How many rods do you take fishing?

[rayke1938]

I normally take 3 rods when on a dam trip.

One prerigged for bait fishing. light 6 footer with calcutta 6lb braid, paternoster rig with sinker already tied on just needs hook attaching to loop.

One 7 ft spin t curve . twinpower 2500 , 12 lb braid prerigged with norman speed clip for throwing spinnerbaits or lures etc.

One egrell s4 twinpower 2500 15 lb braid 20 lb leader ( normally my rod used for bank fishing on NPD so rigged for ripping lures out of weed etc) for trolling also prerigged with norman speed clip.

I used to take 4 but found that the boat tends to get a bit cluttered .

I do tend to fish a bit heavy but reckon with all the effort that I put into catching something I want to land it. Also as I tend to release a lot of my fish reckon thet it tends to not stress them so much as spending 10 minutes playing them out.

How many rods do you take ?

Cheers

Ray

[paulymassy]

hey mate

i take

my alphas r edition-gl3 with a pre rigged bibbless minnow 23lb braid with 30lb leader

td sol and sol rod with 23lb braid pre rigged with a basic rig

also my stradic 2500 on a gl2 with 4lb leader and 3lb main line with a soft plastic

there my river rods

[fishinking]

ooook i take.....

when river bashing for threadys, jew, snapper and then bream and cod and all that stuff.

daiwa monster mesh pe2-4-penn spinfisher 650ssm/ twinpower 10000 (will be getting this twinpower in a couple of weeks)

shimano curado 200e5 with 16lb braid and 40lb leader and gl2 for jackalls for snapper n jew

stradic 2500 with 10lb or 4lb spool braid with berkley dropshot im6 for plastics

[STU]

7 rods sometimes 8 if I include fly for my bassin normally 3 baitcaster(spinnerbait,jackall,ice jig) setups 4 spin(plastic,1/4 blade,3/8blade,mask).

[Whiskers]

2-4kg For the little fellas and 3-6kg for trolling and snag bashing:)

I use berkley fireline

[Feral]

Boat - 2

Yak - 1

New rule, If Clawhammers coming, toss in an an extra coz he leaves his at home

[Old Scaley]

Depends - if on my own I take 4 rods to cover most situations. If I have company 2 rods is enough. Same rules apply - big fish will hit small gear and small fish will hit big gear.

[noname]

i have been known to take a few, 1 for throwing slugs across the bay, 1 for the shallow reefs,1 for the likes of the rifle man, wreck.1 for a jigg, 1 for fishin around wrecks in shallow water to 60 mtrs. but only use 1 at a time.

[davefishmad]

1 Rod, 2 spools (6- 12 lb Gloomis)

covers most things.

If I am going quite heavy I may call on an 6-8kg Egrell, but I don't take it as a rule unless I am hauling large lures.

I have a smaller rod for bream and ..well anything that hits really..

Dave

[natang]

Hey guys,

i usually take 3 or 4. I have two set up the same for flatty and bigger fish so taht when I get snapped off I'm not wasting tiem re reigging to get in the water again. One for flicking lures around and one rigged for Bream and whiting.

[shortie]

totally depens on the type of fishing im doing and what boat or yak i take.

In the big boat for bay and outside usually all 8 holders in the rocket launcher are full.

In the Yak 2.

In the little boat 2-4 depending.

[ellicat]

3 reels (5 spools) of varying sizes to cover a range.

4 rods of varing size and purpose. 3 rigged and one spare. The spare is usually a lighter rod.

[Davo_Dinkum]

3 to 4

2 for bait,1 lighter 1 heaver.

2 for hd's or sp's ,1 lighter 1 heaver.

land based ,small tinny or canoe.

[kreel]

I'm heading out with Benno this weekend for a fish in the Bay, you can pick his boat it looks like a porcupine with all his rods out :laugh: . I usually take 2 or 3 rods and end up using only 1 for the day.

[sappy]

just 2 at the moment.

first one has 30 lb fire line,80 lb leader and gang hooks for a nice 3 ft shark or threadfin salmon!

second is my bream stick to keep me Occupied till the first rod to gets a hit. :laugh:

[RUSSIAN]

normally 2or 3 but tend to go with 4 or 5

[dassa]

With the misses and kid in the boat 5-6. 1 each for them and two or three for me 1 light for sp's,medium 1for large sp's or bait drowing and 1 heavy for troling larger lures.

[Gazza]

A very open ended question :silly: no offence ment

I think it largely depends on the trip planned

I hate to be caught with my pants down so usually go with a set up for any thing I might encounter or need to make the trip eventful from 2lb light spin up to 25kg braid outfits

like I said open ended :woohoo: :IE boat/ land based / specific fish targeted ?????

or exploring new territory ??? :woohoo: requires alot of gear or does it????

a bigger question is what tackle do you take ? most lures work in both fresh and salt do I take slugs /deep divers/poppers /spinner baits etc etc then do I need to take bait soaking gear and what sizes ? big sinkers small sinkers the list can go on forever

Sorry but I find posts like this useless

each to his own If I told you I only take 1 outfit or 100 would it make a difference to you take what you can or want to :silly:

Gaz

[dan25]

normally 2 or 3

but only take 1 when i go on long walks etc to get to different spots

[Angus]

Yeah totally depends on the fishing of course.

For example Ray today I wish I had followed your and John's example and taken 3.

1 for trolling.

1 for casting.

1 for bait.

However fishing somwhere like the Stanly, long walks, thick jungle. One multi purpose rod is the go. Maybe two spools if i am feeling creative.

Angus

[wesfish]

4 rods

1 for light soft plastic

1 for heavy soft plastics

1 for bait

1 for heavy it aint getting away rod :laugh: :laugh:

thats in the boat, but for bass flicking on yak one rod light for flickin, incase i tip its cheaper to lose one

[fishingnut]

usually 2 or 3, 2 for bait one light one heavy one for plastics

[aichepee]

paul masinello

its harry pullar haha. i saw the stradic and then realised it was you.

i got some sweet bream on plastics today off my jetty ahha

[Cando]

about 6 rods for me,,, fishing comp or not... I have them so why not have them ready to go

[fishinking]

yeah all depends on what sort of fishing your doing i guess, but its always better to take more than u need rather than not taking enough and not having the right rod for the situation