Why So Many

[Mobasser]

15 hours ago, WRB said:

If you know what the bite is you only need 1 or 2 rods and a small tackle bag.

Tom

I agree with WRB on this one. If you can figure out what the fish are biting on, you really don't need that much stuff.

[Koz]

20 hours ago, DitchPanda said:

I'm a bank guy and find myself lugging around 4 or 5 rods most days. PITA. I live for the days of two rods...when all I need is a swim jig or spinner bait and a finesse jig.

I bank fish as well and there's no way I could do that.

 

I bank fish like a boater - I'm constantly on the move like a boater working the trolling motor. If I'm in the Lowcountry hopping lagoons I can cover miles of ground. Even here in the Upstate I generally fish one place where I can walk the perimeter of the entire lake.

 

I tried using one baitcaster and one spinning rod but it turned out to be a pain. I would wedge one rod between my back and my backpack but it was not only uncomfortable I had to worry about overhanging tree branches. Now I just take a 7 ft MH baitcaster and it works great. I catch more than enough fish so I don't thing I'm losing anything by using an all purpose rod.

[Captain Phil]

1 hour ago, Mobasser said:

I agree with WRB on this one. If you can figure out what the fish are biting on, you really don't need that much stuff.

Years ago when bass tournaments first started in Florida, I drew a well known fisherman as my boater.   I was thrilled to fish with him.  When I walked up to his boat he saw the giant tackle box I was toting along with a huge armful of rods.  He said "Put a bag of black worms in your shirt pocket and you will be good to go."   He was right.  :>)

[Dens228]

When I started kayak bass fishing four years ago I brought two rods.  I wondered why people needed more than that.  Now I have been bringing six the last two years and will be bringing eight the rest of the summer since the weeds are now thickening up and I need to frog and punch.  

[RoLo]

 

“Why so many rods?”, I ask myself that question on every outing.

 

Before tournament angling (Pre-1967), two practices were very widespread:

1) The use of ‘one’ fishing outfit

2) The use of ‘snap-swivels’

Back then, I was complacent with one outfit, after all, I only caught one fish at a time.

Today of course, both practices are highly unusual. In sharp contrast,

I've been working hard during the last several years, trying to whittle the number of carry-on outfits

from 10 to 5. Talk about an onerous task.

 

Roger

[GreenPig]

I really dislike getting to the lake wishing I'd brought this or that,  so I take a pile.

[BrianMDTX]

2 hours ago, RoLo said:

 

“Why so many rods?”, I ask myself that question on every outing.

 

Before tournament angling (Pre-1967), two practices were very widespread:

1) The use of ‘one’ fishing outfit

2) The use of ‘snap-swivels’

Back then, I was complacent with one outfit, after all, I only caught one fish at a time.

Today of course, both practices are highly unusual. In sharp contrast,

I've been working hard during the last several years, trying to whittle the number of carry-on outfits

from 10 to 5. Talk about an onerous task.

 

Roger

I think you are dead on about snap swivels. Everybody used them 30-40 years ago. Even to attach Eagle Claw snelled hooks with nightcrawlers! 

[PourMyOwn]

4 minutes ago, BrianMDTX said:

I think you are dead on about snap swivels. Everybody used them 30-40 years ago. Even to attach Eagle Claw snelled hooks with nightcrawlers! 

I grew up fishing snap swivels, a brilliant way for my dad to not have to retie for a little kid.

[Sissyfishing]

Two for me one to fish one for a tail dragger