I have 5 of the 3000 size Spinning Combos. I haven't used them much. They are all on Medium Rods. 2 are Ugly Sticks. I have live bait rigs so I'm not interested in using them for that, but instead for Bass both large and Smallmouth. Just curious what lures you would throw on these combos.

Thanks!

It depends on what you want to do.  You can use them for swim baits, tubes, Ned rigs, shaky, and on and on.

- Tubes

- Weightless worms

- Inline Spinners

- Smaller hard body jerkbaits (rapalas)

 

I would use one for a spoon rod. The spoons would be Kastmaster , 1/4 oz - 3/8. 

The rod has much more to do with lure presentation. A 3000 reel on a Med spinning rod is arguably as versatile a setup as you can get for bass fishing. 

57 minutes ago, Delaware Valley Tackle said:

The rod has much more to do with lure presentation. A 3000 reel on a Med spinning rod is arguably as versatile a setup as you can get for bass fishing. 

Thanks! I was just thinking it would seem strange throwing a 1/16 oz inline spinner or 1/10 oz ned on one of those ugly sticks. These are pretty substantial rigs. Wondering if anyone has thrown crankbaits, top water, or spinnerbaits on setups like this.

1 hour ago, 33oldtimer said:

Thanks! I was just thinking it would seem strange throwing a 1/16 oz inline spinner or 1/10 oz ned on one of those ugly sticks. These are pretty substantial rigs. Wondering if anyone has thrown crankbaits, top water, or spinnerbaits on setups like this.

It’s okay to be strange.  You don’t need permission from the Internet.  Go fishing and if the rod and reel don’t work for you then try something different.  

You can literally throw anything within the rods' ratings with 3000 sized spinning reels. Line test/diameter will also play a big role (e.g., 4-6# test for finesse baits and 8-10# test for larger baits like a spinnerbait).

On 3/17/2024 at 10:00 PM, Tennessee Boy said:

It’s okay to be strange.  You don’t need permission from the Internet.  Go fishing and if the rod and reel don’t work for you then try something different.

It is what ever you have tied on it. It’s your spinner bait rig….. “wait let me retie”…. Now it’s my finesse rig. 
might not be perfect but “it’ll work”

@33oldtimer you are good to go!

 

I have a few spinning rods, from medium-light to medium-heavy...all spooled with 10lb braid, then 8 or 10lb fluoro leader. I throw a ton of different baits -- cranks, squarebills, spinnerbaits, NED, swim baits, t-rigged plastics, jerkbaits, drop shot, senkos, rattle traps. 

 

About the only thing that gets casting rod exclusively is big jig-n-pigs, frogs, or buzz-baits. 

 

Everything else is fair game for my spinning rod set ups.  Good luck!! 

Personally this is my favorite size for all my spinning rods except for my drop shot setup. I'd say anything from a weightless trick worm on a hook all the way up to a lure weighing in at about 1/2oz (eg. a 3.8 keitech on a weighted swimbait hook or a caffeine shad) will work with this. If the lure weighs more than that I'm most likely throwing it on a casting setup at that point...