have you caught a bass on all your rod combos?

[Darth-Baiter]

I have the weirdest thing.  I am almost uncomfortable if I have a rod-combo that is skunked.  right now it is the punch rig in my arsenal.  I can't remember catching a bass with that thing!!  argh.  I tried like heck yesterday, to no success.  

 

like all things, this too shall pass.  one day,I will drop my bait on a less intelligent bass.  haha..   it is my heaviest rod, so it might go with me into the ocean for some halibut.  I will  bring a different reel tho. 

[Choporoz]

Tie a Ned on it

[Captain Phil]

1 hour ago, Darth-Baiter said:

I am almost uncomfortable if I have a rod-combo that is skunked.  right now it is the punch rig in my arsenal.  I can't remember catching a bass with that thing!!  argh.  I tried like heck yesterday, to no success.

 

Leave all your other rods at home...   ?

[ATA]

I have catch bass on each single combo in first day I start to use. coz I just that use that combo all day and catch at least one before I go home. 

[BrianMDTX]

Still waiting to catch a bass on my HF frog rig. 

[the reel ess]

Not on my fly rod

[Yuddzy]

I have one that I've only caught pike on so far, despite throwing mostly Texas Rigs. 

 

I'll go fishing from shore today, see what happens. There's some decent rocky drop offs I could probably flutter a Senko down. 

[A-Jay]

Yes ~

And the toughest ones were the A-Rig set ups.

That one took me at least a couple of seasons.

Got her done though and haven't looked back.

Incidentally, I've sold some sticks to a few BR members that

have taken a few respectable bass.

And it looks like there may be a few more available this fall.

#thinningtheherd

A-Jay

[Hook2Jaw]

My deep cranking rod. 

[king fisher]

Yes.  I don't have enough combos to have any be a one technique only, rod reel.  The bait monkey is unhappy with the situation, and is constantly complaining.  If he had his way, I would have rods, that never even get used. My A rig rod is borrowed from my salmon steelhead quiver.  All other bass fishing combos do double duty with bass techniques, as well as may get used for other species.

[Captain Phil]

Keep in mind that not all fishing techniques work in all situations or at all times of the year.  Florida style fishing may not work well in a clear deep Northern Lake. Flipping and pitching work best in shallow water lakes with lots of cover and low visibility.   It wouldn't do me much good to throw a NED rig In Lake Eustis.  A giant bass would take my rod away from me and beat me with it. ?

 

[Happybeerbuzz]

My big swimbait rod that I got myself for Xmas has been a fail so far, and I have about 5 lures to go with it.  

[Boomstick]

I have caught fish on all of the combos that I have bought for myself. I only buy a combo if I have a need for it.

 

I may have a few cheaper combos I bought for the wife or just to have when friends come fishing with us that I haven't caught fish on, but I don't really use them anyway.

[DitchPanda]

I do believe so...I can't think of a skunk combo.

[Darth-Baiter]

someone above brought up a great point.  I dont have a lot of combos.  6 to be exact, not including the punch set up.  the Punch rod is my only single-tasker.  I only use it to punch.  the other six rods do the rest.  it makes sense they have fish slime on them.  the odds are in their favor.  

 

I might try that shallow spool LEWS on the punch rod.  haha..doomed.!!

[new2BC4bass]

Nope.  Haven't fished several rods/reels yet.  I'm in 7th Heaven if I catch a bass locally on any combo.

[TnRiver46]

Absolutely. I can walk from my front door to a rock quarry full of small hungry largemouth and test any new combo haha

[new2BC4bass]

26 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Absolutely. I can walk from my front door to a rock quarry full of small hungry largemouth and test any new combo haha

I'm extremely jealous! 

[bulldog1935]

The answer is everything I intended for bass fishing and had the chance to fish. 

We're in a terrible drought this year, and can't get a kayak to most of the water where I want to fish this combo.  I'm pretty antsy - we'll see what we get in the fall. 

 

But I've more than made up for it with all the fly rods I've taken to hill country river crossings since I could first drive to Pancranz crossing. 

[JustJames]

7 hours ago, ATA said:

I have catch bass on each single combo in first day I start to use. coz I just that use that combo all day and catch at least one before I go home. 

That what I told my wife, I only catch fish on new gears, the reason I keep buying new stuffs. She didn’t buy into it though lol.

[YakOrBank]

I live in New Hampshire so less is more I have 4 setups that do me just fine. I do currently have a skunk on a crank/spinner rod and reel as they were only purchased 2 hours ago and haven’t been tested. 7’1 st croix bass x m/f paired with a slx Dc 6.4.

Just now, NewGuyOnTheDock said:

I live in New Hampshire so less is more I have 4 setups that do me just fine. I do currently have a skunk on a crank/spinner rod and reel as they were only purchased 2 hours ago and haven’t been tested. 7’1 st croix bass x m/f paired with a slx Dc 6.4.

It’ll be a skunked combo when I do test it though if I’m being honest. ?

[keagbassr]

I've not caught a fish yet on my punching combo either only because it's still in the 'warehouse'( closet). I have caught fish on I think 11 other combos so far this season.

[ErieCan]

Yes. Funny thing..... I bought 4 new combos this year and caught bass on all four during the opening day of the season. 

[TnRiver46]

13 hours ago, new2BC4bass said:

I'm extremely jealous! 

There’s usually 50-75 people swimming there, you just have to cast inbetween them all! Winter is nice and somewhat quiet 

[garroyo130]

I haven't even bought all my combos ...