Reply With QuoteThe 12 footer I have now I bought for vertical trolling. Would like to know your jig setup too if you would.
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Hello guys, looking for my best way to fish livescope, looking for a light 10-12 ft rod, I have 30, 12 foot rods now, but fishing with them for a hour or so makes my forearm tired. Looking for the best spilt shot of lead to use also above my jig. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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The 12 footer I have now I bought for vertical trolling. Would like to know your jig setup too if you would.
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Instead of split shot I have started using the bobber stops, bead and egg sinker. This I feel like is a better setup and when I change I don't have to crimp my line or move the split shots, just slide weight up the line. Here is an article from earlier.
https://www.crappie.com/crappie/cont...-Brad-Wiegmann
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Call Ed with Southern Crappie Rods. He should have his new line-up coming soon, to include 10, 12, and 14 fters
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The BnM Russ Bailey is what I use paired with a Pflueger President 20. Well balanced and light IMHO
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I'm using a 12' BnM Diamond Series rod with a Okuma Stratus STX 20 reel ... 6# test Vicious Panfish hi-viz line ... double jig rig (top jig on loop knot - bottom jig on with Improved Clinch knot).
I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that those rods/reels you use, that wear out your forearm after an hour or so of use, are tip heavy,,,, likely having too light weight of a reel to balance the rod length.
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[QUOTE=SuperDave336;4338966]Instead of split shot I have started using the bobber stops, bead and egg sinker. This I feel like is a better setup and when I change I don't have to crimp my line or move the split shots, just slide weight up the line. Here is an article from earlier.
https://www.crappie.com/crappie/cont...-Brad-Wiegmann[/QUOTE
hey Dave that article is interesting.
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It gives you an idea of another way to add weight above jig besides split shot. After having used it some I think it's better than doing the split shot.
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I too will be looking for a light rod to use with forward looking sonar. I'm leaning towards a 13' right now, the lightest one I've found is 7.2 ounces. My two pole rods are 12' adding weight to the butt for balance made them less tiring to fish with.
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Dave thanks for the tip, I rigged up a rod with a 1/4 oz and a 1/2 egg sinker with bobber stops and 2 beads, was gonna do a 3/8 but didn’t have any. I saw a fellow on utube using the same rig, but he only targets crappie on livescope around or less than 20 feet away.
