Quiver Redundancy

[Big Hands]

I usually take 4 or 5 rods with me in the boat. I am in a 16' Tracker Grizzly with no built in rod storage, so it can get cluttered even though I fish alone the great majority of the time. 

 

For me though, I find myself usually taking at least two very similarly rigged combos if I feel like I will be concentrating on a specific method/pattern. Lately, that has been looking something like this:

 

2 @ medium power fast action spinning rods with either a 2000 or 2500 reel filled with #10 or #12 braid to 7 lb fluoro leader. One rigged with dropshot, the other with weightless wacky hook.

 

2@ ML /L fast action casting rods with Curado BFS, #15 braid to 7 lb fluoro leader. Both rigged for light texas rig, though the weight and/pr hook size/style might differ a little.

 

1 @ some type of moderate action casting for some type of crankbait or topwater, 40 lb braid to 10 lb fluoro leader.

 

I'm usually only fishing for 3 to 4 hours in the morning or evening. I like to have something along to switch away from fishing with plastics ALL the time, but the truth is that I usually don't spend a significant amount of time cranking plugs. 

 

I know I could take only one of each of the first two and be OK, maybe even one rig that could do it all, but with only a limited (feels that way to me) amount of time to fish, I like the idea of being able to grab a similar rig and quickly get back to fishing if something gets fouled of a leader breaks off. 

 

Are you a wide variety type of angler, or a redundant systems type of angler?

[keagbassr]

I'd say im both. I usually take 8-10 rods out with me most of which have  'designated purpose', however i have 1 that is my 'do-all' rig which might have a second spinnerbait or buzzbait on if I'm trying to figure out  which one might produce that day. I also have a rod thats my 'heavy+1' rod that i carry if i want a 2nd frog or punch setup. Today  i was al in on punching so i also had my frog rod set up as a 3rd punch rig.

[soflabasser]

I usually take 1-2 rods when I fish and that is enough for me to have a good day of fishing.

[TnRiver46]

Redundant systems 

[Big Hands]

15 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Redundant systems 

Time and a place

[Bluebasser86]

I'm a junk fisherman so I tend to have a rod for everything with me. 

[Jig Man]

Redundant I guess.  For example, yesterday I had 2 jig setups, 2 shaky, and 3 Neds on the deck along with 1 spinner bait on the deck.  It was a bit crowded.

[scaleface]

I take 5 to 6 rods and they are not finesse . Light lures just dont get used much unless vacationing in a clear water impoundment .If  not fishing offshore then I'm casting at visible targets with lures heavy enough to make precision cast . Leave the 1/4 ounce lures in the box , tie 1/2 ounce lures   on  and hit the target I'm looking at . Thats my style and its effective .  

[A-Jay]

8 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

I'm a junk fisherman so I tend to have a rod for everything with me. 

I am right here as well.

Although I've never understood the 'junk' term.

Prefer to have as many tools at my disposal as possible.

Sort of like a good junk mechanic I suppose.

Fish Hard

A-Jay

[SRQAlex]

Most days I bring 4-5 rods with me. 
med action crankbait rod

med action Texas rig rod

med heavy spinnerbait / chatter bait rod

heavy punching/frog rod

med light spinning rod for finesse fishing, although I don’t finesse fish very much. 

[scaleface]

25 minutes ago, SRQAlex said:

Most days I bring 4-5 rods with me. 
med action crankbait rod

med action Texas rig rod

med heavy spinnerbait / chatter bait rod

heavy punching/frog rod

med light spinning rod for finesse fishing, although I don’t finesse fish very much. 

When fishing in a boat with limited space , I carry four , 7' mh rods . one ,7' hvy action . Now I may throw in a spinning rod or 6'6" med action baitcaster rod depending  on how I think the bite will be. When in my Lowe I'll carry them all including  a short pistol grip .

[LrgmouthShad]

3 rods is what fits in my kayak currently with holders. I feel at any given time, a selection of three baits is good enough for me. All three are meant to work for another lure though. I find myself retying less and less these days

[islandbass]

If I fished from a boat and had the space I’d go redundant because that would make sense and be efficient. 
 

However, I fish from the shore and as a result, I prefer a minimalist approach in order to be mobile and unencumbered. When I was new to fishing I took 5 rods. It was a PITA to carry that and two tackle bags.  I realized usually 3 of the 5 rods were used more than the other 2. Those last two are either dropped or one to make any 3 of the 5 to employ. 
 

1 spinning, 1 casting and 1 light spinning will cover 90% of what I need. 
 

Thanks to some evil people here, my bait monkey has been hounding me to add a bfs setup. ?

 

It would also mean I’d have to build a new rod quiver, and I’d have to ponder whether to make it trapezoidal, pentagonal, or hexagonal, to hold 5 or 6 rods, lol. 

link to my triangular rod quiver:

 

[Catt]

I could get by with only 3, topwater, mid-depth, & bottom.

