I'd rather have designated set ups for certain baits I plan on fishing. It beats throwing a jig on a medium powered rod or a squarebill on a heavy. I don't spend the time having to tie baits when I want to switch either. It makes sense to me.

 Why would you spend hundreds of dollars for all these combos, when you can use one for everything(and never break damage or mess up) and take 1 minute to tie on a bait? 

1 minute to tie on a bait x 6 baits = 6 minutes, during which time you could catch another 8# fish.

Ya, I agree with all of you in your senarios, but i'm fishing from the bank, and I try to go to parts around a river or lake that very few have gone to(Heavy brush, thorns, just annoying crap) and can't really cary more than one maybe two rods along with my back pack. But if I was in a boat, i would probably have 4-6 combos. I would definatly prefer Ducket rods with Abu Reels though, which I think Slefler has all Ducket rods too.

 I'm actually thinking about getting a new 1) Duckett MIcro Guide 7'2(maybe a 7'6)  Medium Heavy Fast Casting Rod with an Abu Garcia Revo Winch for all around use it for everything. or 2) a Duckett Goast 7'3 Heavy Fast Casting Rod with and Abu C4 or a Shimano Cardiff for Swimbait, Punching, A-Rig(for the river), and frogs. But like i said the only reason i only use one combo is that i can realisticly only cary "1". 

By the way, are all your combos(on deck) Ghost's? Or Micro Guides

Those are Ghosts. All of my set ups are with Ghosts except for my big bait rod which is a St Croix Mojo. I'd like to try a Micro Magic but I just can't swing another setup just yet.

I no what your saying, I'm getting some gift cards from #TrophyCatch  to Bass Pro/Dicks Sporting Goods. So hopefully i can get a Duckett Ghost

When you have a 10 acre lake full of dinks, ya gotta spice things up to keep it interesting. Neon swimjig 

 

Took my kayak to a pond this afternoon, caught this skinny girl on a half ounce flipping jig with a pit boss for a trailer. Measured 20" long and only weighed 3.74lbs. An exciting fish nonetheless!

Sounds like a potential project! haha. Would love a solid john boat. Currently we're fishing out of a Sea Eagle inflatable but haven't taken it out much because we're having issues with our Minnkota trolling motor.

If you're interested, check out that boat's full build thread in the boat forum. I just finished it up last week.

I was having a pretty uneventful few hours of fishing after work yesterday and I decided to make one last cast, thinking I would go home skunked. I literally said to myself, "Ok, one more cast and that's it", and then this fish came out of nowhere.

 

 

Totally not a flattering picture of me, but there's a fish in the photo!

Fishing the lake right by my house this morning with a buddy from work who has been doing well out there. I hate the lake, 5 minutes from the house and I fish it 2 or 3 times a year. Did surprisingly well this morning, mainly on topwater and baby brush hog. Got to one little cut he said a local told him holds big fish. I'd barely gotten "Weird, I never catch anything here", out of my mouth when my bladed jig went weightless. Typical big fish bite on a bladed jig, turned into a very not typical fish for that lake. 4 pounds on the nose and my PB for the lake.

Here is my donation from this past weekend:

Caught this guy Twice on 2 separate days:

Day 2

Day 1

 

Ouch, and you think jalapenos burn the next day...

And these guys couldn't resist a Siebert's Jig either...

On 6/9/2015 at 11:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

Fishing the lake right by my house this morning with a buddy from work who has been doing well out there. I hate the lake, 5 minutes from the house and I fish it 2 or 3 times a year. Did surprisingly well this morning, mainly on topwater and baby brush hog. Got to one little cut he said a local told him holds big fish. I'd barely gotten "Weird, I never catch anything here", out of my mouth when my bladed jig went weightless. Typical big fish bite on a bladed jig, turned into a very not typical fish for that lake. 4 pounds on the nose and my PB for the lake.

 

 

That thing would have been HUGE if you would have caught it during the spawn!   Still a pig though! 

Yep, she was pretty sunk in. Still encouraging to catch a fish like that out of a lake that usually kicks my butt though. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On 6/9/2015 at 11:36 PM, Bluebasser86 said:

Fishing the lake right by my house this morning with a buddy from work who has been doing well out there. I hate the lake, 5 minutes from the house and I fish it 2 or 3 times a year. Did surprisingly well this morning, mainly on topwater and baby brush hog. Got to one little cut he said a local told him holds big fish. I'd barely gotten "Weird, I never catch anything here", out of my mouth when my bladed jig went weightless. Typical big fish bite on a bladed jig, turned into a very not typical fish for that lake. 4 pounds on the nose and my PB for the lake.

 

 

What kind are those blue rods? Are those the Ethos you talk about a lot?

Had an okay week this past few days...mix of Bronze and Green.......no giants still...this year has been a weird one, that's for sure.....Here's a few...most caught on plastics on or near the bottom.....

 

Last day of the beard...but growing it back as of now...lol

 

 

Freshly shaven for my Bday last Sunday....

 

 

Birthday Rock Bass!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I volunteered to assist at a fishing outing for the disabled last Saturday...The look on everyones faces was priceless when they caught fish....that day was my catch of the year so far in 2015

 

Scouting missions to two new lakes for a few hours each this week. The first has a reputation as one of the few close to me that gives up bass 4lb and higher with regularity. Had an 18"+ wiggle out of the kayak before I could get a pic, and the only other one I snapped was of this skinny 16"-er who gobbled a trick worm. Caught a couple more below keeper size. I'll be back to that lake.

The other lake I knew almost nothing about. Turned out to be a massive dink factory. Absolutely loaded with bass, and lost track of how many I caught, but nothing over 12". 

What kind are those blue rods? Are those the Ethos you talk about a lot?

Yes, the two light blue ones are Ethos rods. There's 7 more in the rod locker. The darker blue rods are St.Croix LTBs. There's 5 more of those in the rod locker.

Biggest of the year so far. 

 

Had to get all new equipment. Starting from scratch.. Always did the basic night crawler and bobber. Caught the same ol crappie. Gets boring lol.. Been wanting to get serious with bass for years. Been nothing but videos and articles. This summer I hope to post some catches along with ya guys.

Been catching some good fish on top water lately

Nice catches Will!  It`s funny Iv`e caught a 9lb rainbow trout on a Senko,I guess they must like Senkos!

 

I always hook nice pike while pitching under trees for largemouth w/ senkos. They swallow it every single time!

I always hook nice pike while pitching under trees for largemouth w/ senkos. They swallow it every single time!

I guess there a pretty ''multi species'' type of lure.