How Many Rods Do You Use.

[new2BC4bass]

I carry 2 rods when walking the shore, but there are always several more in the car.  I'll take 4 or 5 when in my small Porta-Bote.  Always more in the car.  Would love a 19-20 foot bass boat where I could store 20-30 rods.

 

1. Last year a Fenwick Elite Tech Smallmouth 6'10" MF with Curado 51E and 8# mono went along for lighter baits.  I love this combo, but over the winter I picked up another outfit that handles even lighter lures with ease.

2. An older Cumara 7'2" MHF with Fuego and 10# fluoro gets called upon for plastics on the bottom.

3 I like the Smallmouth 6'9" MXF with Zillion and 12# mono for topwater when I tried it.  Topwater is something I am just getting into.  Love that Zillion, but may try a couple lighter reels on this rod & stick the Zillion on a MH.

4.  A 7' Cara Fuego 12# mono for crankbaits and a V.I.P Smallmouth with Black Max 1600.

5. Jigs 7' MHF Techna AV and STX-L with 40# Performance.  Handles frogs as well.  Going to try an RX-8 MHF with fluoro, reel undecided yet.

6. Panfish 7'2" River Runner Daiwa 1500CU Sufix 832 10# Ghost.

 

Most of my rods are not technique specific.  They often get used for about anything I want to throw.  I'll throw crankbaits on a Fast if one of the dedicated outfits isn't on board.

[gmd13]

Is this a trick question?  Is my wife gonna read this?  If so I use all of them every time.  And I still need a couple more.

 

If she is not gonna read this, I try and only take 4-5 each time out.  That is if I have someone else in the boat with me.  If by myself, I usually take 8 or so.

 

If she is reading this I normally take 20-30 even when I go pond hopping around the corner!!!!  :eyebrows:

 

Jeff

some one knows the bro code lmao

[gmd13]

ASK YOUR WIFE WHY SHE HAS SO MANY SHOES!! tell her "its what i do" !!! problem solved!    Then tell her to get in the kitchen and make you a turkey pot pie!!!!   ( just kidding)

you see the problem is she would probly out fish and hunt most guys on this site then skin hide, bucher , and cook what ever you want lol her papy made dam sure she could do it all, farm hunt raise cow, pigs, chickens, hunt and fish. you want to work on a harley, drink beer, run around baltimore city im  your man, i can survive to get out the woods, but thats about all i got lol but i am getting back in to the woods and on the water.

[kickerfish1]

I own over two dozen. Some general purpose and some only get used for one technique maybe a few times a year. Depending upon the trip or day plan it could be as few as 2 to as many as 15 for long days in the boat. Probably most comfortbale having 8 with me if I had to put a number on it.

[TBendBassin]

I usually have around 25-30 in the boat... But I usually only have around 5-7 on the deck

[buzzed bait]

I fish from a kayak, so space is limited.  But i recently created some rod holders out of PVC and they're attached to my crate on the back of the yak.  Those holders plus the ones that came on the kayak allow for 7 rods.  Although i generally take no more than 5.  I will usually have 2 spinning rods and 3 casting rods.  Again, you can get the job done with minimal number of rods but after time you'll start to acquire more and more gear.....  

[RAMBLER]

I take 6-9 outfits.  Four or five of spinning and baitcasting, all rigged with what I want to use for the particular water/conditions, etc.  I generally use them all until I find the good pattern and then stick with 1-3 the rest of the day.

[Greeneye8181]

Early season with light vegetation and cold water I take 2: Chatterbait and texas rig plastic

Mid-season I take 4-5 because I start using crankbaits and topwater.

Late season I take 3: Senko, texas rig plastic, and frog.

[ww2farmer]

One at a time. But I carry these in the boat:

 

Spinning

 

UL.....for panfishing

 

Drop shot

 

Flick shake

 

Dock skipping

 

Shaky head/tube

 

Casting:

 

Frog/Swimjig/spinnerbait

 

Senko/soft jerkbait

 

Dropshot

 

Flipping/Punching

 

Jerkbait/Topwater

 

2 Jig/T-rig pitching rods

 

Deep cranking

 

Shallow/mid/lipless cranking

 

Light cover jig/t-rig

 

Some do double duty, I 'll use one of my jig/t-rig rods for things like spinner baits, or C-rigging, and I 'll switch to faster action rods when I want to rip cranks out of grass.

