I'm curious how many rods you use for a tournament and what are their setups and usages???

#1 Texas Rig Worm: Shimano Crucial CRC-X610MH Length: 6' 10 Line: 10-20 lb Lure: 3/8-3/4 Power: Medium Heavy Action: Extra Fast; Shimano Calcutta CT100A spooled with 15# Berkley Big Game. Gene Larew 7 ½ Salty Ring Worm Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage), ¼ oz bullet weight black, Mustad 3/0 Straight Shank Denny Brauer Flipping Hook.

#2 Jig-N-Craw: Daiwa TD-V701MHRB Team Daiwa-V Length: 7' 0 Line Class: 10-20 lb Lure Weight: ¼-1 oz; Shimano Cardiff CDF100A spooled with 65# Power Pro. Oldham's Lures Trailer Hitch Jig, 3/8 oz Black/Blue, Gene Larew Salty Hawg Craws in 6 with 1 ½ cut off the tail.

#3 Texas Rigged Craw Worm: Castaway CSAP68 Sport Series Med. Heavy All Purpose Length: 6' 8 Line Class: 10 to 17 lbs. Lure Weight: 5/16 to ¾ oz.; Shimano Calcutta CT100A spooled with 15# Berkley Big Game. Gene Larew Salty Hawg Craws in 4, 5, & 6 in the following colors: Black Blue, Junebug/Blue Claw, & Black Neon. ¼ oz bullet weight black, Strike King Saber Point 5/0 offset hook.

#4 Spinner Bait/Rat-L-Trap: Castaway CSB66 Medium Heavy Bait Cast Length: 6' 6 Line Class: 8 to 14 lbs. Lure Weight: ¼ oz to 5/8 oz.; Shimano Calcutta CT50A spooled with 15# Berkley Big Game. ½ oz Stanley Wedge Spinner Bait, white skirt & double gold willow leaf. Bill Lewis's Rat-L-Trap ½ oz Red Chrome.

#5 Back up Shimano® Chronarch® 50Mg; rod was broken haven't found a suitable substitute

Depends on the time of year. I have 11 rods total in the locker and may have 6 or seven on the deck. If I get on aspecific pattern than I will thin out what I have on the deck. Here are my staples.

#1 G Loomis GLX XHeavy Worm and Jig rod Shimano 50 MG for 3/8 or 1/2 oz. Mop Jig

#2 G Loomis IMX 844 with Shimano Chroanrch 100B for C Rig or another type of jig

#3 G Loomis 783 with Shimano Anteres 200 for Fluke

#4 G Loomis 845CB with Shimano Curado 100DSV for Large Top Water or Trap

$5 G Loomis 843CB with Shimano Chronarch 100BPV for Small Topwater or Crankbait

#6 G Loomis 783 with Shimano Curado 100D for Floating Worm

#7 G Loomis 812 Spinnerbait rod with Shimano Chroanrch 100B DSV for Spinnerbait/Buzzbait

#8 Shimano Crucial 7' Med Xfast with Shimano Chroanrch Topwater or Senko

#9 Shimano Crucial Spinning 6'8" Med Xfast with Shimano Stradic 2500 for Spot Remover

#10 Shimano Compre 6'6" Medfast with Shimano Curado 100DSV T- Rig/Jerkbait ( TD Minnow)

#11 Shimano Crucial 6'8" Med Fast Casting with Shimano Chronarch 100 B Lead Head Fluke/ Ditch Blade

I have several other rods that float in and out of the boat but the ones listed are the staples. Fluke/Jig/ Spot Remover are always on the deck. In the winter I may have 2 or 3 crankbaits on and several types of leadheads. In the summer may have 2 or 3 different types of topwaters depending on conditions. That was fun.

Simple is better.......

Depends on time of year, what lake and whether or not its an all day deal or an evening tournament.

If i am fishing with someone else in their boat, I might have 3 or maybe 4 at the most, depending on who I am fishing with. If I have my way, I only have to use one rod all day, but that doesnt happen much.....

