Curious to see what kinds of rods and reels you guys out there are using to fish crappie
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Curious to see what kinds of rods and reels you guys out there are using to fish crappie
I use southern crappie rods from 8 to 16 ft and Diawa reels with vicious 6 lb yeller line for pulling and tight lining. I have 8 14 ft southern crappie for tight lining in one boat and 8 12 ft southern in another boat. I would venture to say the southern crappie are the best all around rod you can buy. My opinion.
6Ft. ugly stick /shakespear sigma 2000, 6lb. mono. slip bobber use ; 5 1/2 Ft. Diawa ultra light /Diawa 100x , 4 Lb. mno. casting small jigs , mini crank baits , in line spinners. the Diawa has 30 years fishing and the Shakespear about 10 . only change I make is line and clean an lube when the snow is flying.
Trolling rods are mismash of BnM and Bass Pro series with Shimano IX1000 reels and 6lb offshore angler hi viz line. Jig pole is Bass Pro Crappie Max Pro 12' with Eagle Claw Ice Reel and 10lb Power Pro, spinning rods are Berkley Lightning rods 6'6" ML with Mitchell Avocet 100 and 4lb Trilene XL and Gander Vortex 5'6" UL with Crappie Pro Slab Shooter reel and Trilene XL 4lb.
I have just one BPS rod (6'6") and the rest are B n' M, two 7' SHSS, one 9' SHSS and one 9' side pulling rod (B n' M's Roger Gant). The reels are now predominantly Pflueger 6920 siz Presidents. I also have a couple of Shimano Symetres, but since they skyrocketed in price, I'm more than pleased with the lesser expensive Pfluegers. JMO! :)
Being from South La. I fish mostly shallow waters, 6 to 7 feet. With that condition I find my favorite is a 10 jig pole (Sam Heaton, Duck Commander) with a Wally Marshall Solo reel. Very light setup for many hours of comfortable fishing. I also sometimes fish slightly deeper water or revert to casting and reeling. I then use my B&M Super Six Sharp Shooter which only does a fair job casting light jigs, remember it was engineered for dock shooting, or one of two 7' micro-lite rods of unknown name which I purchased on line years ago. They have performed well over the last 10 years.
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MHX Custom 7' S842-2 Light/fast for throwing jigs. Shimano Stradic 1000
MHX Custom 7'6" SJ9000-2 for vertical jigging. Shimano Stradic 1000
Pinnical Custom 10'6 Light/moderate for floats. Diawa gold 1500
Gander Mountain Angler series 7'6" and 8'6" Medium light/fast planner board rods for trolling. Diawa Accudepth 27's
My favorite rods are BnM,Ultralite for jigging,C&C for slow trolling.I'm not very picky with my reels and most are cheaper models,the best ones I have have are Pflueger Trions and a President which I think is a very nice reel.
I use a 8ft BnM jigging pole (more for fishing off the boat docks) with a Mitchell 308 reel and 6lb. Trilene XL, My others are a Field and Stream 5'6" TEC-LITE ultra light rod with a Shimano Sienna 1000 series reel and 4lb. Trilene XL and the last is just a 4ft Ugly Stik with a Shimano Sienna 1000 and 4lb. Trilene XL.
I build my own using mhx blanks with pinnacle reels with 4lbs to 6lbs test!!!
6 & 7ft Med Berkley Cherrywood with 2500 Shimono reels for casting jigs. I also have 2 12ft ACC Crappiestix that I have been playing with vertical jigging.
I only cast for crappie. I have two rods that are excellent for crappie. The Tict Ice Cube Rockin' Drift 6' 9" Mebaru UL rod.....and a Major Craft FineTail Banshee Area Trout Rod 6' 7" UL. My reels are a Daiwa Luvias 2004H....a Daiwa Certate 2004CH....Daiwa Ignis Type R 2505H.....and a Shimano Twin Power 2000HGS...all spinning reels.
Regards
6ft St Croix Panfish with Stradic 1000 spooled with 2lb fireline for jig flinging. 7ft Cabelas PTC series rod with US 180 Stx reel for slip bobbers. Odd assortment of salmon,BnM, and Pinnacle rods for tightlining and flatlining.
I started out buying rod/reel combos from Cabelas & Bass Pro. Usually a brand-name reel on house-brand rod. The last few rigs were name brand rods and Phlueger, Quantum and Shimano reels.
8, 10 and 12 ft B&M Sam Heatons and b
Brush Cutters with shimano 1000 reels
The beauty of Crappie is you can use whatever kind of rod you want, from cane pole to high dollar set-ups. I have been out fished by my buddy and his catfish pole casting 1/16" jigs on 10 pound mono, and mot wife with a Ugly stick and Zebco 33 reel.
I used to fish with Berkley Ligthin Rods, however I upgraded to St. Croix Premier series ultra lights and Shimano Sedona or Sahara reels. I can cast further than my wife and my buddy. But that doesn't matter when your slip bobber fishing over brush piles. The key question for slip bobber fishing is how easy is it to submerge your bobber. Clsoer you make it neutrally buoyant the better.
jigging = b/m," sam heaton ". casting= browning" air stream ".
Southern Crappie Rods, 14' for spider rigging and 12' Grizzly Elite for jigging. All my rods are setup with Krappie Kings 500 series reels by Ardent
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My trolling rods are 14 and 16' telescopic, a few different brands. Johnson Century 100, 100A, 100B reels spooled with 30# Power Pro. Leaders are 4 to 17#.
Fishing single pole / vertical jigging I use 10 ft St Croix pan fish rods with Abu Garcia spinning reel. 6lb test mono.
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My favorite combo is a G Loomis SR-843 with a Pflueger President for casting jigs.