What will your rod locker look like this year?

[Quickstrike]

I have many friends who do not take fishing nearly as seriously as I do and I cannot count the times when someone jumps in the boat and asks, what's with all the rods?!?! I was interested to see what my fellow FMers carried on their average day on the water and then maybe this way I'll feel a bit more normal.

Fenwick HMG 6ft Light Action Spinning(light jigging, bobber)

Fenwick HMG 7ft Medium Action Spinning (bottom bouncer)

Fenwick HMG 7ft Medium Heavy Casting (pike/bass)

St. Croix Premier 6"6' Medium Light Spinning (jigging)

St. Croix Premier 7ft Medium Action Casting (bass plastics)

St. Croix Avid 7 ft Medium Light Spinning (Lindy/jigging)

Team Daiwa 5"8' Medium Action Spinning (vetical jigging)

Berkley Lightning Rod 7 ft Spinning (anything and everything

Berkley Lightning Rod 6"6' Casting ditto!

St Croix Avid 7 wt fly-rod (bass trips only)

A few more will likely make it into the boat by season's end but that should be a good start for now. I may actually weed a few out for league and tournaments as it gets to be a mess with two guys in a boat with 25 rods! What do you guys carry and what do you feel is a good number of rods to be most efficient without going overboard.

[RobertELee]

I dont have my list in front of me but to summaraze I will have 10 St. Croix Avid and Premier rods, different actions and lengths paired with mainly shimano curados and a couple pflueger presidents. And a couple shimano spinning rods paired with shimano reels. Also about 110 lbs of tackle. I would like more but I cant fit any more into my boat and im also buying a house this summer so all of my money will be going towards that and GAS .

[delmuts]

if going to the little lake near here that has only bass and panfish; a 6' and a 6' 6" st croix ultra lites.a med. spining for small cranks and finese .two bait casters on 7' bionic blades, and a BPS crankin rod. five plano boxes, and my panfish bag.

[Northlander]

Quick you have a problem man!

Ok maybe I do as well.

Heres what I usually have on board.

2 bottom bouncing rods

2-3 jigging rods

2 lindy rods

2 crankin rods

maybe a couple ultralights for panny's

bobber rod

If Im on the big lake

4-6 board rods

2 rigger rods

2 dypsie rods

new this year will be some leadcore or wire rods

[Bobby Bass]

I have printed out theses replies and taped them on my refrigerator for the wife to see.. I take out 6 rods and then the daughter has three and she thinks I'm not normal!

[harvey lee]

Depends on what im targeting,but usually

1-2 bottom bouncers with spinners-both --ST.croix Avids

2-3 Jigging rods with different jigs.--St.Croix SC1V

3-4-Ultralights with jigs or slip bobbers --Loomis,Croix

4-2-Crankbait rods-- Midwest rods

5-1-Canepole for pannies the old way --Bambo

At home-2 muskie rods and 1 cat rod.no room for all in the boat.--Both St. Croix 7ft & 8ft.

Thats it and usually way to much.I never know when I'm on the lake what I might want to change to for species

I just added a new 6-6 light Midwest rod for crappies and jigging eyes,wife gave me the O.K. Great Gal.

[LoonASea]

3 Trolling Rigs

2 Bouncer Rigs

2 Jiggin Rigs

3 Slip Bobber Rigs (9-10ft rods)

2 Crank Bait Rigs

2 Spinner Rigs

I fish solo quite a bit ...but when I take some one they tend to like My equip better then theirs ...i will let them use My rods ,,,but my tackle box is OFF LIMITS!!!!!

[cold one sd]

I should print these out also. My wife squeals every time I get a different rod. If she had her way, I would still be fishing with a solid fiberglass buggy whip.

[Chris Haley]

For me it depends on the day and what I'm fishing for. Opener, I'll have a 6'3"St Croix Legend Tournament for jigging and a 7'6" St Croix Legend Tournament for rigging. That's it. Don't need a cluttered boat!!!! Or to carry rods for Bass when it isn't even open yet.

[picksbigwagon]

I have no idea the makes and models, but here we go:

7' Med/light 1 piece spinning for Jigs and bobber in the boat

6'6" Med spinning ugly stick 2 piece for bottom bouncing

6'6" Medium casting with 10 # fluro for trolling and cranks

7' Handmade Broom handle casting for muskies/northerns/jet skiiers

9'6" 2 piece looper rod for panfish and crappies

1 ice fishing rod for the fun of it

1 Sponge Bob Squarepants spincast for my oldest son (5)

1 Patrick (from the above show) spincast for my youngest (3)

My youngest will definately hook me this summer, he really whips that pole around

[DTro]

I'm really amazed at the number of rods/reels people need to have.

I have 1 ultralight/spinning, 1 med/spinning, 1 med/baitcaster, and 2 (1 for backup) heavy/spinning cat rigs.

I guess I'm in the minority. I really don't find myself coveting the next guy or needing 25 rigs. I don't mind retying.

It's funny because we have all this outrage about gas prices, but yet a guy's gotta have a rod/reel for every type of bite or every species of fish.

I do have to admit though. It would be nice behind the wheel of my own RiverPro

[harvey lee]

dtro

It is alot nicer to have all these rod as you can go to the lake and not bother with tying jigs and such.No,one does not need that many rods but its just more toys.

Its nice crappie fishing with 4 ultralights.You can set one up for slip bobbers,jigging with a couple different styles and colors.I guess im just lazy.

[Tom Linderholm]

Quick I think you undercut on the 25 rods.

6 Shimano Planer/Downrigger Combo's

2 Okuma Planer/Downrigger Combo's

2 Okuma Dipseys

2 Okuma SWR rigs

1 Shimano Full Core Lead

1 Penn Copper Rig

7 Spinning (assorted guide series & shimano)

1 Shimano Baitcaster

2 Ultra's

1 Snoopy Rod

[PikeBayCommanche]

Yeah we all have equipment addiction problems.....Oh well here what will be in my locker this year..

6'6 Croix/Curado- Cranks

6'6 Loomis GL2/President SF Spinners

7'0 Guide Series/ Quantum Texas Riggin'

6'6 Guide Series/Curado

6'6 Shimano/Quantum Lindy

5'6 Croix Premier/ Okuma Smallies/Trout

7'0 Loomis/ Finn Nor Cass Lake Walleyes

6'0 Lightning Rod/ Shimano Slip Bobberin'

6'0 Cabelas Muskie Series/ ABU Big Pike Bay Lunges

[Northlander]

Cheffrey 1 snoopy rod? We know wich rod is yours now! Does Kent run his Barbie rod when you bust out Snoopy?

[Quickstrike]

it's the other way around steve

[Tom Linderholm]

I hear its the only way to really feel the fish when you are Crappeye fishing

That ones for the kid!