 

I prefer & usually carry 5; 2 bottom contact, 2 topwater, & 1 mid-depth. All 5 are subject to change depending on body of water & current conditions.

[the reel ess]

I tie on 5, 6 or 7 things that I think will work based on seasonal patterns, conditions and location. It's a different thing from day to day. But in warm weather, especially in a smaller body of water, I'll sometimes have 3 topwaters tied on for the morning. As the sun rises, I'll usually switch at least 2 over to something else. For instance, I may start off with a buzzbait and switch it over to a spinnerbait. Or I'll switch a topwater over to a lipless crank. I don't have a rod for every lure that I use.

[Choporoz]

I take eight rods in my kayak.  I will pick out the eight rods I think I want in my hand that day based on body of water, time of year, weather,  etc.  With 8 rods, there's guaranteed to be some redundancy and overlap.  However, Newtons 7th law of fishing guarantees that within 45 minutes of launching, I will be kicking myself for not choosing to carry a particular rod that day.

[king fisher]

I usually carry four rods in my kayak. One medium fast casting, one medium heavy fast casting, one heavy flipping stick, One medium spinning rod. The flipping stick is having to do double duty now that I fish an Alabama rig. It works, but the bait monkey wants me to buy a specific rod for the a rig. Problem with buying a rod heavy enough to handle the Alabama rig is, It would also work great four giant swim and glide Baits. Not sure if I can afford to go down that road.

[Sphynx]

Depends on the day for me, there are times I want 6 rods with me to either discover a pattern I haven't figured out yet, or to explore new baits and I want a bunch of different rods and lines to see what I like fishing it on. On the other hand, there are times where I have a pattern already well established, and I can get away with just taking a couple of rods and a couple spare baits/packs of plastics in my pocket or whatever, occasionally I take a couple same/similar rods with different colors or small variations on a presentation simply to make my life more convenient, both ways have a place, I tend to find that the lighter the kit I am carrying is the more likely I am to wander and seek out new spots, big shocker I know. I would say that for an average bank trip, I Cary 3 rods, and a backpack with 5 3600 sized Plano EDGE Flex boxes, a few rolls of various mono/FC leader material, and associated soft plastics, I have found that this system provides a great deal more flexibility than would be immediately obvious, it doesn't give me the ideal situation for a lot of lures, but it's usually "good enough" and will catch fish.

[islandbass]

56 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

I take eight rods in my kayak.  I will pick out the eight rods I think I want in my hand that day based on body of water, time of year, weather,  etc.  With 8 rods, there's guaranteed to be some redundancy and overlap.  However, Newtons 7th law of fishing guarantees that within 45 minutes of launching, I will be kicking myself for not choosing to carry a particular rod that day.

Preach on, preach on, lol. So true. 
For me it goes in Qbert language, “$&@%*#!!” I knew I should have brought that rod instead.  

[new2BC4bass]

When I fish with my B-I-L in FL I usually carry 4 rods.  Each set up with a different type lure.  Last time I went I carried 5 because I had shipped down a dedicated frog rod, but that is really too much on the little boat we use.

 

Redundant at home.  I don't get out often and would rather grab another rod than to re-tie.  I fish from shore so I don't go too far from the car so I can switch rods easily.  Honestly I probably could re-tie quicker most of the time, but how could I justify all my rods then. 

[T-Billy]

8 hours ago, Choporoz said:

I take eight rods in my kayak.

Thank you!!! I have a newfound appreciation for how roomy my 14' boat is with 10 rods on the deck!!! I like junk fishin too. I try to be prepared for whatever the day may bring. Some situations call for redundancy. Two flippin sticks, so if I hang one up, I can lay it down, pick up the other and finish fishing that cover before retrieving the first bait. Same with the ned rods early and late in the year. That TRD Bug is something special in cold water.

[WRB]

I am down to 5 combos, 4 casting and 1 finesse spinning.

I can get by with 3 combos, 1 jig & Worm rod, 1 multi use top water and small crank baits or spoons and 1 finesses spinning if needed.

Tom

PS, Carried 15 combos in my boat before selling everything.

[Sphynx]

3 hours ago, WRB said:

I am down to 5 combos, 4 casting and 1 finesse spinning.

Incan get by with 3 combos, 1 jig & Worm rod, 1 multi use top water and small crank baits or spoons and 1 finesses spinning if needed.

Tom

This is pretty much where I am at these days, occasionally the topwater rod gets swapped out for a cranking rod at certain times of the year, but a MH/F casting and a finesse spinning combo are the foundation from which everything else works.

[padon]

im in a 16 foot grizzly also although mine has custom aluminum decking with under deck storage etc. still no rod locker. when i fish by myself i take 8 to 10. definetley some redundancy but they stay on the back deck pretty much out of my way. i dont really need them all but i keep a wide variety of stuff tied on so i can pretty much grab and go.