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Magnolia Crappie Club Adventures Magazine
Magnol ia Cr appie Club Adv entur es Magazine
What’s Your Favorite Rod, Technique & Why? – Part II
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Here we go with part 2 of the favorite the competition?
rod and techniques articles. In this sec- Bill Thornburg says, “I joined the
tion, we’ll talk with the Jenko Pro Staffers. Jenko Team on January 1, 2020. Jenko
MCC is blessed with 5 Jenko teams. Four makes the most dependable products on
father and son teams, Rick and Shane the market. Pitching is the go-to method I
Moody, Jason and Parker Eichwurtzle, Ja- also cast when the fish are spooked. I use
son and Seth Clements, Jimmy and Jim- the Kevin Rodgers 13 ft jigging rod and
my Walters, and Bill Thornburg and Bob the X13 for pitching and drop shotting. I
Grantham. These teams have numerous, use the Hypersence 7 ft rod for casting.
tournament wins, top-five and top-ten My favorite bait is the Jenko Mermaid I
finishes. have several different colors that I like to
use with a 1/4 or 1/8 oz jig head.”
Bob Grantham says, “I have gotten
pretty good at casting, but I cut my teeth
pitching on them. My Rod of choice is the
Kevin Rodgers 13’ and my second pole
is the Hypersensitive 6’6” for casting. I
Mainly chase open water fish that are sus-
pended, I have been field-testing the new
whirlybird jigs, that have been redesigned
this year while I have been working on
my casting techniques and they get the
fishes attention for sure, but for pitching,
I mainly use a 1/8-1/16 Warbird jig with
a weight above it to get it down there.
But my go-to bait is a Warhead jig head
To win and win consistently takes prac- or a Slasher jig head with a Tickle Fry
tice, patience, and some good equipment. and bite it down small for the fish when
This group chooses to use Jenko Fishing they are finicky. Also want to give a plug
equipment. I asked them the same ques- to the Big T Duralight Net. It’s always
tions as I asked the other B’n’M Pro Staff- in my boat on the deck cause you never
ers. So again, here’s my questions. know when they gonna hit and you gotta
1. What is your primary & secondary net a big one! It’s my go-to net because
techniques for Livescoping crappie? i.e. of it’s ease of use. It’s light and function-
Casting, Drop Down, or Pitching al.I have been on the Jenko Pro Staff for
2. What Rod do you prefer for your about three years and I stand behind
primary & secondary technique? their products cause I use them and the
3. How long have you been a Jenko results speak for themselves and we have
Pro Staffer and why did you choose Jenko had multiple top-ten finishes, over the
Poles? years. I prefer Jenko cause they listen to
4. How many Top 10 finishes have you us and are putting out a good product for
won since joining the Jenko Pro Staff? what we do.”
5. Why do you prefer Jenko rods over Continued ..........
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