What baits do you always tie on for an outing

[Branuss04]

3 are always the same:

Wake Jr.

Drop Shot

Jig

The other two rigs I tie on something related to the bite/weather/time of year.

[.dsaavedra.]

i always keep a 4/0 hook on my worm rod and just switch plastics (usually use a trick stick though)

and then i always have a clip tied on my crankbait rod so that i can quickly switch cranks. i will usually be using a Rapala DT of some sort depending on the depth im fishing. its usually a DT 03 or DT 06.

[Speed Worm]

Speed-worm setup: 1/16 oz screw-in/ Zoom Uvibe speed worm

Lipless crank setup: SPRO aruku shad jr.

[MichBassMan]

Considering the "ALWAYS" in your question:

a weightless t.rigged soft plastic ( senco or french fry)

a jig / trailer

a t.rigged worm or creature bait

a spinner bait

[detroit1]

Like most of us here, i switch baits with the seasons, although i have a dropshot is rigged all year. The other 5 rods: big spinnerbait,dd22,big shallow crank, Flash,jig or big worm.

[FD.]

7'6" Heavy with 65 lb braid for flippin the heavy stuff

7' MH with a series 1 crank

7' MH with swim blade

7' MH with 30 lb braid and a frog

7' MH T-rig

7' M with a spook

[Catt]

Any body of water & any time of the year  

#1 Texas Rig with a 3/16 oz sinker & a 3/0 straight shank hook

#2 Texas Rig with a 1/4 oz sinker & a 3/0 straight shank hook

#3 Jig-N-Craw Worm

#4 Spinner Bait or Buzz Bait

#5 Rat-L-Trap

[Muddy]

WOW Thanks for the responses 8-)

[fourbizz]

8 or 10 inch 2X4

3:16 Wake Bait or Armageddon

3:16 Wake Jr

Big softbait: Rising Son,Large Mission Fish, Huddleston, etc

1/2oz Brown/Purple football head with Netbait Paca Chunk in Bama Bug

Dropshot with a 3/16oz finesse weight size 1 owner mosquito and a 3.5-7 inch straight tail worm

[JShrock07]

Rage tail toad

Yum craw papi w/ a pegged 1/2oz weight

ragt tail shad

10" culprit worm

PBJ 3/8 oz jig with a rage tail craw

Spinnerbait

[Brush Hog20]

I carry 8-10 rods.  But I never leave the house without a spinnerbait rod, a buzzbait rod, and a Brush Hog rod.. and lately I could just leave the house with just the buzzbait rod and slay em all day...

[cart7t]

Always?

An old Terminator Titanium 3/8oz spinnerbait that's been really good to me.

A Rat L Trap.  Shad or chrome/chart.

One worm rod rigged with a 1/8oz bullet weight and a 2/0 wide gap for tossing worms.

That's it. Everything else is seasonal or lake dependant.

[guitarkid]

Trick worm and a 2/0 Gammie hook. As far as color uhh... Green pumpkin green, green pumpkin blue, green pumpkin gold. I think you see a pattern here.

                           -tumnus

[snapper G]

When I'm going to the usual hole, I bring a frog, and T-rigless worm, ( ) and a spinnerbait. But, i can only bring 3 poles, (2 casting, one spinning) I don't have a boat some I'm VERY limited to a few pole and a box. (most of the time i'll have some spinnerbaits, a buzzbait, slug-o, some a soft plastic jerk baits, and maybe a crank bait and a (hard) jerk bait.

[wagn]

I usually go out with 5 to 7 rods.

The only thing I always have rigged up is a senko.

