Success using 12'ers

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Originally Posted by hawgdog

Thanks Speck...Just curious why you changed? Is it that big of advantage getting away from the trolln moter?

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I switched to 16's a couple of years ago. 98% of the time, the 12's worked just fine. The advantages to the 16's are when fishing real shallow or very clear water. The extra length gets the baits further from the boat to keep from spooking fish as bad. Plus, as Feelay said, you do get a wider spread with the longer poles. If the fish are deeper and/or the water is dirty, the pole length doesnt really matter as much.

i started out with 12's, then i got a couple 14's and it seemed most of my bites came from them, then i got a couple 16's and the same thing happened. I went all out on the 16's for a couple years but finally stuck with the 14's. I get a good spread on them and they are not as heavy as the 16's.

Thanks

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Originally Posted by feeshrman

i started out with 12's, then i got a couple 14's and it seemed most of my bites came from them, then i got a couple 16's and the same thing happened. I went all out on the 16's for a couple years but finally stuck with the 14's. I get a good spread on them and they are not as heavy as the 16's.

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