This is getting CRAZY and EXPENSIVE!!! My number of DEDICATED RIGS FOR "ALL SEASONS" assembled in the boat and ready to throw has now reached "10" . . . Please tell me where I'm going wrong . . .

[wareaglecamo]

2 hours ago, Ham said:

I wouldn't sweat having 10. I actually think you need 2 rods rigged and ready for some techniques and you didn't mention spinnerbaits. Tap the brakes at 20 combos. 30 seems like a lot to take, but I usually have 10 out on deck if Im fishing solo. I used em all too. 

 actually, I did mention spinnerbaits in the list of "10" . . . HOWEVER, I did forget the A-RIG which I had considered seasonal until Bill Babler's terrific post convinced me that it is a "MUST-HAVE" all year . . . so now I have bumped myself up to "11" . . . and this doesn't even include my all-time favorite way to fish . . . TOPWATER (I am addicted to the Whopper Plopper) . . . since topwater is seasonal, it's not included?

 

[dtrs5kprs]

2 hours ago, Ham said:

I wouldn't sweat having 10. I actually think you need 2 rods rigged and ready for some techniques and you didn't mention spinnerbaits. Tap the brakes at 20 combos. 30 seems like a lot to take, but I usually have 10 out on deck if Im fishing solo. I used em all too. 

Keep in mind I am usually marathon fishing. If I lived 20 minutes to the ramp I'd probably have about 20 in the boat. When home is 5 hours away that doesn't work for me.

[Old plug]

19 hours ago, mjk86 said:

Its as expensive as you let it be. Or your wife lets it be.

Glad to see your wife and family has a lot of bearing on your fishing and spending. I have known the placing of fishing above 

family and budget to destroy a few families. 

[crazy4fishin]

I probably have 20-25 rods in the boat at any given time...not on the deck mind you...I have to have the discipline to only have on deck what I am using at the time (2-4 rods) and put away the ones that I am not using...I have stepped on too many rod guides while landing the 12" "big un" 

Like Dave - getting to a real fishing spot from around here take some drive time so I want to be prepared...I had to laugh when I wrote that part...like I know how to fish! 

C4F

[wareaglecamo]

10 minutes ago, dtrs5kprs said:

Keep in mind I am usually marathon fishing. If I lived 20 minutes to the ramp I'd probably have about 20 in the boat. When home is 5 hours away that doesn't work for me.

If I owned a 21ft RANGER, my dilemma would be solved . . . I would only be able to afford 1 rod . . . it would be 4ft long and have CHARLIE BROWN characters all over it?

[176champion]

I been looking at the snoopy rods and reels myself, i think they on sale at Walmart....lol

[mixermarkb]

Don't underestimate those snoopy rods. Perfect for spooning. The short length keeps the spoon right in the sonor cone, and they have a nice parabolic action to keep fish buttoned up on those treble hooks...

 

 

[dan hufferd]

The only way to stop now is DEATH. That's just the way it is, life will never be the same.

[Hunter53]

Well you got me to thinking how many I carry in the boat so I went and laid them out and took a picture. I do have one more NRX that I just bought that is not in the picture as I still need to put a reel on it.  Then the wife wants to bring along around 10 of her own. I have another 10 or so rods that I use as pond rods that never get in the bass boat.

All rods pictured are G-Loomis............

[Blll]

It is a scientific law that the # of fishing rods must expand to fill the space available. Bigger boat-more rods. Also the law of accumulation applies. It makes perfect sense to me that the  older you are, the more rods you will have. At 60, I have more rods than when I was 40, and fewer  than I will have at 80. These scientific laws are in direct contradiction to my wife's  question of "how many hands do you have".  I look forward to this forum having fishing reports again...soon.