I'm going fishing today and I've probably got 16 rods in the boat.

12 various baitcasting combos, 2 bass spinning and 2 crappie rods.

6 rods usually

CASTING:

1 Kistler Helium LTA 6'9" MH for T-rigs and Jigs

1 Kistler MagnesiumTS 7' M Cranking stick for all cranks and some topwater (1/8-3/4oz.)

1 Daiwa TD-S 6'6" MH for close-quarter spinnerbaitin, buzzbaits, jerkbaits (I like stiff rods for these techniques)

1 Kistler Helium LTA 7' X-heavy for Froggin, Punchin Mats, and swimbaits (in MA the HUGE swimbaits dont fly too well)

All with Shimano Curado 100s or 200s except the Xheavy has a Pflueger Summit

SPINNING:

1 Kistler Helium II LTX 6'9" M for Dropshots, shakeyheads, flick-shake, darterheads, finesse in general (with Shimano Stradic Magnesium 4000)

1 St. Croix Avid 6'6" M for weightless worms, tubes, light cranks. (Shimano Sedona 4000)

one texas

one carolina

one lipless crank

one crank

I am glad to see this post.  My fishing partner gives me nothing but grief because I take 4- 5 rods.  We fish lakes and ponds from the shore , in water with waders , from a canoe, or my sea eagle boat.  He says that something is wrong with me because I take tomuch stuff.  but I see that I  am not the only one with a problem . lol

i usually pack light and bring 2:

St. Croix AC70MF/Shimano Citica 200D/50lb powerpro for worms, jigs, spinnerbaits, etc.

St. Croix AC66MM/Shimano Citica 100DSV/15lb Yo Zuri Hybrid for anything with trebels.

sometimes i will bring my pflueger UL combo with me if i wanna have some fun w/ small bass and panfish.

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For swimbaits I use my Zebco 33 combo. For everything else I've got a couple fo Snoopy rods I use.

large swimbait.

small swimbait

spinnerbait

topwater

wacky rig senko

senko

fluke

crankbait

jig

jerkbait

and another 10 rods under deck, but usually 6 on deck at all times.