Trolling for crappies I have two 12' rods that I would normally use for spider rigging. I put one on each side of the boat. Behind that is usually a 7' rod turned back 45 degrees, one on each side of the boat. then coming straight out the back of the boat will be two more 7' rods for a total of six rods fishing.
Shallow running (8-10' crankbaits) on the 12' rods, deep runners (15-17' crankbaits on the 45 degree rods and "whatever" on the straight back rods.
It's gets a little crazy when you run through a school of fish and have four rods start jumping at once....or you hook into a 10 lb. hybrid....or big cat. You'll get to cut a bunch of lures off and retie after that mess! But it's FUN!
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