Need Help Choosing a New Rod

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nes999

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Im looking into a new rod but i have no clue what i should get.

my area i most fish for alittle of everything. Crappie, largemouth, strippers, panfish. But IL fish are farily small.

I was thinking of a medium heavy action rod. But i dont know how to choose how long. Any suggestions for the name.


Fished all my life, but the way i was taught was to go to the store and bend it and see if it was good.

my other rod, that i use most is, if it matters, is a shakespire 6ft ugly stick with a sienna 4000FD


Any extra info if apreciated.
 
Ive done my fair share of fishing for each of the species youve listed plus a few more and the most versitile rod ive found is a ugly stik striper rod. They have a very sensitive tip yet a strong backbone for battling large fish or a strong hookset. There white in color so there great for night fishing. Alot of rods out there are made for a specific type of fishing (mostly bass) and you cant crappie fish with a 6'6 ft med bass rod. I use the striper rods for everything from trolling with downriggers to bass fishing. I have 2 of these rods rigged for bass fishing, one with a Revo SX and the other with a Team Daiwa Zillon. I have in total 16 of these rods all different lengths for different species.
 
The penn power stick eight foot is a good spinning rod. Its rated for 12-20lb 1/4-2oz. I guess it is a bit long for crappi and blue gill but its a good striper and catfish rod.
 
Actually not long enough for crappie, the shortest of my crappie rods is 9ft. The long rods are great for casting very light jigs a long distance. My boat is setup on the front for spider rigging which uses rod as long as 16ft.

likestofish;4598932; said:
The penn power stick eight foot is a good spinning rod. Its rated for 12-20lb 1/4-2oz. I guess it is a bit long for crappi and blue gill but its a good striper and catfish rod.
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to be completely honest the Shakespeare Ugly Stiks like mine are phenoms in the game of fishing i mean there cheap and amazing i use them from everything to bluegill all the way up to salmon and it holds like a champ..so the rod you got is good but you could switch the reel if you wanted to a Shimano Stradic CI4 which is beast..and holds good but its pricey FYI..
 
TStephens;4600031; said:
Actually not long enough for crappie, the shortest of my crappie rods is 9ft. The long rods are great for casting very light jigs a long distance. My boat is setup on the front for spider rigging which uses rod as long as 16ft.
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Is that a boat rod though?
 
im just curious is their somthing wrong with use say 8 pound test on a rod thats for say 12? i assume not, but ive been wrong before.


Also would MH action be over kill? im still researching rods and having hard time chooseing action.
 
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