I troll year round and change back and forth from jigs to crankbaits depending on the conditions. I fish 8 rods most of the time when I’m alone and sometimes add another 2 if I’m fishing with someone.

Longlining: 6lb vicious panfish, BnM PSTs 16, 12, 8 & Ugly Stik 7’ medium spinning rods, loop knots on jigs, Slab Sauce

Small planer boards & jigs: 6lb vicious panfish, 7’ Ugly Stik medium spinning rods

Crankbaits (flatline): 12lb Berkley Big Game, mix of Daiwa and Okuma linecounters, BnM PST 16, 12, 8, & Ugly Stik 6’ medium trigger rods (with trolling weight/Off Shore tadpole, barrel snap swivel

Crankbaits (OR-12 planer boards): same as above but switching to 7’ Ugly Stick medium trigger rods x 8