Hey guys, new to the site from a member standpoint but ive been getting info from here for years so first I would just like to say thanks for all your tips and tricks.Alright first question is about rods, now ive always fished for crappie with minnows, but in the last year or so I have fell in love with jigs, jiffyjigs to be exact, there local here in ga, but anyways the ponds where I fish have a ton of standing timber, but the crappie are not holding tight to them there in about a ten foot radius of the timber so im fishing horizonally and im fishing with a zebco 11 and a 4'6 UL rod, the water is 5 to 8 foot deep, so am I fishing this the right way or do I need a really long pole like a 10 or a 12 foot rod, because I dont know what the advantages are with long rods. Thanks in advance for your input