I use a medium spinning rod for shakyheads and finesse type soft plastics. I use a MH spinning rod for senkos, Texas rigged Trick Worms, and jigs. If it is a crankbait, spinnerbait, topwater, or bigger Texas rigged soft plastics it gets thrown on a baitcaster. I don't even own a ML spinning rod. All of my rods are either 6' or 6'6". I don't have any use for any longer rods.

I have no use for a dedicated cranking rod. Don't have much need for it.

A medium spinning rod is actually my most used spinning rod because it’s such a great one rod solution to situations I may want to use a large variety of things but will only have one rod available.

 

Casting I’ll use everything from tiny to massive, but have really little use for any mh/h spinning setups. I keep them purely to loan to others.

Any spinning rod over medium. If I need a MH or H, that’s baitcaster territory. 

 

As far as spinning actions, I like XF for wacky rigs. Crank the line tight when the bass runs with the bait and the hook will set fast. I like F for weightless Senkos. 

I'd argue that spinning rods over medium power are unpopular in the bass fishing market just based on the difficulty  finding one.

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

I'd argue that spinning rods over medium power are unpopular in the bass fishing market just based on the difficulty  finding one.

It's a little harder to find one - but not terribly difficult. I wanted a MH spinning rig, and found a number of MH and even some H spinners. My issue was finding one in my budget, but I did get one...just waiting on the reel for it.

On 1/6/2021 at 8:23 PM, ironbjorn said:

I can't find a use for a Medium powered spinning rod. This started to occur for me over the past couple of seasons, really culminating last season. Now I'm a spinning rod fiend; I do find a heavy use for them; but only a Medium Light. I can't think of anything anymore that is commonly thrown on a Medium powered spinning rod that I wouldn't rather be throwing on a casting rod. If I'm going small or finesse enough to really need a spinning rod, it's going to be the Medium Light, such as for Ned Rigs.

 

2 years ago I would have agreed 100% but I have started cracking tubes (1/2 oz) and throwing Stupid Tubes over the last couple year where a heavier rod or hookset is required.  I prefer both of those presentations on a medium spinning rod versus a medium light spinning rod or a medium casting combo, I will say that a lot of people prefer their medium action spinning rods.  I am on the Dobyns Facebook group and the 3 power spinning rod is highly recommended.  Personally, I love their 2 power (ML) and only have one 3 power (M) rod.  

 

But I agree that under most instances I'd much rather use a medium casting outfit than a medium spinning combo.

35 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

It's a little harder to find one - but not terribly difficult. I wanted a MH spinning rig, and found a number of MH and even some H spinners. My issue was finding one in my budget, but I did get one...just waiting on the reel for it.

They aren't marketed towards bass anglers.  They're almost always targeted at some other demographic.  "Popular bass rod" 

Mine is a G.Loomis PR884S, saltwater popping rod. This is my dedicated live bait rod

targeting smallmouth at Pickwick and on the Tennessee River.  I also fish the PR844C,

my primary topwater and medium weight crankbait rod.

13 minutes ago, J Francho said:

They aren't marketed towards bass anglers.  They're almost always targeted at some other demographic.  "Popular bass rod" 

Diawa Tatula XT, Dobyns Sierra & Champion XP, St Croix Avid - not 'popular' bass rods...got it.

St. Croix Avid line is not marketed as a bass rod.  Of the others, only the Daiwa specifically mentions bass fishing, though Dobyns is certainly a bass rod company.

 

I told you so, lol.

1 hour ago, J Francho said:

I'd argue

 

3 minutes ago, J Francho said:

St. Croix Avid line is not marketed as a bass rod.  Of the others, only the Daiwa specifically mentions bass fishing, though Dobyns is certainly a bass rod company.

 

I told you so, lol.

 

I could go on, but I'll refrain. $30 and up rods that people use for bassing come in MH.

I will admit - for a Heavy - need to go to Inshore.

There's a difference in what people use for bass and what is marketed as for bass.  What I'm getting at, is the original question was what is a popular bass rod that you don't have a use for, is being misconstrued.  

1 minute ago, J Francho said:

what is a popular bass rod that you don't have a use for

True that, John...I answered above, so I'll bow out now.

I don't like M powered spinning rods, I only own one M power spinning rod, and it's my least used spinning rod. I much prefer ML

 

I don't like XF rods, I am 100% braid to leader, and Mod/Fast is my favorite taper for just about everything

 

I don't like glass rods at all...feel heavy and dead to me, even with braid. 

2 hours ago, BrianMDTX said:

Any spinning rod over medium. If I need a MH or H, that’s baitcaster territory.

 

Same here. 

On 1/6/2021 at 9:23 PM, ironbjorn said:

I can't find a use for a Medium powered spinning rod. This started to occur for me over the past couple of seasons, really culminating last season. Now I'm a spinning rod fiend; I do find a heavy use for them; but only a Medium Light. I can't think of anything anymore that is commonly thrown on a Medium powered spinning rod that I wouldn't rather be throwing on a casting rod. If I'm going small or finesse enough to really need a spinning rod, it's going to be the Medium Light, such as for Ned Rigs.

come and fish up on the great Lakes! You'll have PLENTY enough reason to own medium power spinning rods!!! 

I have NEVER owned a medium heavy or heavy power spinning rod though. I only have L, ML, & M power spinnnig rods.

I don't count MH spinning rods as being popular bass choices. You won't find them on many decks or in the arsenal of very many bank anglers who have to limit their setups. I view them as more of a tool for the "limited", for lack of a better word: meaning for people who don't want to or haven't been able to learn some or even all baitcasting techniques. With that said, to each their own and add anything you want to this thread or to the conversation.

I don't own a decent M/L spinning rod, but I have used my entry level models to fish crankbaits, weightless soft plastics, drop shots, finesse jigs, shaky heads, tubes etc some years ago. I plan on buying a higher end M/L spinning rod for next season actually.

 

I don't really own any rods I can't find a use for, but I can think of a few I wouldn't use. Personally I wouldn't have much use for a ML casting rod as I do my finesse fishing on spinning gear. Same deal with a shorter extra heavy rod for jigs or frogs, I just don't have that kind of cover although a roughly 8' swimbait rod is in my future. Although neither are popular.

On 1/8/2021 at 9:12 PM, Boomstick said:

although a roughly 8' swimbait rod

I have three rods that are 8', two 7-11, and a 7-9.  Get the 7-9.  Anything longer is a gigantic pain in the butt anywhere other than on the water in your hands.

Any flipping stick over 7’5. And I have a champion 765 and 795 dx they just don’t get much work. I find my dx 745 and 746 and champ 735 in my hand way more