What is your rod/reel setups?

[clemsondds]

 

I've got 3 baitcaster rods right now and 2 spinning rods.  One of my spinning rods is really for ICW fishing...so a little heavy.  Trying to decide if I should just replace the spinning rod and get a nicer combo, or add another casting rod, or both lol.  I've got a mixture of brands: Shimano SLX DC, SCurado K, and Shimano SLX casting, and Shimano stradic Ci4 for spinning.  Rods are Dobyns glass, lews TP1 and st croix avid.  St croix mojo for spinning rod. 

  How do you roll?  

[j bab]

90% of my rods are casting  

So if I were you I'd definitely get a casting rig. Since it sounds like you have the basics covered and some money to spend, you could splurge and get a high end combo instead of two in your normal price range.

[NorthernBasser]

I definitely use casting setups way more than spinning.

 

Shimano Expride/Shimano Curado 200 K- Jigs

ALX Zolo Deputy/Shimano Curado 200 K- Spinnerbaits, swim jigs, etc.

Kistler Helium 3/Shimano Curado 200 IHG- Texas Rigs

Shimano Curado/Pflueger Supreme XT- Toads, buzzbaits, etc.

Daiwa Tatula/Daiwa Tatula CT Type R- Frog

St. Croix Mojo Bass/13 Fishing Concept C- Topwater, jerkbait, etc.

Dobyns Fury Swimbait/Daiwa Tatula 200- Bigger swimbaits

Kistler KLX Feel N Reel/Daiwa Tatula CT- Chatterbait

Dobyns Fury Mag Heavy/Abu Garcia Revo SX- Punching

Fenwick Elite Tech/Daiwa Tatula SV TWS- Keitechs, Senkos, etc.

Kistler KLX Feel N Reel/Daiwa Tatula CT- Squarebills, med diving cranks, traps, jerks

Dobyns Sierra/Pflueger Patriarch XT- Misc.

Lews Custom Cranking/Lews BB1 Speed- Deep cranking

Cashion Elite Flipping/Daiwa Tatula CT- Heavy cover pitching/flipping 

 

Then few others I don't use as much, as well as a few spinning. 

 

 

 

[Dens228]

I bring 6 rods in my kayak

 

All my reels are Lew's, either Tournament Pro G's or this years Tournament Pro's.

 

1.  MH/Fast MegaBass Levante 2019 Brailist that is for plastics, t-rigged, weightless, wacky

2. MH/Fast Avid X 

3. MegaBass Orochi XX Brailist for jigs

4. Med/Mod MegaBass Flatside Special for squarebills, mid depth cranks, and lipless

5. H/Fast Avid X for frogging, punching, bigger baits like swimbaits.  I will also use it for buzzbaits.

 

6A.  Med/Mod Avid X for the same as my Flatside above....I bring it when I plan on using a lot of cranks

6B.  H/Fast Diawa Tatula Elite for when I plan on hitting a lake with tons of weeds

6C  MH/Fast Avid X for when I'm going to a new lake and not sure what I'm going to use.

 

[new2BC4bass]

9 hours ago, NorthernBasser said:

I definitely use casting setups way more than spinning.

 

Shimano Expride/Shimano Curado 200 K- Jigs

ALX Zolo Deputy/Shimano Curado 200 K- Spinnerbaits, swim jigs, etc.

Kistler Helium 3/Shimano Curado 200 IHG- Texas Rigs

Shimano Curado/Pflueger Supreme XT- Toads, buzzbaits, etc.

Daiwa Tatula/Daiwa Tatula CT Type R- Frog

St. Croix Mojo Bass/13 Fishing Concept C- Topwater, jerkbait, etc.

Dobyns Fury Swimbait/Daiwa Tatula 200- Bigger swimbaits

Kistler KLX Feel N Reel/Daiwa Tatula CT- Chatterbait

Dobyns Fury Mag Heavy/Abu Garcia Revo SX- Punching

Fenwick Elite Tech/Daiwa Tatula SV TWS- Keitechs, Senkos, etc.

Kistler KLX Feel N Reel/Daiwa Tatula CT- Squarebills, med diving cranks, traps, jerks

Dobyns Sierra/Pflueger Patriarch XT- Misc.