[Grantman83]

I have 14 combos.  That was whittled down from the 30 or so I had beforehand.  Even this may be too much considering I fish from shore mostly.  I take about 3 with me when I go walking.  If I can fish on a boat, then I take 6 or seven.  When I own a boat, it will be all of them. 

 

It's an addiction for sure

[.RM.]

One at a time.....

[JellyMan]

You can fish with one but it will make your fishing extremely time consuming and not near as effective.

 

I have 4 as my minimum.

 

- weightless plastics

- jigs and fliping

- top water

- crank baits and spinner baits.

 

I put the appropriate line on each one and I am all set.

 

It just makes things a whole heck of a lot easier and much more effective!

[skeletor6]

8...and could use many more

[iabass8]

i try to keep it at 10 with me.

[NEjitterbugger]

I have two hands, so 1 seems to work the best... 2 If your really talented...

[cbass12]

If using my boat I'll have about 10-12 with me, with a few of them that I dont use very often stowed in the rod locker just in case I feel the need to use them. If I'm in a friends boat I'll keep it around 6.

[SudburyBasser]

Bank beating I carry one -- though I keep an extra combo in the Jeep in case of equipment failure, which saved my bacon earlier this week.

 

On the boat, and as a co-angler, I carry three combos: 1) spinning combo for finesse 2) casting combo for topwater 3) casting combo for crankbaits. Today I'm adding a fourth combo, casting, dedicated to flipping for a tournament this weekend where that technique is going to be pretty important. That's pretty much going to be the max though. I don't care how spacious it is, a lot of rods at the back of the boat is a pain in the rear.

[Teal]

12-16 on the boat, I really only use 4-6 in a single day...just depends on what's going on. In the winter time, there were several times when I just put two rods on the deck and didn't have to get any rods out of the rod box. (Jerkbait rod and a 7'6H for deep jigs and pitching jigs on deeper boat docks.).

[Darren.]

All depends on how you fish. Do you use multiple techniques, or lure types?

 

Me, I rarely fish anything but soft plastics. I used to carry up to 5 in my yak, but now I only carry 2 rods. Usually a spinning setup, and my Shimano Chronarch.

 

2 seems to be most efficient for me and my style. Sometimes I'll only take one out. I've come to the (current) conclusion that less is more.

[Revival]

I only fish from shore so I only use one.  In the past i have brought 2 but the areas to fish from was limited.  Now i fish 2 ponds next to each other with a lot of area to work with.  I am constantly moving so 1 is all I need.  The ground surrounding the pond is full of duck crap so i wouldn't want to set another rod down anywhere either.  If I fished from a boat i probably would bring more.

[Hooligan]

Tournament practice load as a boater I generally have 35-37.  As a non, generally 5-7.  Tournament load if I am comfortable on a pattern around ten.

[skeletor6]

Tournament practice load as a boater I generally have 35-37.  As a non, generally 5-7.  Tournament load if I am comfortable on a pattern around ten.

Someday...

[buzzfrog]

Tournament practice load as a boater I generally have 35-37.  As a non, generally 5-7.  Tournament load if I am comfortable on a pattern around ten.

Hooligan your my hero, 37  combos, and your PB says over 15, drooling atm, when my family had pontoon theyed chill, Id stay at front on trolling with 10-13 combos, just  having a bawl. when I am co with a friend 6-7, when I am hitting shore, usally 3-4, if gf tags alone 5, she is an extra hand lmao

[sarcazmo]

Honestly I try to limit myself to 5.  Still running my aluminum boat and if I have a buddy any more than that gets a little crazy.  I find that with 5 I can cover pretty much every presentation though.

[wngan9447]

Wow. Loaded questions.

I own 5. Usually I know where I'm planning to fish. I take two rods on most occasions.

Today I fished a new area and took 3.

All differeent styles. 1 BC and 2 spinning.