Hi everyone ;D

I've gotten pretty enthusiastic about bass fishing over the last few years. I've always fishing with spinning gear and have started to learn baitcasting since last year. I have been a bank fisherman and also went on guided smallouth trips on the Delaware river and wading in the Schuylkill for smallies. I've gotten several rods in the past year and am starting to feel like I have no rhyme or reason as to what I'm using each one for. I was wondering if I could go through them and get suggestions as to what I still need and what rod/reels to use for various applications. I will be getting a small bass tracker this year to do some river and lake fishing. I enjoy just about every application of bass fishing: top water, frogs, Senkos, tubes, other plastics, spinnerbaits and some crankbaiting, jerkbaits and soft plastic jerk baits for smallies.

Pfleuger Medalist Rod/reel combo rod is IK-8 graphite, 6'6" medium action 6-12 lb line. It is my favorite spinning rod at this time. Have 8 lb Yozuri hybrid and tend to use it for Senko's tubes and other soft plastics.

Okuma Avenger reel with a 6' 6" Shimano Solara graphite rod Medium power, fast action spooled with 8lb yozuri hybrid. Was thinking of using this mostly for crank baits.

Okuma Avenger reel with a 6'6" cortland ctr1000 graphite rod. Medium action - kind of noodly. I recently bought this rod on the recommendation of a local fishing shop but think the rod might be too wimpy. Only casught 1 bass on it so far but maybe it would be a good tube rod for smallie fishing.

Shimano supertuned Citica 201D spooled with 14lb vanish or Trilexe XL. Rod is a St Croix triumph, 6'6" medium heavy, fast action rod. 3/8 - 1 oz lures. I tend to use this for spinnerbaits and jerk baits or bigger cranks.

I jsut ordered a new curado 101d of of ebay for $150 and need to buy a rod for it. I was considering the Powell 683C that was reviewed on tackletour http://www.tackletour.com/reviewpowell683cxfast.html but thought, I need to figure out what I need first!

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Chris

Let your fishing style tell you what you need, not a bunch of people you don't know.  

Don't fall into the trap of thinking that you need XYZ rod and ZYX reel in order to fish this bait and ABC rod and CBA reel to fish that bait.  Does it help at times?  Of course.  

Sometimes I wonder if we'd all be better off if we just had 4 or 5 rigs.  :-/

i agree with burly, what works for them might not be great for you. the baggest thing is just using your equipment the way it was intended. set them up ccording to the specs on the rod and reel. i have a bps pro lite reel mads for finesse and smaller lures and it does not work well with larger lines and lures. however if you really want a new rod and you have a gotta have it bait monkey attack bass pro has the pro qualifier rods on sale for 80 smacks( reg $119)