How many rods/reels is enough???

[BJCas]

I am sure this has been talked about a lot, but how many do you have in the boat or bank each day?  beside the cost factor, how many is enough? I figure you can only cast one lure at a time.

 

My daily set up is 7 in the boat:

 

baitcasting

1- XH XF with 40#braid for junk fishing

2- MH F with 20# braid and flouro leader for swim jig and Texas rig swim worms

1- M F with 20# braid and flouro leader for finesse--shakey head and drop shotting

 

1 MH Mod with 15# flouro for chatterbait/cranking

1 M Mod with 10# for small swimbaits/square bills

 

Spinning

1 M Fast  for dock skipping a wacky worm.

 

[scaleface]

In my boat 7 or 8 . Jon boat 5 or 6 . Canoe 2 , Bank fishing one .

[roadwarrior]

 

[Jar11591]

When I’m in my boat alone, I’ll usually have 7 or 8 casting rigs and 1-3 spinning rigs on me. If someone is fishing in the boat with me or I’m in someone else’s boat, I may limit that to 5 casting and 1 spinning rig. Maybe. 

If I’m on the bank, I usually have 3 casting rigs. If I’m wading a creek or river, I’ll have one spinning set up. 

[fishballer06]

16 minutes ago, BJCas said:

I am sure this has been talked about a lot...

 

It has. Probably a half a dozen times  year I'd bet...

[MN Fisher]

I'll play again - I've got 16 rigs total

 

Boat: 6 casting, 4 spinning

Shore: 1 casting, 2 spinning

Panfish: 3 spinning

 

Sometimes I'll take the casting shore rig on the boat when after bass, the panfish rigs are boat or shore depending on where I'm targeting them from.

[the reel ess]

The real answer is 5. But I usually pack 6-7, 8 when I think I might want to catch panfish. Truth told, I could usually only take 3 combos and catch the same quantity of fish. But which 3? Since I'm in a kayak, having a rod for each technique is helpful. I have a reel getting worked on right now. When it comes back, I won't have the correct rod for whatever technique I want to use it for. Thus, I will need another rod soon.

[Choporoz]

The answer is X.

 

X = the number I have + 1

[Deleted account]

15 minutes ago, Choporoz said:

The answer is X.

 

X = the number I have + 1

I'm sure QED is familiar with n+1, or some iteration...  

[QED]

6 minutes ago, Deleted account said:

I'm sure QED is familiar with n+1, or some iteration...  

 

Induction proof.  Elegant stuff.  But when it comes to bike racing or fishing stuff, the correct answer is always N+1.

[Pogues2300]

Usually take five on my kayak. Could probably trim it down to my glx 852s, nrx 873 crr, and imx pro 854 cbr but what’s the fun in that?? 

[GreenPig]

9 - 14 if I take 3 or 4 big swimbait rigs. 12 - 14 if I  don't take my big swimbait rigs.

[Skunkmaster-k]

The storage on my boat is small so I don’t carry more than 4 rods. Stepping on a rod is no bueno. 

[Mike L]

As always a co angler in a boat I always bring 6. 
If not 1 is enough 

 

 

 

Mike

 

 

 

 

Mike

[DaubsNU1]

My boat is equipped to hold 6 rods.

 

Depending on lake, it's either four bait-casters and two spinning rods, or three of each.  I want to be able to secure all rods when traveling and on the water.

 

 

When I fish in my brother's Lund, I take three rods, again, so I can secure every rod when traveling and on the water. 

[FryDog62]

I have 15 rod tubes in my boat, so I limit myself to 15. I decided if I go over that, I’m probably over-thinking things and I fish better when I keep it simple, straightforward. 

Like I said, 18 set ups... shoulld be all I really ever need ?

Twenty might be nice... 

Regards, -The Bait Monkey

[flyfisher]

However many your finances and storage allow you to have is the only right number or another way to look it is x+1=# total rods where x=number of current rods.

 

Conventional I usually carry 6-7

Fly rod is usually 3-4

 

I just got a new kayak so we will see how it works for rod storage.

[Cbump]

I have 21. I like technique specific though. And I like to collect things. 

[Randy Price]

Funny how up to my early 30's I only had one rod and reel.  Now I have 15-20 but really use 2-3 a lot.  My three musky rods only get used 3-5 days a year.

[LrgmouthShad]

If I leave a rod at home, it will be the one I need that day. 
 

[NavyToad]

1 to 4. If I have too many rods, sometimes I don’t spend enough time with any one bait to figure out what’s working. I only fish one lake and I usually have what I need.

Sometimes I just take 1 spinning rod with an underspin with a grub or paddletail and don’t worry about anything.

[thunderblack]

probably one from each manufacturer in each action and power.

[DinkDreams]

I bank fish exclusively, and usually carry 2 casting (a M/F and a MH/F) and a ML spinning rod. MH has braid so I use that for topwaters and bottom contact baits, And use the M with 14lb mono for all my moving baits (chatterbaits, lipless, spinnerbaits, squarebills, swim jigs etc). ML spinning handles all my weightless and finesse stuff.

 

That being said, I don’t fish squarebills often and my M rod has a guide missing, so when I replace it I’ll probably get another MH for my moving baits. I like the castability of the M power but it leaves much to be desired in the “backbone” department especially with spinnerbaits and chatterbaits in the grass infested ponds i fish.

[T-Billy]

1 hour ago, Choporoz said:

The answer is X.

 

X = the number I have + 1

This should be marked as the solution. Well done Choporoz. ?

[FishTank]