What Reels Are Ready To Go...

[OkobojiEagle]

Let's get beyond the collections of reels that adorn many of your man cave shelves and admit to which reels are actually rigged ready for your next bass fishing trip whether it be by bass boat, kayak or foot...

 

I keep 7 reels rigged on my boat,  3 Abu Cardinal 802 spinning reels; 2 Morrum SX 1601C mags; 1 Revo Premier (2nd gen); 1 Shimano Chronarch 51e.

 

One of the Cardinal 802s and either the Premier or Chronarch come along when using my canoe or float tube.

 

A single Cardinal 802 accompanies me when bank fishing.

 

Occasionally all 7 boat reels get used on the same trip, most often 4 -5.

 

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[kickerfish1]

All of mine are rigged for fishing. None of them are man cave decorations that just sit. I really use a mix of technique specific gear and a few all around outfits. I do a combination of fishing so I tend to rig them for different scenarios. When I am at the helm of the boat I may take 10. If I am in the back I may only have 3-5. Fishing out of a yak I take one or two. Bank fishing smaller bodies of water I take 2-4. Occasionally I will get an invite to fish a private lake out of a ski boat. In this case I take 2 or 3.

All of may reels get fished and most covered with reel covers to minimize wear and tear.

[scaleface]

I have Shimano Curados  , a  B.P S. Pro Qualifier , and Diawa Lexus rigged and in the boat.  I have a new Quantum Kinetic  and several round Abus ready to fish .  I also have two Quantum 1310 MG's mounted on flipping rods for going after carp and cats . 

[rippin-lips]

I buy them to use. All my favorites are ready to go. Just have to decide which ones to take. That's the tough part.

[tomustang]

I can say the opposite. Have a Curado 301 sitting out cause I sold the musky rod it was on. Guess I'm just waiting to see if I want to have a really big bait (swimbait) rod for it some day

[masterbass]

I have 9 casting combos ready to go and 5 spinning combos ready to go.  No shelf queens.  I guess the reels I use the most lately:  zillion 50th, metanium xg, alphas sv, tdz r+ and steez 103hla.

[jbsoonerfan]

I have 5 ready to go this evening. All Shimano. Aldebaran 50, Metanium xg, Scorpion 200, Chronarch Ci4, Curado 200

[jtharris3]

All Lews Speed Spools except for one Diawa Lexa 100 for my baitcasters. Spinning reels all Shimano Symetre 2500s and one 4000. All are spooled up and ready for battle!

[new2BC4bass]

Most of mine are rigged and set to go.  Like others, it is only a matter of deciding which ones will go with me that day.  I do have a few reels sitting, but that is because I don't have an equivalent number of rods. 

[Jon G]

All of mine get used but some get used more than others. Plus as others say I have more reels than rods. I have an addiction to buying reels.

[Jrob78]

No shelf queens here either.  I don't take all of mine on every trip but they are all in play.

[Goose52]

"...which reels are actually rigged ready for your next bass fishing trip whether it be by bass boat, kayak or foot..."

 

Reels with line, mounted on rods, ready to go:

 

11 spinning

41 baitcasting

[Bluebasser86]

Most of the rods and reels I own are rigged and ready in my rod locker. Not sure I can remember them all but I'll give it a shot.

 

Casting;

Ethos 7' MH/M-5.1 Pro Qual

St. Croix Pro Glass 7' MH/M-E5 Curado

Mojo 7' 8" MH/M-200B Curado (Got a 4.9 Lexa 100P on the way for it)

Ethos 6' 8" M/F-H2O Mettle

Avid 6' 2" M/XF-50E

LTB 6' 6" MH/F-Lew's Speed Spool 6.4:1

Ethos 7' MH/F-200B Curado

Ethos 6' 10" MH/F-200E Curado

Pinnacle DCH5 7' 6" MH/F-Pinnacle Optimus LTE

LTB 7' MH/F-200 IHG Curado

LTB 7' 6" MH/F-200 IHG Curado

LTB 7' 3" MH/F-200E7 Curado

Ethos 7' 3" H/F-200E7 Curado

Ethos 7' 6" XH/F-200BSF Curado

Sellus 7' 2" MH/F-H2O Mettle

Custom 7' 10" XH/F-300E Curado

Okuma TSC 7' 11" H/F-Okuma Cerros 7.3:1

 

Spinning;

LTB 6' 10" ML/XF-Pfluegar Supreme XT 25

LTB 6' 10" M/F-Stradic CI4 2500

Ethos 6' 8" M/F-President 30

Ethos 7' 3" ML/F-President 25

Premier 7' M/F-Sahara 3000

Vendetta 6' 6" M/F-Supreme XT 30

Vendetta 6' 9" ML/F-President 30

Once the replacement gets back I'll have a Mojo 6' 8" M/F-Orra S30 in there as well.

 

Might be missing one or two here, and there's several more in the garage rigged for bank fishing excursions, but that's the majority that are rigged and ready for action in the boat. 

[hawkoath]

For Bass:

 

Shimano Vanquish c3000

Shimano Sustain 1000 FG

Daiwa Steez EX 100HL

Daiwa Zillion Coastal 100HSLA

(Looking for One More BC)

 

Everything else is for Salmon/Steelhead, Inshore Bottomfish, Shark, etc...

[buzzed bait]

all my reels are spooled and ready to go.  in fact i'm usually even tying on the first baits i expect to throw at whatever lake i'm fishing next.

[fishballer06]

My reel lineup is (and they all get used):

 

1 - Curado 201 Bantam 6:1

1 - Curado 201 Bantam 3.8:1

1 - Curado I 201 7:1

1 - Scorpion 201 6:1

2 - Chronarch ci4 151 6:1

1 - Chronarch ci4 151 7:1

1 - Chronarch 201E5 5:1

1 - Chronarch 51E 6:1

1 - Aldebaran MG 5:1

1 - Zillion 4.9:1

 

1 - Symetre 2500

1 - Saros 3000

1 - Sahara 2500

1 - Ballistic EX

[BASSPATROL247]

My ready reels...

GEN 1 REVO SX

Lews tournament lite speedspool

Quantam team kvd

Lews carbonfire speedspool

Lews laser mg ss

Lews laser lzr ss

Lews mark rose lzr ss

Lews jason christie laser ss

Lews tim horton laser ss

Abu black max2

Abu silver max2

Abu promax 2

Abu blue max2

Abu max z2

Abu 5600 rocket cl

Abu 5000

Abu 6000

Abu 5500 c3

Abu 5600 c4

Abu one 5000

Abu one 500

Thats my baitcasters that stay on ready but i have a bunch of rounds i dont use plus about 10 spinning reels wich i,keep 2 lews speed spins ready for my spinning rods. I have alot more reels than rods...