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I am thinking of purchasing the, Wally Marshall Signature Series Spinning Reel WSP-100, tag teamed with the Wally Marshall IM8 Graphite pole ...
Do you think this pole would be good for long lining / slow trolling or just jigging?
I am also thinking of purchasing the Sam Heaton Signature Series.
My thing is, I don't want to spend $80 for a pole! I feel I am just buying the NAME and other poles out there could be cheaper and do the same thing.
Your thoughts?
There are tons of rods out there its all about what your wanting. I dont think there is one rod that will do everything..... I have never long lined but I spider rig, pull cranks, and jig fish. I use 14'ers for spider rigging and I wouldnt want to hold that thing all day jigging, I use a 10' rear seat jig pole for that. And for pulling cranks I have a little bit of everything from a 5 foot walmart special to a 14' southern crappie rod. From what i have read and seen long lining is sort of like pulling cranks you need to stagger the rod lengths to prevent tangles.
I am not an elitist. I buy cheeeeep. I have a lot of Richard Williams original poles which I use mostly. 7 footers and 10 footers and a mix of cheep reels. Long lining is not scientific. Ima gonna make it scientific this spring.
I was looking at the BnM Richard Williams Crappie Wizard poles .... um, $79.99? Nope
I have a 8ft I been using as all purpose and it does good. Great tip action. I also have a 6ft shakespeare I use for casting the float n fly. I was wanting to get a 10 fter and use the 8 fter for jigging. Sometimes we bank fly n float .. sometimes we tight line minnows straight down .. sometimes we slow troll / long line.
Jiggah my friend and I bought BPS Micro light 6' rods over 20 years ago. about $30 put on okuma reels $ 27.00 we were doing what we call dragging. Before spider rigging was popular here in missouri. we used 4lb fire line. one rod in each hand. caught limits every week putting the trolling motor on 12/2 and drug 1/4 oz. jigs over the flats. I now use the rods for dipping trees/ pile fishing and casting. Sorry got carried away. the new rods will do what ever you use them for. I had to replace one of the rods when I hooked it on the boat tie. IMHO get what you want but you don't have to pay top price. If you go to BPS look at their rods and place them along the St.Croix you can see they have the same action for $100 less. Good luck with your fishing
I went to BPS and they didn't have any 10fters ... buy them online I guess? I like to see it before I pay $60-80 ya know
You can long line with any rod if you pick up some mini planers
Got this BnM for Christmas and love it. It is really light and just feels great in your hand.
I think the reel gets in the way for vertical jigging so I spent $14 on a Mr. Crappie in line reel. Kept the rig lite..
https://www.bnmpoles.com/p-78-bucks-...lite-pole.aspx
I can't pull up that link. What's the name of it?
Use an ultra lite for long lining? Hey John, Youtube videos say this is best for jigging? Do you use this for trolling too?
I love long lining- I use 6'-9' rods with Med light tips, Wally Marshall spinning reels, #50 and #75. They work great with 6/8# line. I love to fight a fish with this lighter equipment. It's a hoot, when you get a big one on. $50 +- for complete rig. They old up fine.
Buck's Best Ultra Lite Jigging pole. I suppose you could use it for long-lining.. can't imagine why it wouldn't work. But what it excels at is vertical jigging. Super sensitive, lite, and good backbone in the middle. The pole comes in 10', 11', or 12' and is 2 piece
How many poles you wanting to buy? Title says your wanting to long line but then your talking like 1 pole for jig fishing. 2 different animals. Today started Grizzly jig's big sale. They have great prices on 3 plus units of every pole the sell plus they give you grizzly bucks you can use even over the phone. Best place to buy poles this week.
I can't get on BnM site, either. :scratchhead
Link is to Bucks Best UL rod, according to the URL. But it's a rear reel seat jigging rod, so it would be unsuitable for placing in a rod holder.
