Dedicated rods

[Junger]

31 minutes ago, BoatSquirrel said:

Thanks guys.  I dont feel quite so bad for continuing to pile sticks into the collection with only single purpose in mind.

Do you fish from the shore, or on a boat?

 

I do both, and enjoy both, but being on a boat lets me bring more rods obviously, and I bring dedicated rods so I don't have to retie lures. For example in one area where there's wood laydowns, I'll get a spinnerbait. Then I might try a chatterbait, but I'll already have it tied onto another rod. So I basically take 5-6 rods on the boat.

 

For shore fishing, I only take 1 all around rod that can handle 3-4 techniques.

[J Francho]

Topwaters, jerkbaits, vertical drop shot, big swimbaits, diving cranks are all rods that some special taper or power.  Other wise, I M/MH/H in pretty much fast for everything else.

[BassKicker42]

I have a crankbait rod, lipless, squarebills and jerkbaits.

I have a rod that I throw chatterbaits, swim jigs, and paddle tails.

A rod for frogging, heavy topwater like whopper ploppers and sexy dawgs.

A rod for various Texas rigged creatures sand larger worms.

A dedicated Jig rod 

And an all around spinning rod for wacky/neko rigging, drop shots, and shakey heads.

6 Rods gets it done for me.

[ike8120]

I have 

Ned Rod

Senko

Crankbait

Froggin

All purpose one

 

[The Maestro]

I think this comes down to how many total rods you have or plan on having. If I only had a few rods I would dedicate one to the technique I enjoy and use the most. This would also be the setup I would spend the most money on. I would use more versatile combos for my other rods.

[Bankbeater]

Moving baits, jigs, and soft plastics get their own rods. 

[Matt_3479]

I got a little excited and decided to get a bunch of new rods last year and have technique specific rods. I prefer technique specific rods, having to retie baits every 15 mins becomes a huge pain! I have 1-2 rods I use for a few different things but majority are specific.

 

drop shop

ned rig

frog

jig

finesse jig

t-rig/c-rig 

crankbait

 

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

On 4/3/2019 at 7:15 PM, Sam said:

Crankbait rod.

Senko rod.

Ned Rig rod.

Alabama Rig rod.

Drop Shot rod.

Finesse rod.

Flipping and Pitching rods.

Frog rod.

 

Probably some others I can't remember as I sit here waiting for the LSU baseball game to come out of its weather delay. If I was not so lazy tonight I would walk over to where the rods are stored and look at them.

Add one for jerkbaits/flukes/poppers 

[haggard]

On 4/3/2019 at 6:08 PM, BoatSquirrel said:

What techniques do yall think deserve dedicated rods that you leave a specific bait on all year?  Thanks.

Texas rigged 4" worm with 1/4 oz bullet weight on a M/F rod.

 

[Glaucus]

32 minutes ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

Add one for jerkbaits/flukes/poppers 

I don't really get that list. A Senko can be fishing on anything from a ML spinning rod to a MH casting rod and several things in-between. Ned Rig, drop shot, and finesse are all the same thing. Flipping and pitching can and a lot of times is also the frog rod. 

 

Seems like a waste.

[MN Fisher]

As I said earlier - with the five rigs I have, I can do almost everything. Only thing I can't toss is heavy swimbaits or topwaters. I can toss WPs through the 130 and, depending on the manufacturer, up to 5" swimbaits on the Fuego without overloading the rod. Only rig I might add in the future is a heavier setup for the larger/heavier swimmers and toppers.

[Delaware Valley Tackle]

1 minute ago, Glaucus said:

I don't really get that list. A Senko can be fishing on anything from a ML spinning rod to a MH casting rod and several things in-between. Ned Rig, drop shot, and finesse are all the same thing. Flipping and pitching can and a lot of times is also the frog rod. 

 

Seems like a waste.

Sure, you could do everything with a mh/f rod but I took the OP reference to “dedicated” as different from technique specific. You could have 3 similar rods each dedicated to a different technique. My Ned rod is much lighter than any of my others. A finesse rod in between those two. A senko is a finesse technique of sorts but they are not light weight so go on a med or mh rod. My frog rod needs to load and cast well so it has a different tip than a flipping rod, which to me means mats or vast weed beds. Technically flipping and pitching are casting techniques you can employ with any rod. For jerkbaits I like a fast action but a real soft tip to allow for subtle action. These are all personal preference not the musts. 

[BoatSquirrel]

When I posted with the word dedicated, I meant a rod you tie a spook on and leave on that rod permanently.

Thank yall again for the excellent responses.

[GreenPig]

I own around 50 combos, so I do for the most part have dedicated rigs. The challenging part is having the right ones when on the water.