Duckett Updates the Crappie Slayer Rod With Cork and Longer Models
Duckett Fishing’s Crappie Slayer rod has been the company’s dedicated panfish rod for a few seasons now, and the newest version brings a new handle, two longer lengths, and a slightly lower price. The updated Crappie Slayer swaps the previous model’s EVA grip for a carbon-reinforced handle system and a low-profile cork grip.
The blank platform carries over. It’s still built on Duckett’s Sensi-Touch multi-modulus blank and finished with the company’s Halo-Sanding process, which trims weight and helps transmit light bites. The guides are 316 stainless steel. Duckett describes the action as having a distinct tip-to-backbone transition, with a soft, responsive tip for detecting bites and presenting small baits naturally and a stronger lower section for controlling bigger slabs. For crappie fishing, that combination matters. A tip that’s too stiff pulls jigs off fish, and a rod that’s soft all the way down can’t move a fish out of brush.
The bigger change is in the lineup. The previous Crappie Slayer ran from 5’6″ to 7’3″. The new version drops the short 5’6″ and the 7’3″ and adds two longer rods at 7’5″ and 7’6″. Duckett says the longer rods are aimed at current crappie trends, especially casting very light baits to finicky fish and fishing with forward-facing sonar, where reach and line control count for a lot.
- Blank: Sensi-Touch multi-modulus, Halo-Sanded
- Guides: 316 stainless steel
- Handle: Carbon-reinforced handle system with low-profile cork grip
- Models: 6’0″ Lite, 6’3″ Lite/Med-Lite, 6’6″ Lite, 7’0″ Lite, 7’5″ Med-Lite, 7’6″ Lite
- Action: Moderate-Fast, spinning
- MSRP: $79.99
Every model in the new lineup is a moderate-fast spinning rod, and most are light power, with the 7’5″ stepping up to medium-light for a little more backbone at that length.
Pricing actually came down. The new Crappie Slayer lists at $79.99, about $5 less than the outgoing version’s $84.99, even with the upgrade from EVA to cork. That puts it squarely in the range where a lot of crappie anglers buy rods in multiples for spider rigging or multi-rod setups.
Pair it with Duckett’s new Crappie Slayer swimbaits and Subtle Head jigheads, and the company now has a full crappie lineup under one name.
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