What specific baits do you have tied on at all times? In other words, what bait specific rods do you have?

[clemsondds]

I am a rod junkie...I admit it lol. Just curious what techniques (ie football jig, swim jig, squarebill...) do you have tied on at all times, and then which do you tie on if the conditions are right? Just a fun question...don't take it too seriously  

 

[BrianMDTX]

1- wacky rig

2- Texas rig

 

That is my 100% always. 

[Jig Man]

5 Ned rigs, 2 shaky, 2 spinnerbaits, 1 swimbait, 2 tubes, 2 sliders, a jigging spoon and 2 Arigs most all of the time.

[Happybeerbuzz]

Texas Rig Creature Bait

Jig

Either a Ned, Shakyhead, Wacky, 3" Paddle Tail, or Neko on the spinning rod.  

 

Everything else is decided the night before going out.

[Ski]

AS a "Backseater" I carry eight.

Spinning rod... Wacky senko

Flipping/Pitching stick...Creature bait 

Cranking Rod...Squarebill

Texas Rig... Swimming worm

 7 foot MH rod ... Jerk Bait

7 foot Heavy rod ...Buzz Bait

7 foot MH... Chatter Bait

7 foot MH...Swim Jig

 

[BoatSquirrel]

The dedicated rod is the gateway drug to purchasing ridiculous numbers of combos.

[Ski]

1 minute ago, BoatSquirrel said:

The dedicated rod is the gateway drug to purchasing ridiculous numbers of combos.

Fortunately as a Backseater ya have to find rods and line for multiple uses. But yes if I were a Boater and could have 15 Rods in the locker it would be easy to do so.

[WRB]

2 jig rods with jigs tied on

1 worm rod with sliding bullet weight, bead and worm hook tied on

2 spinning rods, drop shot and slip shot rigged with worm hook.

1 top water/ medium crank bait rod with snap tied on.

Back when I was fishing a lot I kept 15 rods rigged

Tom

[Tennessee Boy]

T-Rig & Jig but I don't keep them on the same rod all the time.  I'm afraid the rod might start thinking it's a bait specific rod.  ?

[Big Hands]

5 minutes ago, Tennessee Boy said:

T-Rig & Worm but I don't keep them on the same rod all the time.  I'm afraid the rod might start thinking it a bait specific rod.

Don't want to let that genie out of the bottle. It might start thinking it needs it's own private rod locker.

 

I have 10 rod/reel combos in my first tier quiver. We fish all year here (no hard water season), and if there was a rod that comes close to always being on the deck and rigged the same way, it would be a dropshot. But, in the winter, I may or may not have it along every trip. I usually limit myself to four or five rods per trip, and two three of them will be targeted to what I plan to do that day and the other one or two will be wild cards just in case things don't go as planned.

 

None of my rigs are exclusively dedicated to one bait. Even my dropshot rod gets used for slipshot and weightless worm fishing, and maybe even light spoon jigging.

[Mike L]

Punch 

Frog

T rig

 

 

 

 

 

Mike

 

 

 

[A-Jay]

 

From March/April through November/December, my waters, seasons & certainly the conditions, can & do vary wildly.

Most every rig pulls some type of 'double duty'. 

Early season Jerkbait rods double as open topwater rigs as the waters warm.

Vibrating jig sticks double as Spinnerbait and crankbait wands as the action dictates.

My jig rods delivers frogs when it's right. 

Drop shot rigs throw tubes & small swimbaits.

Hair jig blank gets to visit with Ned on occasion. 

So there's that . . .

Fish Hard 

A-Jay

 

 

 

 

[clemsondds]

2 hours ago, Jig Man said:

5 Ned rigs, 2 shaky, 2 spinnerbaits, 1 swimbait, 2 tubes, 2 sliders, a jigging spoon and 2 Arigs most all of the time.

5 ned rigs?! Wow that's some serious dedication! It definitely produces

[gunsinger]

I've almost always got a tokyo rig, jerkbait, texas rig, and a topwater.  I'll throw in the carolina rig when fishing deeper waters.

