We made our first trip to Wareree Sat. AM. We did ok I guess, not bad for the first time on the lake.
At the State Park ramp I spoke to a guy that was getting ready to launch. He was nice and gave me several tips on fishing the lake. I can't for the life of me remember his name ??? He had these 12 ft Shakespeare rods and we talked about them a little. Later in the morning as the fog was clearing we noticed that almost everyone that we saw was using 12ft. or LONGER rods.
I get the idea, lighter tip easier bite detection, long reach, etc. For crappie I have always used CHEAP 5-6 ft. rods off the shelf at K-Mart or Walmart with Zebco 33 reels.
I haven't fished for crappie in 10-15 years, I've been hooked on stripers at Lake Murray.
I liked the idea of the long rods for crappie and I want to buy some of but I don't know which ones to get, or what reels to match up with them?
I looked online and found the Shakespeare GWPSP12 I think this is what the guy had at the ramp, but I'm not positive.
Could this be the same rods that we saw on the other boats?
AND what REELS should I be looking at?
Thanks for any insight, followups, and tips that you can pass along.
Larry Thompson
aka Squall Line