Amount Of Rods And Reels

[MichiganFishing1997]

It does help! how do you like the reel specifically?

[MN_SONNEN_ANGLER]

very smooth! casts light lures awesome! because you know how some frogs dont cast too great! lol

i dont know how long these things last but so far its smoother and lighter than my curado's and chronarchs.

[MN_SONNEN_ANGLER]

to add to that, my chronarchs are about 10 years old and havent had a single problem with them! curados are about 5 and are showing a little wear but for the price they have paid for themselves twice!

[MichiganFishing1997]

okay good to know

[Sam]

Slowly build up as you can afford it.

It is more fun that way.

And you never have too many rods.

[Jake P]

If you have a budget you can find combos that work at every price level, you just have to look at what your buying and look for sales/ deals on combos. 3 rods is enough like others have mentioned. I only take 3 of the 7 combos i have in my garage. Mainly because of space on the boat with 2 of us in it. If you choose setups correctly you can combine more than 1 presentation to each setup. With my 3 i can comfortably throw jigs, t rigs, anything weightless, spinnerbaits and topwaters. This covers just about everything i throw. Granted you might re tying a few more times than others but once you get used to it it takes no time at all and becomes second nature.

[outdoorsman110]

I have 18 combos, I bring 6 wherever I go fishing, my kayak holds 6 rods.

[ChiCityBasser]

Right now I have 13 setups but usually 3-5 make it out on a regular basis since I'm fishing from the shore.

[BassingNick]

I have 9 combos and mainly fish from shore, if I am going hardcore I bring 3-4, if just going for a quickie I bring 2. But for sure it is addicting collecting tackle so watch out for the monkey.

[MN_SONNEN_ANGLER]

I will be the first one to say that my 27 baitcasting set ups and 5 spinning set ups is a little over kill, but i can say that i do have a use for every one of them for different situations.

[Wildbillb]

I have a pile of rods and reels. I fish quiet often in a canoe and all my tournaments as a non-boater. I never take more than 4 rods and reels with me. I let the time of year and conditions dictate what I will be fishing and I adjust accordingly.

Before I had all my set-ups I could do all my fishing with just the 4 combos that I had. Maybe they were not ideal, but I made do and had to retie more often than those with more combos.

Guess what I think that I am a better fisherman for it.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

I've got for more rods and reels than I can ever use on any given day, both freshwater and saltwater. Call me a collector.

When bass fishing, if I'm in my small boat, I'll usually have six or seven. If I'm on somebody else's boat, I try to limit myself to five rods.

[bigbill]

To me i can adapt to any rod that has the right taper and backbone for the lures its going to use. I use all rods that were on sale. I do prefer to use the better quality reels. I'll list the setups i use from shore. I carry all these with me because each lure runs different and we need to use the corret rod and line weight for the best action.

1. Topwater 7' HD rod with 14# test Okuma spinning reel (rod cost $15)

2. Crankbait rod 6'6'' MD/HD rod with 12# test Fin-nor spinning reel (rod cost $12)

3. Plastics rod 6'6'' MD with 17# test with a Quantum spinning reel (rod cost $19)

4. Spinnerbait / in;line spinner rod 6' MD with 10# test with a Viva spinning reel (rod costs $25)

5. Small lure rod 5'6'' with a Viva spinning reel with 8# test (rod cost $4)

I stock about 50 to 75 rods inhouse. Years ago gofishing.com had plenty of good rods at awesome prices. Now trying to find a good affordable rod is very rare. Dicks sporting goods had the fin-nor rods on sale at one time. The best time to shop is the eary springtime when there clearing out there old stock on sale. My tackle room probably has more stuff than a mom & pop bait shop. I figure i'm so far ahead if the bottom ever falls out of the ecomony that bad i can still fish to eat for decades.

I mainly use affordable out dated rods, with good quality reels and good line for bass / trout fishing. My fly rods cost me way more $$. Sorry but i'm very frugal and live / survive on a tight budget. I can spend $$ for the more expensive stuff but i have a bad habit in the dark with closing my rod tips in the car door. So i stay with the lower priced rods. I broke a brand new $100 fly rod the first night out in the car door.

[SirSnookalot]

If I limited my fishing only to freshwater, or only inshore or only offshore, I probably would own no more than 4 combos, but I fish all 3. I'm overstocked on my inshore rods, probably because that's what I like doing best.

As it stands I'm in the market for nothing and most likely will only buy if I need to replace something. Yeah right ! lol

[K_Mac]

Roadwarrior has posted this many times over the years. It is very good advice.

For enthusiasts, technique specific gear is fun

to collect. However, three rigs cover all the

basics:

#1 6 1/2' or 7' MH baitcaster for jigs, some

soft plastics and spinnerbaits

#2 6 1/2' or 7' MM baitcaster for treble hook

lures

#3 7' MF spinning rod for lighter lures and a

variety of techniques

[SoFlaBassAddict]

As it stands I'm in the market for nothing and most likely will only buy if I need to replace something. Yeah right ! lol

Good luck with that one. Rofl

I've just started building up my inshore specific stuff. Hehe. Thank God I'm single and don't have to answer to a wife.