Any feedback on the reels I should buy for my crappie rods? Spinning or small closedface.

I like spinning! I use the pfluger presidents cause for 60 bucks you a 10 bearing reel and they have treated me well. Remeber though a reel is just a line retriever, the rod is the most important part. Buy good rods and you will catch more fish

Thanks for your feedback.

I also like spinning rods for crappie. Like stated the reel is not as important as the rod. I have some 8ft jigging rods from spring spawn crappie fishing and 6ft ultralites for fishing from a boat.


Reggie

I prefer spinning gear too.

I love small spinning reels. Get several cheap ones you can bang around, and a few good ones that you take care of real nice.

I like an ultra light 5 1/2 foot Wally Marshall crappie rod with a small spinning reel that can hold about 100 yards of 8lb. test line. I like the small rod because it gives you more control of your line and lure. My favorite way to fish for crappie is underneath bridges tied to a bridge column fishing straight down with a minnow on a size 4 or 6 hook with a 1/4 oz. weight. Hook the minnow halfway between the dorsal fin and the tail and drop straight down. Fish all parts of the water column until you find the depth they are at. I put a lot of fish in the boat this way the last couple of years. It works especially well on Joe Pool Lake

That's good info. Thanks!

Ditto with the rod/reel; I like them smaller ultralights for crappie. But I use jigs, not minnows; get a few and you're good!

1st of all Welcome to the forum.

We are not like most of the other forums, we mix a bit of truth in with the nonsense.
If you can come to the CAT meetings if you really want to get some good schoolin' on crappie.
http://www.crappieanglersoftexas.com/
Getcha some of Mr. Marshall's videos too.
The way I see it is like this.
The main ways of crappie fishing are
verticle jigging, dockshooting/casting, slip bobbers and trolling.
Baitcasters for Jigging & Trolling, Spinners for the rest.

+1
anything shorter than 8' is for dock shooting and bridges. Vertical fishing, 8-10' is the ticket.
Spinning reels are for casting light weights and twisting line.

Just got back into town thanks for the advise would love to go to cat meeting but i am usually out of town when they have them.