If you could only limit yourself to 1 rod, 1 reel, and 3 lures ( soft plastics w/ hooks or other lure ) what would you chose

[Angry John]

st Croix avid 7mf with a hedgehog alphas because it comes with two spools.  bait one kvd 1.5 bluegill, bait two green pumpkin trick worm, third duo pencil 110. 

[Spider]

My G-Loomis GL2 "Don't laugh, I purchased it for $100 new and think it's worth every penny".

Lew's BB1HZL "left handed" Casts a mile with 12# Invizx

 

Plastic worm, green in color, Black color in muddy water, brown & blue in stained water "If I just had one color it would be Green".

Spinner bait "willow leaf, chartreuse skirt" 1/2 oz.

Zara Spook

 

Top water baits I use Braid.

[Bankbeater]

Weightless super fluke, 6" senko with a 3/8 weight, and a super hog with a 3/8 weight. I'd use them with one of the new St. Croix Mojo rods, and a Curado E. 

[hunterPRO1]

7' mh/f casting rod

7.1:1 casting reel

 

7.5in black shad ribbon tail | 1/4 oz wieght | 4/0 ewg worm hook

 

white 1/4 oz tandem spinnerbait

 

1/4 oz black frog

[CTBassin860]

7'3" MHF with a 7.1:1. Swim jig black/blue with a blac twin tail grub,Booyah Pad crasher in dart frog,and a black/blue Yum Dinger  t- rigged,1/8th ounce tungsten.

[Jar11591]

Rod:      Fenwick Aetos 7' MH-F

Reel:     Lew's TP1H 6.4:1

Lures:   Jig & craw, frog, Rage Swimmer   

[BrackishBassin]

If I only had one...

 

6' 9" ML spinning rod with a 3000 size reel spooled with 15lb test braid. There's not a whole you can't catch with that set up. Works in the salt or on the lake. 

 

As for lures...

 

1. A ball head jig with a light colored swim bait and/or grub

2. Some sort of suspending jerkbait

3. A spinnerbait 

[PatrickKnight]

7 foot medium power spinning rod

Stradic FK 3000

10 lb Power Pro to 8 lb Stren mono leader

1/8th ball head jig with either a curly tail or paddletail on the back (tube if we don't count the jig head as a bait)

 

Since this is what I throw 90% of the time it was fairly easy

[RB 77]

On 2/20/2017 at 6:30 PM, Catt said:

Selection would be based on body of water!

 

Worm, Jig-n-Craw, & spinnerbait

 

This.

[the reel ess]

7' M rod. I'd go with 15 lb mono to give some stretch factor

Lew's Tournament MB 7.5:1. I liked this reel so much I bought another

Trick worm, probably bubble gum.

Gold lipless crank

A topwater. Probably a Pop R because it works the longest portion of the year for me, though I'd rather use a Spook, Chug Bug or frog.

 

[Scarborough817]

Rod: 

• Dobyns fury f65flip

Lures:

• Siebert Dredge Arky W. Gambler Burner Craw
• Havoc Pitboss W. 4/0 EWG and 3/8^oz tungesten
• Siebert Fogy W. 3.8" Keitech Swing Impact Fat

 

[scaleface]

Many times I go fishing with just one lure . I would take a med action bait caster a plastic worm , spinner bait and maybe a lipless crankbait but it all depends on the conditions . All three lures perform well at any depth .

[tholmes]

7' MH/fast casting rod

6.3:1 reel

T-rig, spinnerbait, and lipless crank.

 

Tom

 

[kroberts9]

7'2 phenix M1 medium

shimano stradic ci4 2500 

 

Kut tail Yamamoto worm

1/4oz jig and trailer

square  bill shallow crankbait

 

[jimf]

St. Croix Avid 7' MH/F + Lew's Tournament Pro.

 

Culprit 7.5" Black Shad worm, 3/8 oz chartreuse spinnerbait, and a frog because it doesn't always work but when it does it's the most fun way to catch a bass.

 

 

 

[.ghoti.]