Lews Custom Cranking/Lews BB1 Speed- Deep cranking

Cashion Elite Flipping/Daiwa Tatula CT- Heavy cover pitching/flipping 

 

Then few others I don't use as much, as well as a few spinning. 

 

 

 

We are similar.  Rods and reels from all over with Daiwa reels being in the majority.  Daiwa, Fenwick & Falcon lead in rods.

 

About 82% of mine are baitcasting, but they get used about 99.3% of the time. 

[clemsondds]

Wow those are some nice setups!! Looks like I’ll need to be adding both ha. So how many spinning rods do you take?  I think I would like one rigged with a dropshot and one with either shakyhead or wacky rig. My other rod to add will probably be a flipping/frog rod. I assume I’ll try to find a 7’3 H. Thanks again and love seeing the variety 

[new2BC4bass]

A few combos.

 

Deputy/Steez

Toadface/Exsence

Custom 7’ ML/Airy Red

Rainshodow RX7 7’ MHF/Zillion 50^th

Tatula 7’4” HF/Curado 201E7

Smallmouth 6’10” MF/Curado 51E

Dobyns 704 CB Glass/Daiwa TD-Z 103ML

Aetos 6’6” MLM/PXL Type R

Diablo Spec R/Daiwa SV103HL

Powell Endurance/Patriarch XT

Ark Sniper 6’10” MF/Primmus HS Xi

HMG 7’ ML/TD-Z 105H

Regista 7’ MF/Scorpion 71HG

Daiwa Tatula 7’ MLR/Helios Air

Phenix X10 7’ MF/Purple Alphas

Okuma Helios 7’ MF/Supreme XT

 

Major Craft Benkei 6’7” LF/Daiwa BG 1500

Regista 6’10” MLF/Procyon 2000

 

Plus a few more. I keep a 7’ ML Hurricane (Medium rating for bass) in Florida that I thoroughly enjoy with a Primmus.

 

 

[clemsondds]

36 minutes ago, new2BC4bass said:

A few combos.

 

Deputy/Steez

Toadface/Exsence

Custom 7’ ML/Airy Red

Rainshodow RX7 7’ MHF/Zillion 50^th

Tatula 7’4”/Curado 201E7

Smallmouth 6’10” MF/Curado 51E

Dobyns 704 CB Glass/Daiwa TD-Z 103ML

Aetos 6’6” MLM/PXL Type R

Diablo Spec R/Daiwa SV103HL

Powell Endurance/Patriarch XT

Ark Sniper 6’10” MF/Primmus HS Xi

HMG 7’ ML/TD-Z 105H

Regista 7’ MF/Scorpion 71HG

Daiwa Tatula 7’ MLR/Helios Air

Phenix X10 7’ MF/Purple Alphas

Okuma Helios 7’ MF/Supreme XT

 

Major Craft Benkei 6’7” LF/Daiwa BG 1500

Regista 6’10” MLF/Procyon 2000

 

Plus a few more. I keep a 7’ ML Hurricane (Medium rating for bass) in Florida that I thoroughly enjoy with a Primmus.

 

 

Wow that's quite the variety.  Mind sharing what you use each rod for?  Thanks

[Jig Man]

Most of the time i carry 10 bait casters and 7 spinning setups.  All of my reels are Shimanos.  My bait caster setups vary from Ned to Arigs.  The majority of the rods are Gloomis.  The 3 of the spinning setups are for plastics and 4 of them are Ned rigs.  In the winter I swap out the Ned for vertical setups.  Those have Fenwick HMG rods.

 

I found a rod mfg company that lets me buy at great prices so I have quit buying branded rods.

[Dens228]

3 hours ago, clemsondds said:

Wow those are some nice setups!! Looks like I’ll need to be adding both ha. So how many spinning rods do you take?  I think I would like one rigged with a dropshot and one with either shakyhead or wacky rig. My other rod to add will probably be a flipping/frog rod. I assume I’ll try to find a 7’3 H. Thanks again and love seeing the variety 

The few times I've fished the dropshot I used my Flatside.  

