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    There's some great responses to your question so far. I spider rigged for years using an array of five 6 foot rods and while I respect and agree with much of the responses so far... I would suggest that you start with the shorter rods until you feel comfortable managing multiple rods and learning when to drop a rod or two and also learning how to keep the occasional catfish or green fish from turning your whole array into a tangled mess. You might want to start out with a two, maybe three rods... and also experiment with the spread before jumping into a higher dollar investment of four or more longer rods. I tried the longer rods and while (it is true) you can cover a greater swath of water using longer rods... it also takes considerably more storage and management of those longer rods each and every time you get a fish on. I have seen many time when I have had double and triple and even quad triple fish on at one time, so I would suggest that you experience learning to manage multiple rods and having multiple fish on before you complicate your learning curve with harder to manage longer rods. My two cents.
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    Well we are all familiar with the old cliche on opinions.
    Problem for me is that I’m not hung up on just one method or way of doing things.
    That means having a variety of different rods on my boat so i can shift gears on what I’m doing.
    Also, trolling can get very boring for me if I’m not having action.
    So that means I’m reluctant to commit myself to the expense of say 8 14’ rods.
    Besides that, where do you put 8 14’ rods on a 14’ boat when they aren’t being used?
    That said, i have anywhere from 20 to 25 rods on my 14’ boat all the time and none are laying on the floor.
    The reason i can do that is because 15 or more are 10’ to 14’ telescopic rods folded up and stored in one spot.
    The lakes i fish are mostly shallow of 10 to 12 ft max, which is a plus when using rods without reels.
    I make up leaders of various legnths which are easily snapped onto the tip and changed or extended in length very quickly.
    When one gets tangled its simply removed, placed in a bucket which is also my seat, and a new one attached.
    A big feature for me is the ability to shorten the rod when retrieving a fish, especially since i always fish alone.
    I mean try to net a fish on the end of a 14’ rod when your alone in a 14’ boat.
    I usually have the rods pre rigged before i get on the water and the line just wrapped around the keepers with short sections of Velcro covering the hooks. When I’m done fishing i simply fold them up one at a time and place them in the rack on top of each other.
    They also work very well when anchored or drift fishing with floats, but I don’t use them when trolling behind the boat, except for one straight out and straight down on each side.
    Shorter rods can be used out the back anyway for the most part.
    Best part is you might have $100 invested in 10 rods, and down at Okeechobee you will get them for even less.
    Now do i think that having 8 14’ good rods with reels would be better? Yes i do, but fact is they aren’t an absolute necessity to have, and wont necessarily mean you will catch more fish by having them.
    And in my case with my boat i feel i have a better setup, and you might also, especially if you just want to try it out before jumping all in.

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    I started with 10’s and 12’s then went to 14’s and now fish all 16’s. I think a lot of it depends on what kind of water you fish. I fish a lot of shallow stumpy waters and really feel like the extra length away from the boat very much increases my catch ratio.

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    I posted this response in another thread about spider-rigging, just another angle to think about.

    I'm fairly new to spider-rigging but here is my take. If you buy cheap rods and then really get hooked on the technique, you will be upgrading soon to quality stuff so you'll be spending money twice. If you go ahead and buy quality rods and find out you don't like the technique, you can always sell the rods. (quality rods WILL sell but cheap has a much smaller market of buyers)

    I'm biased because I live close to Ed Duke and have had the opportunity to spend time with him at his shop. I started with 14ft Southern Crappie rods and I never plan on changing unless they become unavailable. Good luck and enjoy the ride. I'm totally hooked on spider-rigging after just a few trips.


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    I quit trolling/ spider rigging and minnow many years ago . I will try to find post where we made our own pole holders and we used to cut our own bamboo poles .
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    My 2 cents....
    Get the best you can afford.
    14ft is the most popular with a small spinning reel and a good drag.
    Drag is important because you will keep it very loose and be stripping line off while setting depth and when hung up.
    Troll into wind. Only way to control speed when pushing. .2mph is my preferred speed.
    Whatever rod you decide on, get a trolling rod. It has a longer length behind the reel seat designed to fit and stay in rod holder.
    B&M are the only rods for me.
    Millennium rod holders, seats, and storage racks too.
    Main thing is be patient because you are going to get hung up, tangled up and want to give up.
    Have fun.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Chuck Adams View Post
    My 2 cents....
    Get the best you can afford.
    14ft is the most popular with a small spinning reel and a good drag.
    Drag is important because you will keep it very loose and be stripping line off while setting depth and when hung up.
    Troll into wind. Only way to control speed when pushing. .2mph is my preferred speed.
    Whatever rod you decide on, get a trolling rod. It has a longer length behind the reel seat designed to fit and stay in rod holder.
    B&M are the only rods for me.
    Millennium rod holders, seats, and storage racks too.
    Main thing is be patient because you are going to get hung up, tangled up and want to give up.
    Have fun.


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