New rig?

[dedfish]

I'm going to be buying a new setup for this crappie season and I've read a lot of opinions about items and I was wondering if everyone thinks I'm pairing the equipment correctly, or if there's a "better" combination I could choose.

Russ Bailey Signature Crappie Wizard 10'
Buck's Mini Reel or West Point Crappie Reel
P Line CXX 6lb Test

[shipahoy41]

I guess it depends on the "Technique" you will be using. I have been fishing "Ugly Stick" rods and Shakespear open face reels for the last thirty years or so. wfm (Works for me)

[john h]

I'm going to be buying a new setup for this crappie season and I've read a lot of opinions about items and I was wondering if everyone thinks I'm pairing the equipment correctly, or if there's a "better" combination I could choose.

Russ Bailey Signature Crappie Wizard 10'
Buck's Mini Reel or West Point Crappie Reel
P Line CXX 6lb Test

that should work just fine, its all about what your comfortable with but the reels and rod should be pretty good. i fish for crappir with everything from 5 foot ultralights to 12 foot jig poles but most the time use a 7 foot ultralight with an okuma xts 20 on it but thats just my preference, might want to go to 4 lb test if your using a mini reel tho, just my opinion.

[dedfish]

I usually just do vertical jigging for crappie.

I could look into some 4lb test.. maybe I will.

Thanks!

[ad1974]

That looks like a good combo to me,I like those little Bucks mini reels on my jigpoles.I mainly string my mini reels up with 6 lb. Mr. Crappie line and it works out well for me.

[shockley32]

You'll like the rod

[TwainGang]

I can't stand those types of reels. I use underspin trigger spincasts (T-11s )or an ultralight spinning reel.

[dedfish]

You'll like the rod

I hope so. I'm looking for something light and sensitive.. yet with enough backbone to haul out a slab (or the occasional catfish) as need be.

[DC Crappie Kid]

I have one of those Buck's Baitcast reels. But I like the underspin/spinning/triggerspin reels better for several reasons. 1. You can grip the handle above the reel therefore getting more more of your forearm on the handle (better support/less fatigue). 2. You can get your finger on the line to feel the taps that don't move the rod (even with high-vis line I still feel bites that I don't see). 3. Better drag.

The reel can still be inexpensive. As a vertical jigging rod, you won't be "reeling" in the fish as much as "swinging/lifting" in the fish, so the reel is just a glorified line holder. I have a Johnson triggerspin on my 11ft rod that cost about $7, but it does the job. I just prefer that style for comfort.

I have also broken less rods bending toward the eyes/guides as oppossed to against them.