If You Could Only Have 3 Different Combos..

[TheBassAssasin]

If you could only have 3 different rod and reel setups to use for largemouth bass what would they be? For me I was thinking a worm setup, a crankin setup, and then maybe a Spinnerbait/buzzbait combo. What would you guys choose?

[flytyer57]

If you could only have 3 different rod and reel setups to use for largemouth bass what would they be? For me I was thinking a worm setup, a crankin setup, and then maybe a Spinnerbait/buzzbait combo. What would you guys choose?

Possibly only 2 rod/reel choices.

A 9' 7wt and a 9' 9wt.

A 9' 8wt would fit the bill to make it a single choice, but right now all I have are the 7wt & 9wt.

[fishinwrench]

Of course that's gonna depend on where you're fishing.

But my 3 must haves for L.O, Truman, and Pomme would be....

a 6'6" med.heavy (fast) pitchin'stick w/17-20lb.

a 6'6" med.(fast) pitchin'stick w/14lb.

a 6' med. shorter handle casting rod (with some backbone but a softer tip) w/12 or 10lb.

[rps]

Table Rock

7' MH fast action w/ 10-12 line for jig and carolina

7' M moderate action w/ 8-10 line for crankbait and finesse worm including split shot fish doctors

6'2" - 6'6" M fast action w/8-10 line for top water, spinner bait, and jerk bait

The hole that is left is drop shot,small in line spinners, etc. That is why the fourth rod is a 6'8" Ex Fast Med Light w/6-8 line. Oddly, that rod is also the one I use for vertical spooning and small lipless cranks.

[FishinCricket]

I mainly use the uglystick UL, but sometimes I use the longer one.... but not the real long skinny one.. (it ain't an uglystick) Unless he's a small bass..

[Guest]

MH 6'10" Falcon Lowrider- 14-17lb Jigging spoons, football heads, C-rig, deep diver, lipless crank, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, swimbaits,

MH 6'10" Falcon Cara- 12-14lb Finesse jigs, zara spook, spoon, cranks, Texas Rig, etc

I like to have 2 rods rigged with the same baits when I get the bite dialed in, like a jig. etc

6'6" Medium power,fast action shimano spining rod, 8lb

susp jerkbaits, shaky heads, drop shot, flick shake, flukes, crappie jigs, small cranks, grubs, tubes,etc.

[eric1978]

If I was a reservoir fisherman with a bass boat, I'd have no less than five...jig rod, spinnerbait rod, crankbait rod, topwater rod, finesse rod.

But I'm not. I'm a river fisherman with a canoe, so I carry three 6 footers: one mag-light, one med-light, and one medium. They cover most of the bases fairly well.

[Mitch f]

Of course that's gonna depend on where you're fishing.

But my 3 must haves for L.O, Truman, and Pomme would be....

a 6'6" med.heavy (fast) pitchin'stick w/17-20lb.

a 6'6" med.(fast) pitchin'stick w/14lb.

a 6' med. shorter handle casting rod (with some backbone but a softer tip) w/12 or 10lb.

Ditto

[tjulianc]

If I only could have three, then I would keep things pretty broad, nothing too specialized. I'd like to have one reel with fast retrieve like a Curado 200E7 for buzzbaits, spinnerbaits, and rattle traps, paired with a 7' med/hvy fast action. Then two moderately fast reels, like a Citaca 200E both with a 6'9" med fast rods. I would rig one with mono line, to give it a little stretch so I could fish cranks with it and Fluoro on the other for finesse worm or jig fishing, possibly cranks too. I'd put braid on the 200E7.

I think that would cover all the basics, for me anyway.

[Al Agnew]

Only thing I'd add is that it depends a lot on time of year and type of water. One rod I wouldn't want to do without would be a 6 ft. medium action spinning rig with something like 4/15 Power Pro braid. It would be kind of a finesse rig, but one of its main uses would be to skip tubes, flukes, and other stuff under docks.