I fish local ponds and some of the larger lakes in Northern Illinois.
When fishing from shore at the local ponds, rivers or lakes, i like to have 2 rods, 3 rods max, rigged up. Most times I take 2 spinning rods, and I will have the same lures rigged every trip, or a slight variation, rigged up 90% of the time. 1 spinning rod always has a plastic worm rigged on it, the other will usually have a crankbait. If i bring one of my baitcasters, I might tie on either a larger or heavier version of what I'm throwing on the spinning rigs or something completely different. When I go I usually tie on the lures at the car and only carry a few hooks, weights, and 1-2 packages of plastics.
When fishing larger lakes from a boat, I take 3-5 fully rigged rods. Usually 2 baitcasting rods will have 2 different crankbaits to give different profile actions and/or running depths, 1 spinning rod will have a worm setup of some kind, and the other rods vary from having a different worm set up, swimbaits, jigs, spinnerbaits, topwaters, etc. But I bring my tackle bag with all my lures just in case I need to change to a different technique.
Just my on the topic.
