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What rods do you use?

bassfshin24

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bassfshin24 Mentor

bassfshin24

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Just wanted to see what everyone uses for certain techniques and presentations.

Spinnerbait:

Swimjig:

Lipless:

Squarebill:

Jig:

Buzzbait:

Walking bait/pop-r:

Texas Rig:

Frog:

Senko/Fluke:

Jerkbait:

Tube:

Shacky Head/Jig worm:

Let me know if I forgot any

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RK Grand Master

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Spinnerbait:

Powell Endurance 706 Mod-fast heavy glass/graphite composite for open water

Powell TW 6'9" Squarebill rod for around cover

Swimjig:

Powell TW Swim Jig Rod (discontinued but the Powell Endirance 723 is nearly identical)

Lipless:

Powell Max 754 Glass Mod-fast Hvy

Squarebill:

Powell TW 6'9" Squarebill rod

Jig:

Powell Endurance 714 H XF, Powell Endurance 765 Mag Med X-F flipping stick for football heads

Buzzbait:

Same as spinnerbaits

Walking bait/pop-r:

Powell TW Jerkbait rod or Powell Endurance 706 Composite

Texas Rig:

Same as jigs

Frog:

Powell Max 735 Frog Rod

Senko/Fluke:

Powell Max 733 Med-Hvy X-Fast

Jerkbait:

7' ML XF Diamondback (I fish jerkbaits with spinning gear)

Tube:

1/2 oz tubes deep for smallies, 7'7" Loomis Bronzeback SMR913

St Croix Legend Elite 7' Med X-Fast for shallower stuff

Shacky Head/Jig worm:

Powell Endurance 6103 6'10" Med X-Fast

I'd add:

Grubs for smallies - 7'6" ML XF Diamondback

Crankbaits:

Powell TW Composite Deep Cranker 7'11" Med-hvy mod-fast for deep divers

Powell Endurance 724

Pitching

Powell Endurance 775 7'7" MH Fast flippign stick with braid

Powell Endurance 754 Mag Med X-fast flippin stick with fluoro

I kinda like Powells... smile

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corncob Proficient

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Holy Oh Caballza Batman!....Too much data!, Overload!, I'll drop off 5 or 6 "How To" books on Bass fishing techniques for starters.....Plan on hiring several guides for at least 2 full seasons,get a Cabelas ,BassPro,and Gander Mountain charge card.......That should get you started...... crazy

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bassfshin24 Mentor

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Haha. I was just interested to see what everyone uses. No tips needed. It was a lot of information haha. But what else are people doing right now. Certainly not bass fishing. Might as well have a informative topic.

I suppose I should have added mine to begin with:

Spinnerbait: 6'6 MH St. Croix Premier

Swimjig: 7ft MH St. Croix Premier

Lipless: 7ft MH St. Croix Mojo

Squarebill: New this year 7'1 M 13 fishing Omen

Jig: 6'9 H St. Croix Mojo

Buzzbait: Same as jig

Walking bait/pop-r: 6'6 M Fenwick

Texas Rig: 7ft MH Mojo

Frog: 7'6 MH All-star

Senko/Fluke: 6'6 MH hagen spinning

Jerkbait: 6'6 MH hagen spinning

Tube: 6'6 MH hagen spinning

Shacky Head/Jig worm: 7ft M Vendetta Spinning

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Deitz Dittrich Grand Master

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Spinnerbait: whats a spinnerbait?

Swimjig: 7'2" M/Fast Shimano Cumara

Lipless: 7'11" MH/Moderate Cumara Raction series

Square Bill 7'2" M/Fast Cumara Reaction

Jig:Too many to mention, NEW ONE- 7'11" MH/Fast G'Loomis GLX Flipping rod or 7'5" MH/Fast NRX

Buzzbait: see Spinnerbait.

