I wonder what you fellows do when you get a channel (or other large fish) that hits your spider rigs while fishing for crappie? To be honest, I have caught just about as many channels on my crappie rigs this spring as I have crappie. I caught the 11 # channel in the picture on a Zebco 33, cheap 5' pole, 6# test, and #2 aberdeen hook. I was fishing brush, I was lucky he didn't tangle me. I have hooked several cats with my 12' poles but none the size of the 11 pounder. I think a fish like him would bust the highest priced crappie pole in short order if the line doesn't break first. How do you guys handle a big fish that hits your crappie rig? You have to have other
fish hitting your crappie rigs, I do all of the time, I am sure anyone fishing with minnows or jigs would. I do fish for cats, but I have caught alot of cats and bass while crappie fishing with crappie rigs where crappie should be.