Alright so I ordered my last 3 reels I needed for this year (which are coming next week hopefully) and I was wondering if I am leaving anything out or any other advice? And I only throw braid because in MN there's so many pikes if you use anything else they'll just break off your line. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks

 

1. Spinnerbaits and Chatterbaits

Reel: Lew's Tournament MG 6.4:1

Rod: Abu Garcia Veritas 7'0" MH

Line: 40lb Sufix Performance Braid

 

2.  Flipping and Pitching

Reel: Lew's Tournament MG 7.1:1 Left

Rod: Abu Garcia Vendetta 7'3" MH 

Line: 50lb Sufix Performance Braid

 

3. Topwaters

Reel: Lew's BB1 Pro 7.1:1

Rod: Duckett Ghost 7'3" H

Line: 65lb Sunline FX2 Braid

 

4. Soft Swimbaits (mainly keitechs)

Reel: Lew's BB1 6.4:1 

Rod: *** *** Black 7'1" MH

Line: 40lb Power Pro

 

5. Crankbaits

Reel: Lew's BB1 5.1:1 

Rod: Lew's Tournament SL Crankbait Rod 7'0" MH

Line: Sufix 832 Performance Braid Lo-Vis

 

6. Squarebills, Jerkbaits, and Lipless too possibly

Reel: Lew's BB1 6.4:1

Rod: Not sure on the rod yet, some advice on what rod would be great

Line: Depends on the rod I choose

 

 

These are just my baitcaster setups so don't worry shakey heads, wacky rigs, and other soft plastics will be on my spinning setups

 

For the rod on the 6th setup, look into the bass pro crankin stick which is on sale for I think $60 right now. I really liked the way it felt in store, and it gets raving reviews. I am getting the 7'6 medium.

I'd probably go for what aprw1 suggested for those techniques.

 

Not sure the comment why you are exclusively using braid for pike infested waters?  Do you mean you use a floro leader?  Floro is more abrasize resistant and it isn't as easy to break off by a pike vs braid.