BnM bottom seat ulralight rod

[Grainraiser]

I just purchased this rod on clearance from Academy for $12.98. I need another jigging pole like I need a hole in my head but I am a sucker for a good deal. It's a ten footer and the tip section of this rod is extremely thin. I wonder if lifting a two pound crappie would snap the rod in half. I fish buck brush during the spawn so using a net is not possible. I guess I could turn it into a bluegill rod as a worse case scenario. Any jig for crappie with this rod and have you had any issues lifting a decent fish in the boat. Thought I would ask before putting it too the test.

[CrappiePappy]

I think you'd be taking your chances of losing your "good deal" rod money, by trying to lift a 2lb fish into the boat with it. Just my

[deathb4disco]

I wonder if lifting a two pound crappie would snap the rod in half. I fish buck brush during the spawn so using a net is not possible.

Why not just lip him like you would with a bass?

[Eagle 1]

I don't think any of b/m rods are to swing fish into boat . I have custom rods and a brush cutter that are 20 yrs. old . A couple of Sam Heaton rods that I really like . Sensitive as they are I would not consider swinging fish into the boat .I fish some pretty thick stuff and never had a problem "netting " fish . They all got to come to the top sometime .

[CrappiePappy]

Eagle 1 & DB4D .... if he's truly fishing "buck brush" (Buttonbush) then he may HAVE TO lift fish several feet out of the water before he could get a hand or net close to the fish.

Look at this picture and imagine it standing in 3-4ft of water and you'll get my drift :

[Grainraiser]

At my favorite lake buck brush is the structure we fish. You have can't lip or net a fish because you have to lift them into to boat. It's almost like combat fishing because the stuff is so thick. I will just add a cheap fly reel and make it a bluegill rod. Thanks of the advice, you guys just confirmed what I was thinking. Tight lines.

[armyman]

I believe U B right, crappiepappy........I wouldn't wanna try it either!

[trypman1]

A great bream rod it is, open water crappie also.

[CrappiePappy]

I believe U B right, crappiepappy........I wouldn't wanna try it either!

I did it decades ago, down at Barkley Lake. Only "long rod" I had at the time was a 10' fiberglass collapsible pole strung with 17lb test Cortland braid & 8lb test mono leader (slip float rigged). In order to get Slabs outta the buck bush & into the boat, I had to lift them out of the water 2-3ft and up thru the branches, then swing them towards me and catch the line. I'm over 6' tall with a reach of 8' and still had to stand on my tippy toes with the rod held high to get some of them Slabs outta the bush & into the boat.
Lost the same Slab (that probably would have gone close to 3lbs) two days in a row because I had to lift her out of the bush and swing her to me, all while standing on my toes with rod held as high as I could. One day I lifted/swung a little too quick/hard & overshot the boat, and the fish landed in the water behind me and got off, and the other day I bounced her off the top of the motor.
You just don't have much control with that kinda weight swinging on the end of a 10' rod Jus' sayin' !!

[Grainraiser]

I did it decades ago, down at Barkley Lake. Only "long rod" I had at the time was a 10' fiberglass collapsible pole strung with 17lb test Cortland braid & 8lb test mono leader (slip float rigged). In order to get Slabs outta the buck bush & into the boat, I had to lift them out of the water 2-3ft and up thru the branches, then swing them towards me and catch the line. I'm over 6' tall with a reach of 8' and still had to stand on my tippy toes with the rod held high to get some of them Slabs outta the bush & into the boat.
Lost the same Slab (that probably would have gone close to 3lbs) two days in a row because I had to lift her out of the bush and swing her to me, all while standing on my toes with rod held as high as I could. One day I lifted/swung a little too quick/hard & overshot the boat, and the fish landed in the water behind me and got off, and the other day I bounced her off the top of the motor.
You just don't have much control with that kinda weight swinging on the end of a 10' rod Jus' sayin' !!

You are certainly experienced and the challenges of fishing buck brush. You have to drop a bait straight down and pull the fish straight up to get them. Wait 2 seconds and that fish is lost. Sometimes you have to be a ballerina on the boat deck to get those fish.