I'm getting a crappie jigging pole . Recommendations?

[scaleface]

 I  have gift money and want a crappie jigging rod around 12 foot long . Its something I would not buy for myself but that is what gift money if for . Any recommendations ? I'm thinking about buying  one from "Ozark Rods" .

[Darren.]

4 minutes ago, scaleface said:

 I  have gift money and want a crappie jigging rod around 12 foot long . Its something I would not buy for myself but that is what gift money if for . Any recommendations ? I'm thinking about buying  one from "Ozark Rods" .

Are you talking a jigging rod with reel seat or not?

If not, Black Widow rods are great, or if you want to
get some great quality graphite poles, hit
allfishingbuy.com

I bought a really nice 12' graphite rod from them (pole)
no reel.

[scaleface]

I want a reel seat . 

 

[IndianaFinesse]

Sam Heaton's super sensitive jigging rod (retails for about $60) has the best balance and is more sensitive than any other crappie rod I own, but I've also heard good things about the st. Croix panfish series rod (retails for about $160).

[scaleface]

I'm looking at the jigging rods and they dont have the big eyes like a normal spinning rod . Then on  a video and they were using upside down casting reels .  I want to be able to pitch  under hand    also with a spinning reel . Can that be done easily with the long rods ?

[Choporoz]

Ran into a guy slaying crappies the other day....he was jigging with an ice fishing rod.

But under 12 ft, however

[IndianaFinesse]

51 minutes ago, scaleface said:

I'm looking at the jigging rods and they dont have the big eyes like a normal spinning rod . Then on  a video and they were using upside down casting reels .  I want to be able to pitch  under hand    also with a spinning reel . Can that be done easily with the long rods ?

Your right, they don't have spinning rod guides.  I use a spinning reel on it anyways for when i'm pitching jigs, or if fishing vertical I like to switch it out for a casting reel.  Seems strange to use it with a spinning reel, but it hasn't caused any problems for me.  I've also seen a couple videos of guys using them with a spinning reel, this actually seems to be the norm.  I use mine for making short pitches with jigs, but if you want to make longer casts a shorter rod will work better.