seem to be just a little too long for what I'm looking for. I want a casting rod about 7 foot long, but not a bass rod. I thought that maybe somebody knew of a company that made a casting rod for low profile open face reels that were designed to catch and feel a crappie hit. There's a huge difference in a crappe bump and a bass bump obviously and I've had trouble finding a rod that will pick up sensitve hits like a crappie's, even the lighter weight rods. Like I said, thank you again for the well wishes. Just counting my days down now, I will be back in the US next month with a honorable discharge from the military. Been away from home for 4 years now and looking forward to getting back and doing some serious fishing. I haven't had much of a chance except the couple weeks of leave I've gotten each year.