Last week I got my first intro to crappie fishing. I was on a bass fishing trip but the green fish weren't cooperating and everyone was hammering crappie so I created a field expedient solution using my bass gear. Now the wife and kids are hooked and I want to buy the right gear.

I've got a 18.5 foot Excel boat (crappie version). I'd like to buy enough gear so that two people can fish. I'd like to start by pushing jigs...but I'd also like the flexibility to pull cranks in the summer. I don't know if I need separate gear for these two methods. It seems like a line counting reel might be desirable for pulling cranks, but not so much for pushing jigs.

Any thoughts on how to set this up are much appreciated. I don't know anything at all about crappie gear (poles, reels, holders etc).

thanks