[Hulkster]

i have several combos, but the two i take most often are the following, that covers pretty much all bases from bass to pike:

 

G. Loomis E6X JWR 892S 7'5 M spinning rod with stradic 3000 FK, 10 pound sufix Siege

 

G. Loomis E6X MBR 903C 7'6 MH casting rod with Curado 200i PG on it, 12 pound Sufix Siege. 

these two can be seen here:

[Dino dad]

Doybns rods with shimano reels 

Extreme 702sf stradic 2500 drop shot 

Extreme 744c metanium dc jigs 

Extreme 743c chorarch mgl texas rigs 

Champion 703c curado 70 shaky head senkos 

Champion 705cb glass curado k squarebill,spinnerbait,mid cranking 

Champion 805cb bantam mgl deep cranking dd22 and 6xds 

Champion 704cb 13 metanium squarebill,jerkbaits

Champion 734c metanium mgl chatterbait,spinnerbait,swim baits buzzbait 

Champion 735c slx dc frog pitching 

 

 

[clemsondds]

 Awesome!  It would be cool to see what everyone uses each rod for too

[Yumeya]

Gloomis Conquest 842s/Shimano Stella 2500 FJ

Megabass Flyssa/Daiwa Certate 3000 LT

Megabass Whipsnake/Daiwa Steez high speed 2500

Kistler M3/Shimano 12 Vanquish 3000

 

Gloomis NRX 852/Metanium MGL

Gloomis NRX 843/Curado K 

Gloomis GLX/Metanium 13 

St-Croix Legend Tournament Glass/Shimano Conquest Calcutta 101

 

I have a few more but what I listed it what I use most....

 

Ice fishing-

Lots of St-Croix and Shimano

 

[fin]

I'd kind of like to see how much some of these collections are worth, because it might make me feel better about how much money I don't spend on fishing.

[new2BC4bass]

31 minutes ago, fin said:

I'd kind of like to see how much some of these collections are worth, because it might make me feel better about how much money I don't spend on fishing.

I couldn't tell you.  My cheapest rod cost $17 plus tax.  Most expensive $175.  Cheapest reel $30, most expensive i think was $240.  However, my Airy Red has the most invested in it.  It was unusable upon delivery.  Repair, cleaning and upgrades cost more than the reel's purchase price.  Let's just say that over the past 10 plus years I have managed to accumulate a few thousand in rods and reels.

[fin]

44 minutes ago, new2BC4bass said:

I couldn't tell you.  My cheapest rod cost $17 plus tax.  Most expensive $175.  Cheapest reel $30, most expensive i think was $240.  However, my Airy Red has the most invested in it.  It was unusable upon delivery.  Repair, cleaning and upgrades cost more than the reel's purchase price.  Let's just say that over the past 10 plus years I have managed to accumulate a few thousand in rods and reels.

Yeah, I imagine most people don't really want to know how much they've spent. I know I don't. I keep all my fishing stuff receipts, well most of it, in one place, but I've never once considered totaling the receipts.

 

 

[Jig Man]

I have a writer on my boat insurance policy for $8500 to cover my stuff.

[new2BC4bass]

10 hours ago, clemsondds said:

Wow that's quite the variety.  Mind sharing what you use each rod for?  Thanks

Only a few rods were purchased with a specific technique in mind.  The OG 7'4" Tatula was purchased as a frog rod and stays in Florida.  So does the Hurricane and is used for treble hook lures.  The Toadface is for frogs and toads locally, but is much more versatile that that.  The Aetos, X10 and 704 CB Glass naturally are used for treble hook lures.  As will be a Lew's Crankbait Ledge rod still in plastic.

 

The Benkei was purchased for my dedicated Ned Rig rod.  The HMG is one on the rods I learned to cast 3/16 oz. Shad Raps on.  Still use it for that, but it will also do more.  The 105H makes a good companion for it and were purchased together.

 

I've never used a Carolina Rig, Umbrella Rig or punched.  I don't use large swimbaits.  I do user smaller ones.  I never figured I'd be buying so much gear so I always bought with versatility in mind.  Technique rods (including crankbait rods) are some of the last rods I have purchased.

 

I decided to try a baitcast reel when I got back into fishing in 2009.  Love them.  Have too many.  Would have more, but am trying to be more responsible. 

