I bring around 6 or 7.  When I show up I'll have something smaller / more finesse and a bigger, noisier bait for top/middle/bottom level of the water column.  I'll find tune from there and re rig as needed.

 

How many rods you take out onto the deck depends on how much area your deck has, mine is limited and it's too easy to damage rods moving around quickly on the deck and traveling in rough water. It's very easy to take out rods and put them back, it takes less then a minute. You can only use 1 rod at a time and for me and my style of fishing it's more important to slow down and work an area then make multiple casts with multiple outfits and lures.

Tom

25 plus in my boat always. some may never see the deck but I'm good for no matter what.

I junk fish from the bank.  I usually have 3 with or near me and a couple others in the truck.

I always have 1 for weightless plastics and one for shallow cranks & topwaters.  The others depend on my mood, conditions or whatever the baitmonkey recently requested.

I usually have 6.

 

1.Texas Rig(I'll use a C-Rig when a lot of the grass dies off)

2.Square bill or lipless crank bait

3.Jig

4.Spinner bait or chatter bait

5.Either a weedless swim bait or topwater

6.Some random technique that I want to learn or gain more confidence in.

 

 

Fishing from the bank I bring 3 rigs. Fishing from someone else’s boat I bring 4. Fishing in my boat I bring 7 or 8 rigs. 

2 or 3

t rig

lipless crank/spinner bait

whacky or weightless 

 

usually Lake Noman

I was embarrassed to say but being I'm not alone...I keep 10 - 15 on the boat total with 6 usually on the deck.  I just enjoy buying rods/reels and I don't like to re-tie.

 

Weightless trig

Light Weight trig

Heavier trig

Jig x 2

1.5 squarebill size

2.5 squarebill size

Chatterbait

Spinnerbait

Jerkbait

Bigger top water (usually just for Whopper Ploppers)

Lipless

Finesse (spinning)

Flippin' setup

Frog

On the shore I will bring 4 set ups:

 

Senko

Chatterbait

Weighted T-Rig

Top Water 

 

On the water you can add lipless cranks and drop shot to the list.

I have 17 in my boat. 7 spinning, 10 bait cast. The closest lakes Chickamauga, Nickajack, Watts Bar all have green and brown fish, so I use different set ups depending on which lake I am fishing. The actions are from light to custom made xtra heavy. Usually there are no more than five out at one time. Fishing out of someone else's boat I take four, 3 bait cast med to med heavy and one spinning. Baits, I think I could stock a Bass Pro shop.

On 1/24/2018 at 8:06 PM, Darren. said:

I'm of the less-is-more group, as well. The most I brought

on my kayak was, I think 6. Waaaay too many. I usually

bring 2 or 3 and concentrate on a few techniques.

I’m right there with ya, I take 4 in my kayak max. I once had 5 in the yak, 4 were in the rod holders and 1 between my legs while I paddled and fished. That was a miserable time. 

On 1/24/2018 at 6:30 PM, BrackishBassin said:

I'm with @Dtrombly on this one. I'm also a bank beater. I go with a MH casting, M casting, and ML spinning.

I to am a bank guy and I might leave the house with 6-7 rods I narrow it down once I get to my destination.  Sometimes I might only carry one rod.  I have a TW rod bag that can carry all the rods I need like golf clubs so it's not as cumbersome as it might sound.

7 hours ago, mhilgtx said:

I to am a bank guy and I might leave the house with 6-7 rods I narrow it down once I get to my destination.  Sometimes I might only carry one rod.  I have a TW rod bag that can carry all the rods I need like golf clubs so it's not as cumbersome as it might sound.

I only have time to fish two local bodies of water that are near my house. Keeping my fingers crossed that changes in the next couple of years (have twin boys that are almost 2). Managing that many combos would eat up all my fishing time. I’ve got maybe a couple of hours most times I go out. So, I stick with those three and usually end up walking the bank with two of them. 

I usually fish from my kayak and only bring one spinning and one baitcaster. If it's a quick trip maybe only one spinning rod. I have 10 combo's but don't like to bring too much stuff. I like to focus on one or two techniques and will bring the appropriate setup. I'm still learning, so maybe this will change as I learn more.

I kayak fish and have the capacity for 7. I usually take 6 as follows:

 

7'3" Frog BC rod

7' MH BC for jigs/T rigs

6'6" MH BC for spinnerbaits, etc.

6'6" M BC for topwaters, lipless cranks & all big trebles

7' MH Spin for T rigs. Usually has a weightless Trick Worm tied on.

7' M Spin for smaller treble lures like jerkbaits/Shad Rap or a wacky rig.

 

Then i sometimes carry a light or UL combo if I think panfish might be the ticket. I keep them all in the truck so I can paddle back and swap out lures or get a combo i didn't think I'd need. Usually, I could have taken only 2 combos and caught the same amount of fish. But those 2 combos vary.

3 hours ago, Crankin4Bass said:

I usually fish from my kayak and only bring one spinning and one baitcaster. If it's a quick trip maybe only one spinning rod. I have 10 combo's but don't like to bring too much stuff. I like to focus on one or two techniques and will bring the appropriate setup. I'm still learning, so maybe this will change as I learn more.

Ha!  That's how I was when I started kayak fishing.  Two baitcasters though.  Now it's 4 and I'm fighting the urge to carry 5...

Heavy topwater/swimbait/ large spinners/large buzzbaits

Medium crank/jerk/medium spinners & buzzbaits

MH/Plastics

MH/jigs

 

A lot of times when I'm fishing and get a hit and miss or a short strike I'll follow up right away with plastics and am successful so that rod is always laying beside me unless it's my primary. 

From the bank, one combo with maybe *** others in the car.  

 

From the kayak, four combos max. 

 

 

In southwestern Ontario, I carry 4 in my boat, all baitcasting.

7'4'' heavy, 40lb braid - frogs, heavier flipping with jigs, light swimbaits

7'1'' medium xfast, 30lb braid - wacky worms, jerkbaits, topwater (high vis braid to co poly leader)

7' medium/heavy moderate, 12 lb co poly - cranks (mostly squarebills)

7' medium/heavy fast, 40lb braid- paddletail swimbaits, texas rigs, jigs

Up here our cover isn't too heavy and 40lb braid works great for me. 

Hope to add a rod for 3/8-3/4oz jigs next, and max out at 5 on my boat deck.