Multiple Setup's

[Genofish]

What are some of the setups people using for differnt presentations. Looking at 3-4 rods/reels to cover various presentations

Plastics/ Jigs / Cranks / Spinners

Thanks

[TurnUpTheFishing]

If I could have just 4 combos for bass they would probably be...

7' MH casting rod. Spool with 14-16 lb copoly or fluoro. Probably the most versitale bass combos.

7' H casting rod. Spool with 50+ braid line for heavy cover/flipping/froggin.

6'6" MH spin rod. One spool with 20 or 30 lb braid, one with 8-10lb fluoro.

7' M spin rod. 8lb fluoro, mainly for jigworming and dropshotting.

Though I would possibly consider dropping the 66mh spin rod and opt for another 7' mh casting rod. Like I said I love the versatility of that setup.

[mww24]

I pretty much agree with turn up the fishing. Except if your going to fish lots of cranks i would sub the spinning rod out for a glass crank rod in a 7 foot medium heavy model.

[RK]

Hiya -

If it were me:

7'6" flipping stick w/ 40# braid. Can flip/pitch, plus fish football jigs, Carolina Rigs, spoons...

6'10" to 7' MH fast action w/ 17# Copoly or Fluorocarbon - Jigs, Texas rigs, light pitching, big spinnerbaits, and just about anything else.

7' Med-Heavy Mod Fast glass composite crankbait rod and #12 copoly. Cranks, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, bigger jerkbaits, small swimbaits, topwaters...

7' Med power fast action spinning. Two spools, one w/ 8# fluoro, another with 15 or 20# braid. Jigworms, tubes, drop shot, skipping, weightless senkos, topwaters, jerkbaits...

You could fish about anywhere in MN with those 4 I think...

Kind of begs the question of why I carry 15 rods then, doesn't it?

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[mww24]

yep RK. I only carry 8 rods. only ever use a couple for the majority of a day. Its nice being able to tie up the plan the night before though.

[Deitz Dittrich]

Only 15 RK? I think I have close to 30 in the boat.. But if I had to do only 4.. I like what RK is thinking.

[RK]

Only 15 RK? I think I have close to 30 in the boat..

I used to carry more, but have been trying to weed out the uni-tasker rods unless there's no choice. Especially when a rod is set up for something I don't do very often, I try to get by with a multi-purpose rod.

Success with this effort has been somewhat uneven however

Cheers,

RK

[mww24]

Dietz. does the cat have built in rod tubes? How do you even keep 30 rods in the boat? My rig has built in tubes in both rod lockers. I hate them.

[Gardiner14]

30 rods! Uff i have 3 diffrent setup's and am trying to find a use to buy a 4th. Now im not a tourny fisherman but isent 30 diffrent rods and reels a little exessive to carry at once?

[Larson15]

I can see how 30 rods can be used very easily. Here is a short-list of possibilities:

3 flippin sticks

2 dock rods

2 weightless plastic rods

1 swimbait rod

2 shaky head rods

1 swim jig rod

1 carolina rig rod

1 football jig rod

1 spinner bait rod

1 chatter bait rod

2 topwater rods

1 buzzbait rod

1 frog rod

3 texas rig rods

3 jig rods

4 crank bait rods

2 drop shot rods

[Deitz Dittrich]

30 rods! Uff i have 3 diffrent setup's and am trying to find a use to buy a 4th. Now im not a tourny fisherman but isent 30 diffrent rods and reels a little exessive to carry at once?

Ohhh for sure, no doubt about it. Do I need that many rods? No way?.. Do all of them get used.. As a matter of fact, at some point in the year, yes.

Does the cat have rod tubes.. Yes, on one side. My starting 12 go in that side(thats what I call them), the ones I use the most. The others are in SliX Rod Covers in the other locker.