How Many Combo's Do You Use?

[hbird]

1. 6"6 Carrot Stix Wild with a Diawa Megaforce 100THS, Worm rod, 15# Cajun line. (This combo looks and performs good)

2. 6'6 All Star With a Diawa Team Viento twitchin bar, This is a back up worm rod or ill run this one with a weight other without a weight

3. 6"0 All star with a pinnacle pro series, Jig rod

4. 7"0 All star with a pinnacle pro series, drop shot rig

5 (Insert carolina rig here)

6. (Insert crankin rod here)

I have about 6 or 7 more baitcasters that i own but i just dont have rods for them!

[J Francho]

36? How big is your boat? 100ft?

I carry at least two dozen in my little Xpress. The new boat has two lockers....that means MORE room!

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

I'm sending your names to the producer of "Hoarders" lol

[jerzeeD]

If I had 36 rods in the house, I would have to quit my job in fear of the wife ebaying 1/2 of them the second I pulled out of the driveway!

[cbass12]

I have a total of 13 combos. I usually use 6 or 7. But if we're at a lake where we target multiple species, I'll have more like 8 or 10. But mainly i use

Baitcast:

7' M Vendetta/Revo S

7' M Carbonlite/Revo S

6'10" MH Falcon LowRider/Revo S

7' MH Carbonlite/Pro Qualifier

7' ML All Star/Pro Qualifier

Spinning:

6'8" ML BPS Extreme/Shimano Sedona 2500

7' M BPS Bionic Blade(older cork handled model)/Shimano Sahara 2500

[11justin22]

5 or 6

[Fishes in trees]

It isn't unusual for me to use 15 or 20 different combos in a day of fishing.

[tnbassfisher]

Typically four. Two baitcasters and two spinning.

Shimano Citica 200E/Vendetta 6'6"

Revo Orra High Speed/Team All Star 6'10"

Shimano Sahara 2500/All Star G40X 6'6"

Shimano Stradic/St. Croix 6'

[rockchalk06]

I typically bring all 4 bait casters and my only spinning combo so 5. I shore fish, so I haven't invested in several more combos yet as lugging 5 with two boxes, fish basket and plastics bag is enough.

Basically my spinnging set up is for senkos. I have two jig rods. One 1/2 oz and higher and one for lighter jigs. A crank rod and a top water rod.

[Hooligan]

36? How big is your boat? 100ft?

20'. My port rod locker is empty for the most part. When I'm fishing, whether a tournament or fun fishing, I want to make darn certain that I have ALL my tools. You never know what you're going to run into. Yesterday, for instance, turned into a swim jig bite, and I was throwing four different swimjigs in two colors and two sizes to get the job done. I can't do that effectively with four or five rods, along with having a Trig, a creature, a flip stick, and... I have multiples of rods so that I may capitalize on the effective pattern. You think any pro out there doesn't have at least three of their primary, let's use a jig rod as an example? The only rods that I generally don't carry multiples of are my drop shot rods and my finesse spinning and finesse casting. I carry one jerkbait rod year round. Depending on the lake I change out what I'm going to have the most of. For instance on Table Rock, I'm going to have at least 4 7-2 MHXF rods in Summer. Spring will usually find me with just two, and instead I'll have four 6-8 MXF for jerkbaits. On a crank pattern, I'll have four 7-10 crank sticks, and usually three 7-11 Crank sticks, at a minimum. You tailor your gear to what you will generally run into, and have all the extras as back up rods because you never know what will come up.

My standards that are ALWAYS in the boat:

6-8 MXF Spinning

6-8MHXF Spinning

7-2 MXF Dropshot

7-2MHF Spinning

6-8 MXF Casting x2

6-8 MHXF Castingx2

6-6 MH Casting

6-6 M Casting

7-2 MF Casting

7-2MHF Casting

7-2 MXF Casting-3

7-2MHXF Casting-3

7-5 Casting- 3

7-6 Flip

7-9 Flip

7-11 Flip Swim-3

7-0 H Crank-2

7-8 MH Crank-2

7-11 Crank-2

I fill and trade out rods like Senko and variable TX rig rods based on where I'm going and what time of year.

