Newbie question- Spider Rigging

Looking to start a spider rig setup. Talked to a guy who has 6, 12' HT Panfish specials for 130 shipped to my door. Will these work well enough for spider rigging being only 12'?

What size boat will you be fishing out of ? Longer the rod the better but 12's will work for most situations , especially when the fish are a little deeper, when the fish are in shallow water or suspended near the surface they are easily spooked therefore the longer rods work best , no very easy to haul 16 foot rods in 14ft boat though !

I have a 17' tracker so the length isn't much of a problem

I would suggest at least 14s , I started with 12s then went to 14s now I use 16s, you just have to start and decide for yourself what satisfies your needs and works for you

I have 6 of those same rods and have done ok with them but as Greg said longer is better.. I am going to move to 14 ft soon

Start with 16ft and you want be sorry! !!!!

That's what I would love to do but, whewwwwww it hurts my wallet just looking at a setup of 16' rods [emoji28]

RK1 those 12'ers will be just fine. I started out with 10' Pinnacle Limit Rods from Grizzly Jig. They worked for me to learn with. Im currently using all 14' BnM Rods. They are a good all purpose pole IMO. By all means the further you can fish from the boat the better but you have to fish within your means!

I started with 14 ft and like them a lot , I would go with atleast 14 ft. Also I just started with 6 rods to get the technique down. I would take a tape measure and measure where you plan to store the rods on your boat because I'm in a 19 ft boat and 14 ft is about all I can get on the sides of my boat any bigger and I'm gonna have to buy a rack or put them in the middle of the boat. If you haven't looked already check out southern crappie rods, compared to others of the same quality they are very easy on the wallet.

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Originally Posted by MEATGETTER

Start with 16ft and you want be sorry! !!!!

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Good advice.

Like Greg mentioned in his post, he went from 12's, to 14's, to 16's. Spent his money 3 times. Lmao.

Spend your money once. You'll get used to the 16's and never look back!!!!!!