Thread: Newby Questions

Sorry. Double post.

With so little line out when spider riggin I have never had trouble with line twist. Normally on greenwood you are only fishing 12 to 14 ft deep. Cheap bass reels are also good for spider riggin. The spinning reels in the $20.00 range do fine for crappie and what ever else you hook. On your pulling rods you cannot cast a 1/16 oz jig with a bass reel on a 14 ft rod.

Originally Posted by Raucous Rooster

I've been watching some of Mr. Duke's (Southern Crappie Rods) you tube videos and in most he's using spinning reels but there's one where he uses and talks about fly fishing reels. He explained that they help control line twist. Y'all's thoughts?

Ed loves those fly reels on his tightlining poles. I like using those same reels on my rear reel seat jig poles too but prefer spinning reels for tightlining. The biggest reasons I prefer the spinning reel is for the drag when fighting a big fish and the convenience of fishing for deep fish. It's inevitable that you'll hook into a striper or catfish and the drag on a spinning reel is much better than a fly reel. And certain times of the year you'll find fish deep. If you aren't fishing any deeper than your pole length it doesn't matter, but when you start getting down deeper it's nice to be able to easily wind a fish in.


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Originally Posted by Raucous Rooster

After exhaustive research,I've decided to go with Southern Crappie Rods but I'm still researching rod holders. I'm liking Spyderlok, how do Mark's holders compare?

Those spiderloks are very nice holders!! The tight locks are good as well. It's about the same as rods, you can spend as much as you want. Marks are on the bottom end of the price range but they are very good too.

I have Mark's holders on my boat and love them. For the money, you can't beat them. The holders don't have the adjustment options in the way of set screws and such. Instead, you just bend the holder to your liking. Mark used to sell his holders for $10 a piece...so if you wanted a t-bar with 4 holders and a base plate that would be $60 for 6 pieces. I think that's still an accurate price. I've never had a holder break and they work perfect for tightlining or longlining.


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Here's a few pictures of my setup. That's mark's rod holders and southern crappie rods.








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Welcome aboard Raucous Rooster. Looks like you are being took care of and good luck with your crappie fishing. You will catching them like a pro before you know it.

Derrick, I like the 5 rod offset holder. Does Mark make those also. Dooleys carries his stuff so I got mine there, but I've not seen the 5 rod setup, I like it.
Those are Southern Crappie Rods? Looked gray like my Pinnacles. I have a couple of SC rods, but they are an orangish red color

Originally Posted by SeaRay

Derrick, I like the 5 rod offset holder. Does Mark make those also. Dooleys carries his stuff so I got mine there, but I've not seen the 5 rod setup, I like it.
Those are Southern Crappie Rods? Looked gray like my Pinnacles. I have a couple of SC rods, but they are an orangish red color

Yeah, I'm not sure if mark still makes the add-on holder or not, but I'm borrowing those from my fishing partner. They work great. I don't normally care to have 10 rods out when fishing solo, but with two folks it's nice to have 5 for each to man.

Those are SCRs. I see what your saying about the lighting making them look gray. I've got some 8s and 10s that are pinnacles but I love those 14s for tightlining!!! Best thing I've bought for crappie fishing in a long time.


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