[Bluebasser86]

I'll usually have between 5-12 rods in the boat. If I have 12 my starting lineup is usually:

6' 2" M/XF Avid/50E popper/jerkbait rod

6' 6" M/F Mojo/Revo S spinnerbait/buzzbait rod

7' M/F Mojo/200e7 T-rig/light jig rod

7' M/M Pro Glass/200e5 cranking rod

7' M/F Premier/200BSF trap rod

7' H/F Mojo/Record 50 swimbait rod

7' 3" MH/F LTB/200e7 C-rig/jig rod

7' 6" MH/F LTB/200e7 pitching/flipping rod

7' 8" MH/M Mojo/PQ deep cranking rod

6' 8" ML/F Crucial/Symetre 1000 light shaky/dropshot rod

6' 10" ML/F Rage/Supreme 30 dropshot/grub rod

6' 10" LTB/Supreme 35 shakyhead rod

[new2BC4bass]

If I had 36 rods in the house, I would have to quit my job in fear of the wife ebaying 1/2 of them the second I pulled out of the driveway!

Luckily my wife won't touch a computer!

Always take at least one spinning rod. Usually one with 8# mono, but since getting my River Runner it will be 2...RR with 1500CU/10# 832, and Villain ML with 8# mono. I usually take at least 8 combos...the rest being B/C. If fishing from shore that day, only 2 at a time will get carried with me, and I would prefer only one, but........ If from my small boat, 4 or 5 go with me. I switch outfits as the mood strikes me. Fishing around here pretty much sucks so it doesn't make much difference what I carry.

Two rods that have made every trip this year are the Fenwick ET Smallmouth 6'10" MF with Curado 51E and 8# mono and the Cumara 7'2" MHF with Fuego and 10# fluoro. I like to switch combos so that all get used occasionally.

[fishking247]

for bass fishing i've basically narrowed it down to 4 rods.

1. finesse (senkos, jerkbaits, rapalas, grubs, light texas rigs)

2. topwater/spinnerbaits

3. frog/HEAvy texas rigs

4. crankbaits

[QUIENYO]

I've kept it at three;

1/ 7ft spinning set up for finesse and most plastics and some treble hook lures

2/ 6ft casting for cranks and light top waters

3/ 7ft casting for jigs and frogs

I would like to pick up a HS casting reel to match to a 7-6h rod I have and make that my dedicated jig set up.

For me, this is all I need. Down the road, I may grow the collection some, but I don't think I'll get to the point of ten plus on the boat with me. You never know though.

[.ghoti.]

I seldom use more than three on any given day. I carry six to eight with me. I have several more.

How many is considered proprietary information.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

I seldom use more than three on any given day. I carry six to eight with me. I have several more.

How many is considered proprietary information.

Proprietary = My wife can never know!!

[new2BC4bass]

Proprietary = My wife can never know!!

I'm not sure about that. I mean..what is one more rod in a room full of rods. He doesn't have to tell her he bought a new one, and I doubt his wife would notice a couple more new ones amongst the vast collection already crowding the room.

[Fontana Finesse Man]

I carry about 15-20 combos with me at all times in my boat, however, most of these never make it out of the rod box unless I need one of them for something different or break something. My main combos that are used:

2 Quantum Tour KVD MH 6'10 in spinnerbait rods, both with Shimano DC Calais reels 7-1, one has 3/8 spinnerbaits and the other 1/2 oz.

1 Abu Garcia Veritas 7' MH with a Quantum Tour Edition KVD reel 7.3-1 for buzzbaits. (strangely, for me that is the best rod I have ever used for a buzzbait, action is perfect for me)

1 Duckett Micro Magic rod 7' M with a Shimano Sahara FE reel specifically for flukes.

1 Old model Team Daiwa LT 7'6 H with a Quantum PT Energy reel for flipping.

1 G Loomis Crankbait Rod 783 with a Shimano Core 50 MG for square bills and medium divers.

1 Shimano cumara 7' Rod with a Shimano Stradic CI-4 for shakey head fishing.

These rods are out pretty much all the time when I go to the lake, but if I need to go in the box there is everything from BPS extremes to custom deep cranking rods.

[.ghoti.]

I'm not sure about that. I mean..what is one more rod in a room full of rods. He doesn't have to tell her he bought a new one, and I doubt his wife would notice a couple more new ones amongst the vast collection already crowding the room.

My wife knows what I have. I don't even try to sneak one past her. We have a deal. I say nothing about clothes and shoes; and she says nothing about fishing gear. Works out nicely.

I do have more combos than I need. Some of them have not hit the water in quite some time. i really need to liquidate some of that stash.