Anyone using telescoping rods?

[Crashfromboston]

Curious as to what rods people are using and if you all have experience with telescoping rods for crappie.

[Eagle 1]

Started with Cane , then 7 dollar a piece telescopic rods 25 years ago . Anything that will hold a line and bait will work . Fish know nothing about boats/ rods . I now use B/M and Southern . Fish taste the same .lol

[CrappiePappy]

Use to use a 10' & 12' telescoping fiberglass poles to dip a minner under a slip float into the "buckbrush" of KY & Barkley lakes back in the 1970's
Still use 13' BPS Uncle Bucks Deluxe telescoping rods as part of my jig/crank Pushing array, in more recent years.
Pretty sure I had a telescoping spinning rod at some point in between those times.
They all worked, and they all caught fish.

Were you referring to any particular type of telescoping rods in your query ??

[Crashfromboston]

Use to use a 10' & 12' telescoping fiberglass poles to dip a minner under a slip float into the "buckbrush" of KY & Barkley lakes back in the 1970's
Still use 13' BPS Uncle Bucks Deluxe telescoping rods as part of my jig/crank Pushing array, in more recent years.
Pretty sure I had a telescoping spinning rod at some point in between those times.
They all worked, and they all caught fish.

Were you referring to any particular type of telescoping rods in your query ??

i am just learning about crappie fishing and really was curious about the long rods that were available at bps/cabelas Fished for panfish forever but never crappie. Found some lakes recently loaded with them, want to set up properly to make it easier.

[gobbler]

check this out on using a 24' telesopic rod

Livescoping crappie with a 24' rod! - YouTube

[CrappiePappy]

i am just learning about crappie fishing and really was curious about the long rods that were available at bps/cabelas Fished for panfish forever but never crappie. Found some lakes recently loaded with them, want to set up properly to make it easier.

OK ... so how will you be using them (what method will you be using) ?? You gonna use one pole in hand, spider rigging out of a boat, fishing off a dock/pier ?? And why do they need to be telescoping rods ?? (price, storage or carrying convenience)

[Crashfromboston]

OK ... so how will you be using them (what method will you be using) ?? You gonna use one pole in hand, spider rigging out of a boat, fishing off a dock/pier ?? And why do they need to be telescoping rods ?? (price, storage or carrying convenience)

combination of reasons, storage and transportation being foremost, i had considered repurposing an old 9’ fly rod to make a nice ultralight setup. Then i realized there were telescoping rods as well. Was curious as to what you all were using .

[fredo]

Then i realized there were telescoping rods as well.

Do you want the rod to have guides on it? Do you want a graphite rod? Those are the key questions, IMO.

Most telescopic rods are fiberglass and don’t have guides. (They’re basically fiberglass cane poles.)

Most crappie rods over 6’ are 2 or 3-piece rods (like your fly rod), but they’re not telescopic.

In a “true” telescopic rod, it has guides, but they’re movable so the rod can collapse down. See here:

https://www.crappie.com/crappie/main...escoping-rods/


… and here:

2.1M Fishing Rod Ultralight Carbon Fiber Telescopic Portable Sea Spinning Pole 600685355015 | eBay

[fredo]

combination of reasons, storage and transportation being foremost, i had considered repurposing an old 9’ fly rod to make a nice ultralight setup. Then i realized there were telescoping rods as well. Was curious as to what you all were using .

Back to what Crappypappy said, how will you be fishing?

What do you really NEED for crappie fishing? One spinning rod in whatever action you like. LOL

[TWDRBENT]

I'm really glad to see all these questions...these were all the same questions I had and found that the Blackwell Combo rod and reel, although shorter than many, at 6'9", it hit all the others...portability, graphite, guides, strength, sensitivity at the end, (for me fishing on the shore) or boat. But time and use will tell...