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

[papajoe222]

I normally have a jig, two cranks, C-rig and topwater tied on during the summer.  If the barometer is high, I'll switch out the crankin rods for a wacky rig and a tube. I may switch out the C-rig for a split shot, but normally I'll just switch the bait to something smaller.

[Dye99]

I usually take 6 rigs out with me kayak fishing for smallmouth..

Spinning

-weightless wacky senco 

-Ned rig

-weightless fluke

Casting

-whopper plopper 75

-Dark sleeper

-Keitech swimbait

[jbsoonerfan]

Another words? I literally laughed out loud!!!

[Catt]

Texas Rig & Jig-n-Craw 24/7/365!

 

Texas Rig might be weightless to 1/8 oz. Or it might be 3/16 to 1/2 oz.

 

Jig-n-Craw might be 1/4 to 1/2 oz or 3/4 to 1.5 oz.

 

That's 4 rods, 2 will be on deck depending seasonal patterns, cover, & water depth.

 

[rangerjockey]

Depends on the time of year of course but right now on Table Rock.

2 jig rods

A big worm rod 

2 Topwater rods, Popper and Plopper.

 A spinning rod with a shakey head.   Used to be a ned rig but I don't think they bite it as good as they did a few years ago.

 Once the sun gets over the mountains the spoon rod will usually make it's appearance.

 

 

[Spankey]

I hate having a lot of rods out but I generally have 6 out and ready to throw. 
 

(2) crankbait rods more moderate actions. diver and squarebills

 

(2) x-fast action for smaller lighter soft plastic finesse baits. 
 

(2) fast action for heavier soft plastics ex. Senkos, larger tubes, craws and worms. 

[clemsondds]

8 hours ago, jbsoonerfan said:

Another words? I literally laughed out loud!!!

LOL...glad I could make your day a little brighter. Sometimes the southern comes out a little too strong.  Yall have a great day!

[Finessegenics]

1- Ned Rig. 1/16 oz jighead with a #2 or #1 hook.  It’s the only thing I can say I always truly have tied on, no matter the time of year or conditions. Always have it on my 6’10 ML/XF Mojo Bass. 
 

There are other techniques which I may have tied on 100% of the time for a few weeks but those are usually seasonal deals. For example, early season I’ll have a spinnerbait tied on, no matter the conditions. In the fall, I’ll have a soft plastic jerkbait tied on for weeks. These techniques can work all year round though. When those rods are not tied with those lures, they’ll do double duty for other techniques. I have a decent arsenal but can’t afford to have a dedicated rod for every single technique. 

[desmobob]

- Jig 

- T-rig 

- crankbait 

- BFS 

- wacky Senko 

- topwater 

[Lmsmbassaddict]

Soft plastics:

Creature, fluke, sticks, flukes & paddle tail. 

 

Favorite rigs:

Tokyo, free rig, child rig, jika. I almost never drop shot. 

 

That set up is probably the one I use most. Admittedly I need you work on my crank bait skills, I just do so well with soft plastics.

 

There's always an area we can work on. Throwing baits and rigs outside my comfort zone is what has made me a better angler today vs. early 2000s when I started taking bass fishing seriously.

 

 

[S Hovanec]

Tube rod.

Cross tail shad rod. (DS)

Shad shape worm rod. (DS)

Gulp goby rod (DS)

General ML DS rod 

 

 

 

[Junk Fisherman]

The only rods that only have 1 lure tied on are:

792 Dobyns- 4" swimbait on a 1/8 to 1/4 jighead 

741 Dobyns- 3" finesse swimbait

 

Everything else does double duty but most rods have one primary function:

742 Dobyns- dropshot

761 MML Steez- Ned (this rod has a lure weight range of 1/16 to 3/4 so I can use it for anything I throw with spinning rods but I use it for Neds 90% of the time)

 

For casting, I have only thrown a dropshot on my 742 Dobyns casting.  I specifically bought this rod for dropshotting and have never even had anything else tied on it.  

[DINK WHISPERER]

 - 7' 3" XH with 50lb braid for hollow body frogs only. 

- 7' 9" H with 20lb fluoro for 1-3oz treble swimbaits only.                                                 - 8' H with 25lb fluoro for 3-7oz treble swimbaits only.                                                 - 7' 11" XH with 60lb braid for punching rig(weight, skirt, craw) only.                            - 7' 6" H with 50lb braid for flipping & pitching plastics only.                                                                                           

These are the setups that never change and I never leave at home. The rest are all really versatile work horses. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[soflabasser]

My favorite lures are topwater so I like to fish with equipment that can fish these lures well. I fish with topwaters of various sizes so I use whichever rod I feel will work well with the topwater I am fishing with.

[NYWayfarer]

My 3 dedicated bait combos are:

 

Medium light spinning rod with a small swimbait

 

Medium spinning rod with a Ned rig

 

Medium casting rod with a Whopper Plopper 60

 

a 4th rod I carry usually has something I want to try from the following list,

 

Wacky rig

Chatterbait

T-rig

Squarebill crankbait

Lipless crankbait

Dropshot