EZ Pole holder makes the best rod holders I have found. Just my opinion, I love mine and have used others. PM him for some specs and pricing, he'll be glad to respond.
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EZ Pole holder makes the best rod holders I have found. Just my opinion, I love mine and have used others. PM him for some specs and pricing, he'll be glad to respond.
if ur close to camden and want to see the spyderloks hollar ,i have a couple sets if u wanted to see them in person,still have some hitek stuff also
oh and i have a terrova ipilot forsale also but its a 101lb 36 volt
Thanks for all the great advice. After looking at the southern crappie rods website I'm leaning that direction. Ed seems like a good guy and everyone seems to like his rods. I have a 16ft aluminum boat and the front seat is about a foot below the front deck. Im thinking the rod holders I get need to be fairly short to keep the rods at waist level. I'm going to have to measure to get a better idea but I would guess something <= 12 inches. I really want an ipilot. Blueball I wish yours would work for me but with the aluminum boat that 101lb thrust would propel me like a rocket. My current trolling motor is a 45lb thrust and I never run it at full speed. Maybe I can meet you out on the lake sometime? Do you ever make it over to Barkley?
never fished barkley,havent really fished much the last year and a half,bought a house and its kept me busy remodeling some and working alot to.The sprderloks are adjustable height, i believe 13,16,19,21in are the height adjustments.Quote:
Originally Posted by SlabHunter2013
I am ready to pull the trigger on some rods. Im really stuck on what size to get. I would like 14's but I am just worried that it will be too much to handle in the beginning. I think 12's would be more manageable.
get the 14 ,not that much different ,or u will want them later
I started out with a 5 speed TM and added a length of log chain to drag behind the boat. I quickly learned that by varying the length of rope I could control the speed while leaving the TM on at a set speed. Each days condition was different so it would take me a few minutes to find the right combination between line length and motor setting and get my speed dialed in and adjustments through the day were occasionally needed. Worked fine but I sure was glad when I stepped into the Variable speed TM I have now :)
Go with the longer poles and .....slow down!!
I use 12 ft poles and have 1 10 ft that I have been using and I seem to catch the most fish on the 10 ft. I don't know if it makes that much difference on length especially is you are fishing deeper water. We fish 12-18 ft deep most of the time so I don't think rod length is that important, or it isn't to me. As far as speed let the fish decide for you. This spring at Nadar talked to a guy that had their limit everyday when most were not catching that much and they were running .09 and we started doing that and catching more fish. I regularly run .07 -.09 now as that seems the best speed for us to catch fish anyway. Just my :twocents Oh and almost always catch a crappie on the turn on the outside poles so I would hate to guess how fast those are moving at the time.