New to fishing, what type of rod/reel for me and kid

[mattpeace]

It's all a matter of opinion, some people hate ugly sticks because they are not sensitive enough (and they aren't the most sensitive rod out there), but if you are going after blugill and crappie, and aren't overly familiar with different jigging techniques then i would assume you will be using a bobber in which case how sensitive does the rod really need to be. I personally like mine, my 8 year old nephew uses it when he comes down and has never had any problems with it. A freind of mine has a 5ft 5in shakespear combo he got from wall mart that works pretty good as well, we both use these for river fishing when we don't have alot of room to cast due to brush and such.
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