Disclaimer I am no expert at livescoping but I have gotten a lot better In 3 months I started out using my same 12 ft Jigpole then switched to a 14 ft pst which is heavy as heck I bought a Jenko lucky 13 pole about a month ago and I won’t use nothing but that Jenko it’s lite and will handle any crappie u want it too and I sling all them in the boat