[NYWayfarer]

Lew’s Mach 1 baitcaster combo

Lew’s Mach 2 baitcaster combo

Lew’s Mach Crush baitcaster combo

Lew’s LFS baitcaster, Field and Stream Tec Spec Elite MH rod

Lew’s Tournament MB baitcaster, Denali Zenyx crankbait rod

Lew’s Mach 2 spinning combo

Lew’s Mach Crush spinning combo

Lew’s Xfinity spinning combo

Lew’s Custom Pro Speed Spin, Favorite Balance ML rod

 

 

I usually roll with a spinning combo for finesse fishing and a baitcaster combo for power fishing from the bank. Same for kayak. If I am on a boat I will take 3 baitcasters and a spinning combo with me.

 

If I am creek or canal fishing it is usually a spinning combo I carry.

[clemsondds]

I find I want more rod/reel combos just so I don’t have to swap out baits so often when I’m out on the water. I usually have a limited time going out so it’s nice I can have my docs and baits ready the night before. I’ve been night fishing more lately and spinning rods are nice bc can’t see where lure is and so less chance of backlash. 

When you are skipping a lure under cover or dock, do you use spinning or bait caster? I am guessing most use baitcadtrr but I have tried it lately and keep getting backlash if I do t hit it correctly. Spinning real seams easier. I know it’s my fault though and just need to work on my technique. Two questions on gear. If going with two spinning rods, what flex do you go for on each? Second, if you were going to try to have one rod to do frog, pitching and flipping...what would the specifics you would want (eg length, power,..). Thanks and let’s keep hearing your rods. Love seeing all the cool brands i haven’t heard of 

[Mikeltee]

On 8/30/2019 at 8:28 PM, clemsondds said:

 

I've got 3 baitcaster rods right now and 2 spinning rods.  One of my spinning rods is really for ICW fishing...so a little heavy.  Trying to decide if I should just replace the spinning rod and get a nicer combo, or add another casting rod, or both lol.  I've got a mixture of brands: Shimano SLX DC, SCurado K, and Shimano SLX casting, and Shimano stradic Ci4 for spinning.  Rods are Dobyns glass, lews TP1 and st croix avid.  St croix mojo for spinning rod. 

  How do you roll?  

I buy endgame gear. I'd rather have one awesome rig that I love to use and have confidence in than 4 average technique specific rigs. I think that the next rig you buy you should get the best you can afford to afford. I'm not saying go get it tomorrow. I am saying that if you can afford to own a $1000 rig, buy it! If it takes a year to save up, so be it. You have plenty of gear to get you by until then. You will be much happier in the end and not always coming back here asking which rig you should sell to sidestep Into another "doable" rig.

[clemsondds]

4 minutes ago, Mikeltee said:

I buy endgame gear. I'd rather have one awesome rig that I love to use and have confidence in than 4 average technique specific rigs. I think that the next rig you buy you should get the best you can afford to afford. I'm not saying go get it tomorrow. I am saying that if you can afford to own a $1000 rig, buy it! If it takes a year to save up, so be it. You have plenty of gear to get you by until then. You will be much happier in the end and not always coming back here asking which rig you should sell to sidestep Into another "doable" rig.

Thanks!  Yeh, I'm not looking to sell any rigs to buy another one.  Money isn't really an issue.  I'm just looking to pick up another (or two) combos...just trying to think it through. I am actually really happy with my current combos (excluding the one spinning setup).  I'm no professional so I doubt I could tell a huge difference between a nice $400-500 combo vs a $1000 setup, so I'll probably just stick with a good middle of the range rig $150-250 rod and same reel).  To me, I would rather just grab a different rod real quick if I get a short strike, and want to follow it up with something different instead of stopping and tying on a different bait. Obviously, I'm not going to be happy throwing an ugly stick just in order to have another rod...but if I can do it with a st croix, dobyns, or megabass.  And I figure, if I am going to buy another, might as well get a rod that fills a gap in my setup. At this point in my life, I would feel kindof dumb having $5k-7k in rods, when I'm only fishing a couple times  a month. I'm still somewhat new to fishing, but am really loving it.  Now if I could just get my wife more on board lol   

[Mikeltee]

Let us know how that turns out for ya... lol

[clemsondds]

which part?  I assume you are referring to the "getting my wife on board" lol yeh I don't like my chances.  Going to try to get my boys more involved as they get older. Thanks again for the advice.  Any other thoughts?