If you could only get 3 rods to cover bass fishing what would be the 3 that covers most

[SJex]

M/F Spinning for Finesse Stuff

H/F Casting for Jigs, Frogs, and smaller swimbaits

MH/F Casting for everything else

[Raul]

1 M/F spinning

1 H/F trigger

1 MH/M trigger for cranking

[roadwarrior]

[RB 77]

7' MH/ F Casting

7' MH/ XF Casting

6'6" M/ F Spinning

Although only choosing three would be rather torturous! Haha

 

[Catt]

15 hours ago, Catt said:

Texas Rig: MH Extra Fast

Jig-N-Craw: MH Extra Fast

Spinnerbait/buzzbait/trap: MH Fast

Was told I didn't have enough information so I edited it!

[Some tissues]

5 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

? seems like u took care of this thread 2 years ago

[.ghoti.]

I'd have to take this rod, that rod, and the other rod.

[pawpaw]

7" mh casting rod

7" med crankbait rod

6'6" or 7' med spinning rod

[Honkytonk]

I'd have to say 

1) mlxf spinning

2) h/mf casting (big swimbaits)

3) mh/f casting 

[DrMarlboro92]

If all I could take fishing with me was 3 of my rods, I would go with:

7'-7'3" Medium, fast spinning for all finesse fishing

7' medium, moderate crankbait rod w/baitcaster for crank baits, 

7'6 medium heavy baitcaster for literally everything from jigs to spinnerbaits to top waters. 

Obviously, 3 rods is not enough to have the ideal set up for everything you're going to do when bass fishing, but these three will cover most of the bases pretty well.

[greentrout]

Waters I fish do not have really heavy vegetation & cover . Many variables here...fish what you got...6 1/2 medium spinning rated 1/8 lures and up, 6 1/2 medium casting 1/4 lures and up and 6 1/2 medium heavy casting for 3/8 lures and up. One rod?  6 1/2 medium casting.

 

 

[Robert Riley]

Because I'm sure I have a different opinion than most!
MH jig rod
MH/MF crank rod
MH/F spinnerbait rod.

But this totally depends on if I have a tendency to crank deep, or I'm fishing pressured areas, etc etc.

[Bankbeater]

MHF casting rod, MF spinning rod, and a MLF spinning rod. 

[Some tissues]

4 hours ago, Robert Riley said:

Because I'm sure I have a different opinion than most!
MH jig rod
MH/MF crank rod
MH/F spinnerbait rod.

But this totally depends on if I have a tendency to crank deep, or I'm fishing pressured areas, etc etc.

Yeah it varies for everyone some may fish farm ponds others local lakes and some the Great Lakes. But bass fisherman tend to want 2 million rods so I wanted to see what ppl choose with only a 3 rod selection to see what they think works best for them

[WIGuide]

If I could only take 3 rods to cover all my bases I'd have to take a M/F Spinning rod, a MH/F baitcaster, and a H/F baitcaster. Not the most ideal after using my normal arsenal, but I feel like I could effectively fish with those 3. If the lakes I fished had less veggies, I'd probably change my 3 to a ML/XF Spinning rod, M/F & MH/F baitcasters. 

[Yudo1]

I prefer casting gear so I'd go with a med/light fast, mh/f and h/f.

[Choporoz]

As has been said many times above, it depends.  I took five rods in my kayak on Saturday and used all of them.  I took seven on a boat in a reservoir yesterday and used six of them.  Only four rods were common for each trip.  Some smallmouth river yak trips I take all spinning rods.  Some days on the Potomac I don't take one spinning rod. 

Starting out, I'd suggest one fast tip spinning rod, one MH casting rod and one M casting rod

[SenkoGuru]

6'10 Medium for Topwaters, Jerkbaits,

7'0 Medium Heavy for Spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, rattletraps, swimjigs ,T-rig's

7'3 Heavy for Jig's, Frog's Toad's

All Casting rods, I've never liked spinning

[joe chum]

7'1" M/XF spinning

7' M/F spinning

6'10" M/XF casting

[soflabasser]

Everyone has their own style of bass fishing, so you are going to get lots of answers.So far these setups have served me well for bass and inshore fish. 

1.   6-7 foot heavy action for swimbaits,frogging,etc

2.   6-7 foot heavy action for big topwaters,big plugs,etc 

3.   6-7 foot medium heavy action for small/medium topwaters,finesse baits,most bass lures,etc

Here's a video that will make you laugh;

"Fishing rod challenge! Can I break an Ugly Stik GX2?!"

 by YouTuber named "Catfish and Carp".

[picassotrigger]

Today...

7' MLF Spinning 

6'6 MHF Spinning 

6'8 MHF Baitcast 

Tomorrow... ???