Everything else depends on the water conditions, season and weather. I've fish some lakes that are crystal clear and some that are full of junk weeds and dirty. It just depends on the conditions

[The_Natural]

I generally bring 6 rods with the baits changing depending on the season.  The only baits that remain constant are a jig and crankbait.  I always have a jig and crank on.  The weather has cooled here in a Texas, and I'm headed out in the morning.  I've got an H&T HT2 in shad (fat shallow crank), a custom flat sided shallow crank in Tennessee shad,  a homemade 3/8oz finesse jig/speed craw trailer, a bone colored Yellow Magic, and a watermelon shad Slug-go.  I've got a few spinnerbaits/chatterbaits and several soft baits in the bullpen.  

[Sam]

Senkos.  

[Big-O]

1/4 oz jig w/Rage chunk

1/2 oz jig w/ Rage craw or lobster

3/4 or 1 oz jig w/lobster

1/4 oz T-rig for craw. lobster, spacemonkey, lizard or Anaconda

1/2 oz T-rig for    "         "              "                "              "

Carolina rig for    "         "              "                "              "

Weightless 4/0 EWG superline hook for Rage shad, lobster or 7" Anaconda

Weightless 5/0 EWG superline hook for Rage toad, 10" Anaconda

4/0 keel weighted hook for Rage shad, spacemonkey, 7' Anaconda or lobster

5/0 keel weighted hook for Rage toad or 10" Anaconda

Light set up w/1/8 oz stand up jig head and Rage chunk dipped in JJ's chartreuse for my Grandboy "Michael"

Like all of us old guys, and I've got a lot of rods  ;D

Big O

[The_Natural]

1/4 oz jig w/Rage chunk

1/2 oz jig w/ Rage craw or lobster

3/4 or 1 oz jig w/lobster

1/4 oz T-rig for craw. lobster, spacemonkey, lizard or Anaconda

1/2 oz T-rig for    "         "              "                "              "

Carolina rig for    "         "              "                "              "

Weightless 4/0 EWG superline hook for Rage shad, lobster or 7" Anaconda

Weightless 5/0 EWG superline hook for Rage toad, 10" Anaconda

4/0 keel weighted hook for Rage shad, spacemonkey, 7' Anaconda or lobster

5/0 keel weighted hook for Rage toad or 10" Anaconda

Light set up w/1/8 oz stand up jig head and Rage chunk dipped in JJ's chartreuse for my Grandboy "Michael"

Like all of us old guys, and I've got a lot of rods  ;D

Big O

Wow...you sure keep a lot of soft plastics rigged up!  They get one or two rods of mine on a good day.  

[Paul Roberts]

Gosh, really depends on the water I'm visiting that day, and then the conditions of the day, or hour. I carry four rods, as that's all my float tube will allow. Up to three rods if I'm fishing from shore.

For the smallish pits and res I fish most now, the 4 rods are designated:

-Jig/pork (often a Nichols' Mango) on a 6ft MH spinning.

-Spinnerbait on a 6.5ft MH casting. This rod doubles as a light slop fishing rig.

-a plastic (worm, tube, soft jerk) on a 7ft MH spinning

-a crank or topwater on a 6.5ft Med casting

Some waters and seasons I exchange one of the above for a 6.5ft med spinning (finesse), or a 6.5ft and 7ft H spinning or casting (heavy work).

[Big-O]

Wow...you sure keep a lot of soft plastics rigged up! They get one or two rods of mine on a good day.

[Muddy]

I am glad I am not tied to one type of bait or company, it would limit the possibilites too much. As much as I love plastics there have been days that were A ONE because of Rapalas or Cranks and nights with Jitterbugs and Colorodo Bladed Spinner baits that would have been Zipped had I stayed with Trick Sticks or Worms.

[Big-O]

Your right Muddy...one evening a couple of weeks ago, the neighbors kids and I had a slugfest on small spinner baits and rattletraps. Then the next morning, a friend and I took our wives and whacked the same group of fish on jerk baits and flukes. They had so much fun, that evening they grilled the steaks while he I drank beer and watched ball games.  

But for the last few years the majority of my fishing is about checking baits, so it's Jigs and soft plastics. And no complaints here 'cause that kinda style suits me just fine.....slow and easy.

Big O