DocNsanE Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 Kind of came up in another thread on general fishing but I was curious what everyone's thoughts were on this. If you had the choice, what rod and reel combos would you own and what applications would you pair them with? I'm not looking for brands, but more along the lines of length, action, power, casting or spinning, and applications Here's what I currently had in mind for myself however this thread could very well change this. I already own the first three x 6'9" MXF (spinning): drop shot, jerkbaits, walk the dog, wacky out of coverx 7'0" MHF (spinning): wacky rig in cover, weightless t-rigx 7'1" MHXF (casting): jigs, t-rigs, jika rigs, light carolina rigs- 7'1" MHMF (casting): spinnerbait, swimjig, flukes and soft plastic swimbaits, lipless cranks- 7'2" MM (casting): crankbaits- 7'6" HF (casting): heavy jigs, punching, frogs, swimbaits (if it handles them) Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted May 25, 2015 Super User Posted May 25, 2015 I do it pretty much with 3 spinning set ups, lures fairly interchangeable. 6'6 light power pond fishing 6'6 ml power ponds and canals with light vegetation 7' med power canals and heavier vegetation 6'6 med power for worms and jigs, seldom used Quote
chelboed Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 Thinking minimally: 6'10" Medium Heavy fast, 14# mono I don't drop shot. I prefer my heavy rod with heavier line for frogs and stout plastics for the hook set, but I've frog fished with a medium-light rod before and been successful. Quote
SNK Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 7'3" mhxf casting - jigs 7'1" mhxf casting - t-rigs 7'3" mhf casting - weightless t-rigs 7'3" mf spinning - wacky, shakey-head 7'0" mhmf casting - crankbaits 7'3" hf - spinnerbaits Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted May 25, 2015 Super User Posted May 25, 2015 Give me a 7' M/F spinning rod, 30/2500 sized reel, spooled with 10lb braid, and a 7' MH/F casting rod, 6.whatever:1 casting reel, spooled with 30lb braid. I can fish just fine with that. They are the "vise grips,and crescent wrenches" of bass fishing. 1 Quote
FishinCop646 Posted May 25, 2015 Posted May 25, 2015 7' ML Moderate Casting for cranking 7' M Fast Casting for jerkbaits 7' M Fast Casting for topwater 7' MH Fast Casting for Spinners and Swimbaits 6'10 MH Fast Casting for texas rigs 7'1 H Fast Casting for Jigs 7'1 H Fast Casting for flipping 7'4 H Fast Casting for Frogging 7' M Fast Spinning for Finesse (shaking head, senko, fluke, etc.) x3 6'10 ML Fast Spinning for drop shot Those rods never leave the boat. I have a few others that I use depending on where I'm fishing. Quote
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