[MN Fisher]

One MH rod always has either a spinner or chatter on it

Another MH always has some type of jig (football, swim, finesse)

 

I think my ML/MF is the only one that always starts with the same lure - lipless...though that might change to a squarebill or Zara Puppy by the end of the day.

[Bankbeater]

The only dedicated rig I use is a punch rig. My other rods see multiple types of baits.

 

 

 

[Columbia Craw]

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

 

From March/April through November/December, my waters, seasons & certainly the conditions, can & do vary wildly.

Most every rig pulls some type of 'double duty'. 

Early season Jerkbait rods double as open topwater rigs as the waters warm.

Vibrating jig sticks double as Spinnerbait and crankbait wands as the action dictates.

My jig rods delivers frogs when it's right. 

Drop shot rigs throw tubes & small swimbaits.

Hair jig blank gets to visit with Ned on occasion. 

So there's that . . .

Fish Hard 

A-Jay

 

 

 

 

Bingo!

Having combos that provide double or triple duty are important for me because of the diversity in the locations I like to fish.  However, I have two rods that I class as dedicated. Drop shot and punching.

[T-Billy]

ALWAYS have a ned and aTrig on deck. Other stuff comes and goes with the seasons and conditions.

[Lead Head]

I have 4 rods that have never known some type of double duty. Heavy jig/pitching rod, frog rod, 3/8-1/2oz jig rod, and a ned rod. The first 2 are not always on the deck, the second 2 are. Everything else gets used for something other than its original purpose, but rarely. 

I built a NFC x-ray neo early this year that has only ever thrown a swim jig. I absolutely love the feel of this blank and will definitely use it for other techniques at some point because I suspect it is the most versatile rod I own. After I have a feel for it with jigs, cranks, frogs etc... it will likely settle in as a swim jig only rod. 

[keagbassr]

Ive got dedicated rigs for- spinnerbait, buzzbait, jig, frog, toad, punching and bladed jigs. However the only two that are rigged and ready all year are the spinner and buzzbait rods. With the exception of the punch rod all are 'expected' to do other things as needed or don't come out until they're  needed.

[king fisher]

Most of the year I have 5 rods.  I start the morning off with.

BC. 7' medium -Spook, or popper depending on wind

BC 7.5' medium heavy- Buzz Bait

BC 7.5 medium heavy-  weightless 7 inch Senko rigged weed less.

BC 7.5' heavy- large wake bait or Whopper Plopper 

Spinning rod, floating Rapala

 

A couple hours after daylight I switch to.

 

B.C. medium-  Always have a Snap for some type of crankbait. 

BC. medium heavy - Always have a Spinnerbait

BC. medium heavy -paddle tail swimbait or jig

BC heavy- Texas rigged creature bait, worm, for flipping, or A rig.(Thinking of buying separate A rig rod.)

Spinning rod.- inline spinner, or weightless senko

 

End of the day.  All mixed up with almost anything.

 

This time of year, rainy season.  

Heavy-  frog or punching.

MH-  Buzz Bait.

[GRiver]

I keep a Tex-rig, top water and a rig with a wild-eyed storm paddle tail ( for when I pass the shiner markers) on the front casting deck. In the rod holders,  I’ve got a crank bait rig with a rattletrap tied on and all purpose spare spinner and bait caster rig. 

[fishwizzard]

6 hours ago, BoatSquirrel said:

The dedicated rod is the gateway drug to purchasing ridiculous numbers of combos.

 

Finding a rod that is amazing at one thing is pretty easy.  But I fish on foot a lot so I am forever on the quest to find rods that do two different but complementary things amazingly.  That is a bit harder and is how I ended up with two dozen combos.  

[TcRoc]

Texas Rig my # 1( has always been my confidence bait)

Wacky or Shaky head 

Jig

Top water+ frog rod

Cb rod

 

 

 

[Bass Rutten]

My only bait specific rod would be my 7’ kage m/f spinning rod, the perfect rod for the amazing trick worm. I almost always start with a slider/shakey head or neko rig, then move on to wacky, flick shake, mojo/split-shot, or drop shot as needed.