Thread: Favorite bluegill rod

Originally Posted by rapman1

planning on a new st. croix light action, 6.6 one piece. for wading for gills and crappies. would appreciate your thoughts. is this too stiff and should i go with an ultralight? help.............

I have 2 St. Croix Triumph rods, 1 6-6 and 1 7-0, both 1 piece ML rods... I use them for Crappie... their heavy enough to jig structure with and pull the fish out of cover but sensitive enough to feel the slightest bites jigging docks. I have both rigged with 6 pound P-Lins CXX Hi Viz line and usually fish 1/32- 1/24oz jigs on them. I've caught brim, crappie, catfish and LBM on them... best rods I ever bought.

for crappies it's the 8 1/2' micro-lite from bass pro. the old ones, and for bream it's gonna be a okuma celilo 6' I just bought for 22 bucks. big shellcrackers, I use 10 footers in open water, and 7 1/2' in coves, they require more backbone. 4 lb. test is my preference on crappie and bream, 6 lb. on shellcrackers, most of the time.