Too late. I have a lot more stuff than that, and I intend to use it all.

[fishnkamp]

Powell Max 683CEF  6'8" mh xf with a Daiwa Tatula CT 6.3-1  

My lures would be:

Reaction Innovation Skinny Dippers with belly weighted swimbait hooks  Probably be Houdini, Sungill or White Trash

 

Kalin 5 inch Lunker Grubs on BPS Perfect Finesse Worm jigheads and my color would be Bluegill or Watermelon seed /red flake.

 

1/2 ounce Dirty Jigs swimjig in Dill Gill and a Rage tail grub or  a Rage Tail dual tail menace grub.

I cab cover a lot of water with those baits.

 

If I had a choice of a forth it would be a spinnerbait.

[WI_Angler1989]

-St Croix Legend Tournament Bass 610mlxf 

-Shimano Stradic FK 2500

 

1) Cabin Creek 2.5" green pumpkin blue tube

2) War Eagle sexy shad finesse Spinnerbait 

3) 7" watermelon red Berkley Power Worm 

[fishwizzard]

22 hours ago, fishnkamp said:

Reaction Innovation Skinny Dippers with belly weighted swimbait hooks  Probably be Houdini, Sungill or White Trash

 

What hooks do you use?  I picked up a pack but have not found a hook among my collection that I love.  

[fishnkamp]

I fish the Little Dippers and Big dippers three ways depending on the water depth.

First I like the Gamakatsu® Spring-Lock Plastic Hooks, then the Gamakatsu® Weighted Spring Lock Hook and finally the 

The Picasso Smart Mouth Plus Jig Head 3X Mustad in 3/8 and 1/2 oz.

[DubyaDee]

Fenwick HMG 7' Med Fast

Pflueger Supreme

15 lb PP, 10 Flouro leader

 

3/8 tube jig, sweet green

Vision 110, perch

Evergreen SB 125, Bone

[fishwizzard]

13 hours ago, fishnkamp said:

I fish the Little Dippers and Big dippers three ways depending on the water depth.

First I like the Gamakatsu® Spring-Lock Plastic Hooks, then the Gamakatsu® Weighted Spring Lock Hook and finally the 

The Picasso Smart Mouth Plus Jig Head 3X Mustad in 3/8 and 1/2 oz.

 

Cool, I have not tried any of those, I will pick some up.  The action of the RI's is totally different from the Keitechs I normally use, so it will be interesting to see which the bass want more.  

[fishnkamp]

Keitech makes some good baits. They do have a different action. It is nice to try some of each.  When my stripers enter the creeks in the fall ( they come in  chasing alewife who winter in the creeks) we chase them with Redeye shads, Xcalibur regular and one knockers as well a Bill Lewis Rattle traps.  It is the only time I end up with 4 rattletrap rods on deck at one time. The crazy rock can often lock into one sound and color and ignore the other ones. Tomorrow it will change, so go figure. Try it all and see what works that day. 

[LazyNerd]

On 2/22/2017 at 7:58 AM, the reel ess said:

7' M rod. I'd go with 15 lb mono to give some stretch factor

Lew's Tournament MB 7.5:1. I liked this reel so much I bought another

Trick worm, probably bubble gum.

Gold lipless crank

A topwater. Probably a Pop R because it works the longest portion of the year for me, though I'd rather use a Spook, Chug Bug or frog.

 

Yeah I own 3 of the Lews MB too... love them

[LazyNerd]

$60 HBC7MH  (7' heavy medium-heavy fast action) No.8 Hellbent first gen, I love this rod to death (I own 2 more Hellbent 2nd gen)... paired with Lew's Tournament MB 7.5:1 (I own 2 more MBs) 20 lbs power braid with 4' 12 lbs fluorocarbon leader... 

Lures

*black jig (1/4 oz)

*frog (any brand works)

*10" Big Bite Baits Kriet Tail Worm in green pumpkin with YUM shaky head hook 6/0

My PB was on the worm @ 6.7 lbs in Minnesota 

 

 

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