About ACC Crappie Stix
ACC Crappie Stix is a United States rod company that builds only crappie and panfish rods. Andy Lehman, a longtime guide and competitive bass angler, started the brand in 2014 in Mount Vernon, Illinois, financing the first rods from guiding savings and selling them off his truck tailgate. The business moved to Maryville, Tennessee in 2022. ACC Crappie Stix, LLC remains the operating entity.
The line is organized by crappie technique rather than by generic power class. Jiggin Stix are 10 to 13 foot vertical jigging poles offered in mid-seat and rear-seat layouts; Riggin Stix are 14 and 16 foot three-piece spider-rigging trolling rods; Spinnin Stix are 5 to 8 foot casting and dock-shooting rods in one- and two-piece builds; the Scopin Stix is a 15 foot rod made for forward-facing-sonar work; and Trout / Panfishin Stix are 6 to 7 foot light spinning rods.
Rods are built on graphite blanks (the Trout / Panfishin Stix uses a 30-ton graphite blank) and finished in the brand's green. Handles are cork or the brand's Super Grip EVA, with split-grip cork on the shorter spinning rods. The focus is sensitivity to register light crappie bites with enough backbone to lift fish into the boat.
What ACC Crappie Stix is known for
Technique-specific crappie and panfish rods. The Jiggin Stix long poles handle vertical jigging and pitching brush in mid-seat or rear-seat layouts; Spinnin Stix cover dock-shooting, casting, and slip-bobber work; Riggin Stix are long three-piece trolling rods for spider-rigging a spread away from the boat; the 15 foot Scopin Stix is built for forward-facing-sonar scoping, using its length to stay outside the sonar cone of boat-shy fish; and the Trout / Panfishin Stix serve light-line panfish and trout. Commonly cross-shopped against B'n'M, Lew's Wally Marshall, Bass Pro Crappie Maxx, and St. Croix Panfish.