mluman83

I understand ya. I think what I may do is buy a few chepo's of different lenghts and get some geared Rick Clunn's. Just to give it a go. I ussually dont fish jigs. I usually do spinners, crankbaites, worms, and top. Lots and lots of top waters lol

No Insult taken. But I am not a teen. I am 24. And I have been bass fishing For I would say 18 years. Just recentley ran into enough money to start making boat trips and buying mucho gear. The only times I have a probs was with top waters. They hit it and I wait for em to take it under and they miss. Otherwise I have had no hook-up issues. Maybe I fish each combo I get so much that I learn what speed to retreive at and what action I take on my rod for each bait I use. I have had many many many diferent reels and rods but what always works best for me is a rick clunn and a 6" medium to mh action. I cant seem to get the lure to do what I want with a longer rod or shorter. But i will say...Using a mh 6'5 rod while fishing a soft plastic shad or jerk worm...It does put a little less effort on my part to get the lure to really present well.

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Baitcaster. WOOOOOO!!! ;D Cast close or far. And with unbeleivable precition every time dude!

Well I have a Rick Clunn Sig Series Baitcaster 6:3:1 Gear ratio and a 6" Medium Action rod. This combo hase been great! Spinnerbaits, Crankbaits, Top waters, Worms, EVERYTHING! The only reason I can see to have 3 or 4 different rods and reels is to bring them all with you and put a topwater on one, worm on one, spinnerbait on one, and a crankbait on one. That way if you see something happening like a schooling on shad, grab the spinner or crankbait. If you see a monster nail a lillypad, grab the torpedo. Basically when it could be critical, you have no time to switch lures. But if you have a rod and reel ready with each...then you are golden. Basically my question is is that i see so many different rods with different actions and reels with different gear ratios. They all say they are good for this or that. Do these things really make that big of a difference? Or is it just user preference. I catch em like someone droped a barge full of crack in the lake. No matter what I'm using . What do you guys think. Lure switch is the main reason for having more than one rod and reel or the different gears and rod lengths and actions really make a big difference? :-?