Topwater: 6'8" M Cumara Reaction M

Frog: 7'6" MH XFast Shimano Crucial flipping stick.

jig Worm:. 7'2" M/Fast GLoomis NRX

Texas Rig 6'10" MH/F Shimano Cumulus

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mainbutter Grand Master

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Small foam popper - 4wt fly rod

Large dry fly - 4wt fly rod

Terrestrial imitation - 4wt fly rod

Small streamer - 4wt fly rod

Big nymph - 4wt fly rod

Small weighted bug - 4wt fly rod

Big streamer - 9wt fly rod

Weighted crayfish imitation - 9wt fly rod

Big topwater/diver/popper - 9wt fly rod

:P

But for everything else, 7'6'' Gander Mountain IM6 graphite spinning rod of some sort.

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RuddyDuck Experienced

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Ok, this is probably going to be the cheapest lot of the bunch, don't laugh!

Spinnerbait: Abu Garcia Silvermax 6'6" Med/Heavy

Swimjig: Same as Lipless

Lipless: Cabelas Tourney Trail 6'6" MH, Med Fast

Squarebill and Med Cranks: Shimano Volteaus 7' M, Fast

Deep Cranks: Cabelas Pro Comp 7' MH

Jig: Older Quantum Affinity 6'6" MH

Also Deep Crank Rod

Buzzbait: Same as Spinnerbait

Walking bait/pop-r: Same as Lipless

Texas Rig:

Cabelas Classic 6'6" MH

Cabelas Pro Comp 7' MH

Frog: 1st one of Texas Rig

Senko/Fluke:

Same as Jig

Jerkbait: Don't use much, so I just pick one of them.

Tube: One of the Texas rigged ones.

Shacky Head/Jig worm:

An old 6'6" Shimano Spinning rod M, for jig worms, but I need something better here.

May try the Square Bill rod.

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Alot of my rods pull double duty

Spinnerbait: 6'8'' Medium/Fast Allstar ASR (around cover) & 734 Dobyns Champion

Swimjig: 734 Dobyns Champion

Lipless: 6'8'' Medium/Fast Allstar ASR

Squarebill: 7' Medium/Mod-Fast Shimano Compre

Jig: 7' MH/XF St. Croix Legend Tournament

Buzzbait: 734 Dobyns Champion

Walking bait/pop-r: 6' Gander IM8

Texas Rig: 7' MH/XF St. Croix Legend Tournament

Frog: 7' Heavy/Fast Custom rod GL2 blank

Senko/Fluke: 7' Medium/Fast St. Croix Premier

Jerkbait: 7' Medium/Fast St. Croix Premier

Jig worm/Grub worm: 7' Medium/Fast St. Croix Premier

Shaky Head/DropShot: 6'9'' ML/F Shimano Crucial

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smalliehunter Experienced

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spinner bait- 7'2" MH/Fast shimano crucial

Buzz bait- 7'1" MH/fast st. croix rage

Jerkbait- 6'9" G.Loomis bronzeback series

lipless- 7' MH/Moderate mojo bass

deep crank- 7'4' Medium/moderate mojo bass

Football jig- 7'5" G.Loomis GL2

Worm/swimjig- 7"2' MH/fast shimano cumara

Square bill- 7'2" medium/fast shimano cumara

Pitching- 7'6" MH mod/fast st.croix mojobass

Frog- 6'6" MH/extra fast Gander Guide series

Drop shot- 6'8" M/extra fast Shimano Crucial

and a few miscellaneous spinning rigs for skipping a senko and jig worm...

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kt Community Regular

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Spinnerbait: don't use one much usually 7 mh in years past

Swimjig: gonna try a 6'10" medium heavy compre, might be a little short but we will see

Lipless: 7' medium compre

Squarebill: 7' medium heavy clunn W&M s-glass

Jig:7'6 heavy loomis gl3 and 7'8 heavy kistler magnesium

Buzzbait:don't use one much same as swim jig otherwise

Walking bait/pop-r:6'6 medium mod compre

Texas Rig:7' xheavy kistler mag, 6'8" heavy kistler argon,

Frog: 7'6 heavy

Senko/Fluke: 7' mh kistler magnesium

Jerkbait: 7'3" fenwick elite tech jerkbait

Tube: loomis bronzeback, don't remember the specs.

Shacky Head/Jig worm: 7' m xf compre

Punchin: 7'7" cumara heavy

deep cranks: 7' 5" powell max glass

med cranks: 7' kistler argon m cb 7' bps bionic blade

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