How many do you take and what lures?

[Piscivorous Pike]

Oh, dear, I have a pack rat problem. I have several dozen rods, so depending on whether I am fishing south or north what selection, nevertheless that selection is 10 or 11 rods, often with a Canon downrigger. Usually 6 casting rods, HMG Fenwicks in trigger sticks, 4 or 5 Abu Garcia xlt Plus 521, Abu Garcia 6501, and a new Abu Gacia C4, all left hand. I cast right like a spin rod and do not waste motion, ergonomics, and crank with my left. 521's aside from being left dissengages the level wind when casting, it is free to slide, it has a removable bayonet side plate, extra spools and a working magnetic brake, never a back lash and it handles very light lures.

The spin section again is mostly HMG and I use Spirex 4000 rear drag reels. I have for the 521's and spirex lots of spare spools. I fish mostly braid and match line and rod to what I am doing. I also have specialty trout/salmon rods, shorties for streams and 10 1/2 foot ultra light for the white fish runs in MT.

Recently, last two seasons I end all my lines in a biminin loop and attatch top shots for knotless flourocarbon leaders on all rigs.

I wish I could seperate my tackle into types, can't so I take all 5 tackle bags, a 35# bag of soft plastics, specialty pike box too. I have over 100 rapalas and a heck of a collection now of hard triple and quad jointed swim baits. (bbzi, sebile, tru-tungsten, etc, I think is a passing fad, Raps work better for me than all of these including the sofr Javallon)

My electronics are very complete too. I have no room for a partner in my 15 foot boat!

Funny this came up this week end as I am ordering three more HMG rods from an Ebay vendor...

I think I got an illness. I even made a list so I can organize the hardware I carry; looks like this, I fill it in when I rig up so I can remember what I am doing...LOL:

oops it did not post correctly... I will add it later with a link sorry!

Edited June 28, 2010 by Piscivorous Pike

[Piscivorous Pike]

A bunch. ...When you find a rod that is perfect for a particular application go out and buy five more of them. If you fish a lot it will get broken eventually and then they won't make it anymore.

And, yes. I like to be able to hit a spot with two or three different presentations without having to retie.

Amen! You are so correct. I usually break two rods a year (last one snagged an overhanging tree and when it snapped it bounced so hard it hit and broke the second HMG which was right next to it) and yes, I usually throw back after a missed strike with a different more finesse presentation than the main one I am using.

[Braided Line]

This post has been floating around for almost 3 years. A lot of guys have contributed with "what they do." Some interesting stuff.

This time of year,where I`m located and where I fish. 95% of my fishing is done in pad-fields,big and small, Rod is a 6 1/2 stout puppy. A round reel (slow speed) with braided line, 50 lb test. I lock the drag down as this is not about playing the fish but rather getting them out.

Use only 1/2 oz spinner baits (big blades). Lots of different colors. Get to hung up on a color and you can possibly miss out on what they really want.

By the time you put the boat back on the trailer, after a day of fling and winding it back, rest assured, you will be one tired......................... you can fill in that space.

By the way, I`m catch and release only !

[BobP]

Different strokes for different folks. I take 5 or 6 rods, which all fit in my bass boat rod box. I usually use 2 or 3 of them. I don't like junk laying around on deck while fishing. I've cut down on the hardbaits and plastics I carry. I figure if I can't pre-plan enough to fit everything in one large worm bag and 5 mid-size 3600 boxes that fit a cloth tackle bag, I'm too clueless to fish. I own hundreds of crankbaits but my boat boxes hold maybe 100. That's plenty to fish anywhere, under any condition. There's nothing worse than sitting on deck, lines dry, pawing through bait boxes and wondering what the hell the bass might bite today. Confidence catches fish and that hurts confidence. One thing about baits - if they don't stay wet, you aren't catching any fish.

[fishaholic5]

Interesting Thread, I take 1 or 2 rods depending on where I'm fishing, and usually less than 20 lures

I wonder if the Buzzbait/Gator attraction work's with Croc's in Northern Australia??, they're not a lure type I've seen used much over here

Cheers

Wal

[subsailor618]

I like to keep it simple and carry 1 rod, a backup rod and a small tackle bag.

[Lil'skeeter]

Ummm, I generally only like to take one rod at a time ...

 

If I'm tournament fishing, usually 8 to 10.

6'6" shallow cranks

7'6" deep cranks

6'9" spinnerbait

6'9" chatter bait

7' Shakey Head

7' jig

7' spinning, whacky worm

7'6" c-rig

7'3" alabama/heavy jig

Usually only 3 or so if just out for fun.

Edited March 29, 2013 by Lil'skeeter

[Stickman Baits]

I take everything !!

[DawnBreaker]

I usually have four to six rods on my small two man Twin Troller.  I fished tourneys for a few years as a co-angler and I learned to make do with several rods pulling double duty.

 

All my bait casters are Abu Garcia low profile and round reels.

 

• 2  6'6" medium heavy action rods. These are my jig, worm, Carolina rig, medium to deep cranks and 1/2 oz lipless cranks rods
• 1 6'6" medium action rod. This is my shallow crank bait and light lipless (1/4 oz) cranking rod.
• 1 6'0" medium action rod. This is my top water popper, light rapala x- rap, etc rod.
• 1 6"0" medium spinning rod. This is my finesse rod and for all those lures too light to throw with a bait caster. I rarely pick it up though.

Tackle, well that's a different story. I have a medium "Alice" pack U.S. Army ruck sack that is stuffed with just about anything I might need on the water. Funny enough what ends up within reach most often is my jig box and shallow crank box and a pack of my craw trailers. I don't even want to talk about what it weighs. About the only thing you won't find any or many of in my tackle "bag" are spinner baits and buzz baits. I pretty much never throw either for a few reasons.

 

1. I suck with them. In 23 years of fishing for bass specifically, I can count the number of bass I have caught on either a spinner or a buzz bait on one hand. (this is mostly my fault for failing to learn the ins and outs of these baits and actually using them.)
2. Come spring here in East-Central Illinois everybody and their brother has a spinner bait tied on in chartreuse or white or some combination of those colors and they are chucking and winding it all day. And well into summer and fall.
3. I learned many years ago, during a club tourney in Georgia, the value of doing something different behind the guy on the front deck. This lesson is also easily applied to the 3-5 boats going down the same bank/area in front of me chucking and winding the aforementioned spinner or buzz baits. (I take great pleasure in following behind them with my jig, or a worm and sometimes a shallow crank and catching all those fish they didn't.)

If I had more room I'd probably carry a few more rods as I like having spares.

[Braided Line]

Last posted on this Jan 2011.  Here it is June 2024.  Time flies.

  Have a 4-day Bass fishing trip on the St Johns River in a couple of weeks.  North of Lake George. 

   With my 2 sons and a Gran-son. All can fish So, trash talking is lively. 

   River is wider up there than where I`m at. That being central Fl.  Never fished that section of the river. 

  Tackle is just about the same. Which means a lot of tackle. 

   Rented a great house that sits on Dunns creek. Has its own ramp. Plus 2 sheltered boat covers.

   House is maybe 3 miles (by Dunns Creek) to the St Johns.  

  Time wise it's about an hour and a half drive from my house. 

   River is in good shape as we haven`t had any appreciable rain in a while. 

    Looking forward to this.  Going to be HOT> Believe that.