If you're longlining just a jig (or two) without any appreciable added weight ... pretty much any rod will work, if your pulling out the back. If out the side, you may want a couple of feet difference in length of each rod used ... like 6ft - 8ft - 10ft ... so you can separate the lines trailing back. That gives you a wider spread of water covered, plus helps keep your lines from tangling. (that's the theory, anyway)
You might also want to take a look at Southern Crappie Rods. Several members use them and are very pleased with them. I don't have any, myself, so I cannot attest to their quality. But, they are priced very low in comparison to a lot of other "name brand" rods of the same lengths (ranging between $35 - $50 for 6' to 16' rods). Home - Southern Crappie Rods
And if you end up deciding to go with a BnM product, I'd contact Grizzly Jig to see if they carry it .. as they sell them around $10 cheaper than direct from BnM.
Actually my pole is not a bottom seat. And... you are dead on - Grizzly is 20% cheaper than going through BnM direct.
https://grizzlyjig.com/p-273-bucks-b...lite-pole.aspx
For long lining I use b&m pst from 8 to 16 foot in very pleased with them. They can handle whatever you get into from catfish to hybrids. I got mine from grizzly and they have there sale going on now.
Sorry, JD .... couldn't get on BnM so I Googled "bucks best ul" and checked it out on Fish USA's site. It came up with the rear seat version. My bad !! :notworthyQuote:
Originally Posted by John Doe
BnM makes the pole with a bottom seat too.. so you weren't wrong:)
Be sure when you go scientific on us that you keep a journal and write down every move you make so you can post all your scientific data you collect so we can study your scientific results. Please??? :RoflQuote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
The original poles were 20 dolla each. That was last century. I still gottum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jiggah
I do plan a surprise for everyone. Only blueball knows as he is my project go fer. haQuote:
Originally Posted by cevans
When your long lineing you can use any rod you want as it will all work. I have used 5' ultra light and even fly fishing rods, med. action 6' and 7' spinning bass rods, rods all sizes to 12' b & m's. Tons of fun as you sometimes never know what you might catch. As for line 6lb mono or 10 lb power pro braid is on all my reels.
Just for long lining. for trolling I use 7' rod and bait caster 10lb flou. when it is good we catch up to 50 fish a day Whites,blacks/ crappie/ drum and walleye and when it gets june the catfish are moving in to spawn. when the crappie are in the timber we use 9ft. rods to dip with. Our best long lining is Nov. to March on some big flats. The ultra lite has enough back bone to land 15" crappie and ocasional 3lb walleye but enough tip to allow for the shock of the fireline. I will look at BPS they may not have that model any more. will reply here when I find out and will get the price if they have them and their numbers.
All my long lining rods for the rear of the boat are cheap rods...pinnacle and academy sports brand, 10' down to 5' If someone goes with me I fish off the sides of the front deck and put partner out back running 8 out the back and six out the front sides.
a buddy of mine has a ranger walleye boat and he can run 16 out the back 8 of them being higher quality long rods.
I have lost several rods straight out the back to stripers... so i only run cheap rods
For longlining jigs, we use primarily the BnM BGJP's. They work great and are reasonably priced. Sam Hearings are good too, but you're stepping up in price a little. And yes, for out the side, you need staggered lengths if you're not going to use planer boards. As mentioned, you wouldn't typically want bottom reel seat as they won't go in most rod holders. If you're wanting to longline cranks, you'd probably want to step up to BnM PST's.
the micro lite rods have changed a little bit but BPS has them on sale reg $59.95 for $49.95 and the dipping rods 10' are on sale reg $54.99 for $44.95. they feel almost the same as what I have been useing B&M is a 2 piece but could use it for all 3 types of your fishing. the Micro Lite is ML 6ft 4 to 8 lb line 1/16to 1/4oz baits. IMHO only Your mileage may vary.
I recommend Southern Crappie Rods too. Tough and sensitive. Best I have owned!