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Want to catch more crappie ''Go Long"
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One of my, perhaps my favorite fish to catch is crappie/sacalait. I grew up fishing with my dad using a cane pole. He graduated to a fly rod way before the modern day crappie pole was developed. He was ahead of the times for sure. Today there are a bunch of crappie poles to chose from, but here in the south the long pole really hasn't caught on. Seems that the spin cast or spinning rod is the rod and reel of choice. But you may be missing out on the best rod to use for catching more fish. So why a long pole over a short?
First, a long pole can get you into cover that a 5ft spin cast won't. Second, most of the time if you get hung its a lost bait where as with a long pole it is easy to punch out that lure.(fyi, use a cork that you can slide up and down your line) it makes punching your lure out easier . Third, a light weight 10ft crappie pole is easier to flip into to that sweet spot and heavy cover. A prime example of this was today when the fishing was tough. Of the 18 fish caught , 15 were caught tight lining the middle of the canal and into treetops. The perfect rod for this is a long crappie pole.
So whats the best crappie pole? If you are tight lining or flipping with a bobber/cork, a light weight 10ft rod is best with a 500 or 1000 series spinning reel. If you want to troll or spider rig, a 12ft or even 14ft rod works well. The plus is that you can get into tight cover without getting on top of the spot. Another positive is that you can troll a pole or two or in my case 8 out of the front of your boat while casting with that spin cast toward the bank. There is no doubt you will put more fish in the boat by doing this. So next time you go sacin, go long.
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good post....
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Good read Bob. I think you missed your calling....
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I agree --- I use the 10' B n M Sam Heaton super sensitive crappie pole. Also have couple of 12' but use em very little.
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I agree I have a 10' and 2 12' poles and I do pretty good. I have some real good friends who see my pics and want to come catch fish and say come on. Most of them come with short rods and I will catch 10 to there 1 winch is good because I can fill there limit. Not only with a long pole can I reach future but I can work my jig and present it to the fish in a more realistic way. I don't believe you can work a jig and make it look real with a short pole.
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Good read, Mr. Bob. Like you, I prefer the long poles. My personal preference is an 11 footer.
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I use 11 footers normally. I do have a 10 foot pole designed by the late great J.B. Salter. This pole is the lightest pole I have ever put I my hand. I altered it a bit by taking the spool off from above the handle and put a micro-lite spinning reel at the very end. This rod is awesome.
Back long ago in sola, cane poles and fly rods was the norm with the old flea fly jigs or shiners. Later when beetle spins and ultra light rods came along we started to cast followed by the tube jig explosion. Still today BF is right, the long jig pole isn't used like in nola with the deep water there. Long poles have their place in sola. I see so many fishermen banging the banks when the sacs are right under their boat, especially NOW. With all the shallow water in sola as compared to nola lakes, the long pole is more effective in many situations. I can work deep grass beds off the bank quicker and much more effective long-poleing than casting. I love both methods and use both to find the pattern of the day (if there is one). I love the "thump" tight lining and I'm like a kid when that cork disappears. You all know what I'm talking about.
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Good read
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You Yankees (everyone living north of I-10) got me converted to long poles some years ago and now I do most of my fishing that way. Of course I don't use them much for spider rigging but rather to fish from bank to bank in our shallow (7') canals. I still do a little casting and cranking sometime but 9 out of 10 times I'll be holding a long pole.
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I like to fish with a long jig pole too . Like slip cork , I have several JB salter poles. I have one of his older ones back when they were made with the Black widow blanks. I still cast some if that's what works that day , But I start with a Jig Pole . Nothing like pulling one up out of the bushes.
