So right now I have been crappie spider rigging for about 2 years and absolutely love it. Wife thinks its the laziest way to fish but she thinks it fits me fine
So right now I have a few 12' pinnacle cheapie rods from grizzly jigs and a few of the cheapie 14' rods that I cant , for the life of me, remember the names I want to say that they have bright orange writing on them and they say Panfish something or other.
The 12 foot rods are fine and they work well, but the 14 foot rods, whooee are they heavy and just plain unruly lol.
So my questions boil down to really this. What is the difference between the 12 foot and 14 foot cheapie fiberglass rods and some of the more expensive say B'M rods? I also notice if I am using say a 3/4 ounce weight, the tips of the rods really bend over when trolling. Would that not happen with the more expensive graphite rods? Do the graphite rods have more backbone?
Also what about weight of the rod itself? Are the graphite rods lighter, especially when you get past the 12 foot range and start looking at the 14 footers?
When i started spider rigging up here in Pennsylvania, I never had anyone to ask as it really is a rarity to see anyone else doing this on the lakes up here and I wasnt sure if I would like spider rigging in general so thats why I purchased the cheapest rods I could but now since I like doing this so much its time to refine the setup a little bit .
As always all, thank you for taking the time to read this and respond. Its greatly appreciated.