Rod reel pairing and technique recommendations. Trying to figure out how and what to use my rods for in a more specific bass fishing techniques. I have the following. Any recommendations on what I should add to my arsenal would be greatly appreciated.

 

7'2 Casting medium/moderate fast 1/2 - 1 1/4 lure 7.0.1 quantum smoke reel

 

7' Casting medium heavy Fast St croix avid X 3/8-1oz lure 7.3 diawa tatula reel

 

7' Casting Lew's medium moderate fast 1/8-1/2 oz 7.5.1 13 fishing reel

 

7'1 spinning medium light extra fast 1/16-3/8 oz lure phfluger xt supreme reel 5.2.1

 

6'6 casting medium heavy Fast action no reel

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3 hours ago, mleroy said:

Rod reel pairing and technique recommendations. Trying to figure out how and what to use my rods for in a more specific bass fishing techniques. I have the following. Any recommendations on what I should add to my arsenal would be greatly appreciated.

 

7'2 Casting medium/moderate fast 1/2 - 1 1/4 lure 7.0.1 quantum smoke reel

 

7' Casting medium heavy Fast St croix avid X 3/8-1oz lure 7.3 diawa tatula reel

 

7' Casting Lew's medium moderate fast 1/8-1/2 oz 7.5.1 13 fishing reel

 

7'1 spinning medium light extra fast 1/16-3/8 oz lure phfluger xt supreme reel 5.2.1

 

6'6 casting medium heavy Fast action no reel

1) Heavier treble hook lures (think medium sized swimbaits, mid to deep diving crank baits)

2) The workhorse, but with it being a higher end setup I’d reserve it for t rigs and jigs to take advantage of the rods sensitivity

3) Lighter to moderate treble hook lures (square bills especially)

4) Finesse. Wacky worms, drop shot, trick worms, whatever finesse tactics you use.

5) Spinnerbaits, buzz baits, lightish frogging

 

But really, you don’t have to limit yourself completely. I’ve set the hook on bass with plastics on moderate action ultra light rods thought it’s not the best rod for it. You have a good chunk of choices for fishing lures, if you ever got into heavy cover pitching, flipping, or frogging maybe you could add/swap in a Heavy action rod. 

you could use a heavy powered rod for Frogs and punching.

https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/fishing-combos-setups-rods.html