When I fish in my boat, I have 8 rods in the box most times. Here's what i have on deck and when....

Spring: 2 flipping sticks(jig,t-rig),shallow cranking rod, and Spinnerbait rod.

Summer: 2 flipping sticks, buzzbait rod, deep cranking set-up,2 spinning rods(6'6 m/H w/ 10lb flourocarbon)(6'4 med. w/ 6lb test), topwater rod.

Fall: 2 flippin sticks, Buzzbait and/or spinnerbait rod, 3 Shallow and deep cranking rods

Winter: Flipping stick,Deep cranking rod, spinning rods,

When i buy rods and reels, I always try to get stuff that I know that I can use for more than one thing....

I use one of my flipping sticks for a C-rig if i need to. I can throw spinnerbiats and buzzbait on the same rod when i can, Shallow cranking rods can be used for topwaters too. and small buzzbaits and spinnerbaits if needed. Most days I will stick with things better if I dont have all kinds of rods in the boat and stick to a plan other than running around junk fishing.

There are days when you can have one rod out or 15 on deck. Most times I start with:

Texas Rig: Revo STX/ Kistler Helium 7' MH

Shaky head: Pflueger Supreme Magnesium/ G Blanks 6'10" M

Senko/fluke: Revo STX/ Kistler Helium 7' M

Med crank & spinnerbaits: Revo SX/ Fritts 6'6" M  

....and in the summertime I always have my Fritts Deep Crankin set-up on deck

Once on the water, you should be able to put some rods away throughout the day and end up with just one or two on deck.....but then again there are other days when you keep pulling out different rods and you soon realize that you have nowhere to walk anymore.

I saw Iaconelli last fall on my home lake and he had 14 combos on deck at the end of one of the days.....his boat was trashed.

Spinnerbait/Chatterbait- All Star American Classic 6ft 10in MH. Quantum Energy PT  6:3:1. 15 lb Berkely Big Game.

Crankbait- 6 1/2ft Shimano medium action. Abu Garcia Ambassedeur 1003LP 6:2:1. 12lb Berkely Big Game.

Texas Rig- 7ft MH Berkely Lightnin Rod. Abu Garcia 1003LP 6:2:1. 20lb Berkely Big Game

Flippin- 7 1/2ft heavy action BPS Graphite Series. Daiwa Procaster  5:3:1. 25lb Berkely Big Game.

Shaky Head- 7ft medium action Quantum Optix. Abu Garcia Cardnial 5:1:1. 10lb Berkely Big Game.

Spinnerbait/ Chatterbait- 7' BPS IM6 Extreme Rod Med., Johnny Morris BC, 10lb BPS Excel Mono

Crainkbait - 7' Berkley Bionix Crankin Stick Med, Diawa Procaster, 10 lb Suffix Mono

Jig & Pig - 7'-6" Pinnacle Flippin Stick Heavy, Diawa Procaster, 20lb Suffix Mono

Soft Plastic/Top Water Frog (heavy cover rod) - 7'6" BPS Pro Qualifer Heavy, Diawa Procaster,30lb Suffix Braid

Buzzbait- 6'6" BPS Extreme IM6 Med., Diawa Procaster, 14lb BPS Excel

Shaky head (finesse spinning rod)- 7' Pinnacle "Lucile" Med. Extra Fast, Abu garcia, 8lb P-Line Flouro

harshman

I have a team daiwa V td-v701mhrb 7' and would like to purchase another one. Sad to say but I bought this one on clearance at Walmart and am unable to find another one. The price was right and I should have bought several.($12 bucks) where did you purchase yours? I'm in Beaumont Texas.

Usually six or seven on the deck.  I'd rather have less clutter so sometimes a couple less.  Different rods and rigging for every Tor different lake, can't really say there is X setup on the boat every time with a few exceptions.  The spot remover/roboworm on 6.6 medium rod is always there, good for just about any water.  Drop shot rig with a GYCB flattail worm is always ready, use it anywhere.  Senko rig is always there unless the fish are deep, fished in timber-grass edges-pads-docks.  Anywhere a vertical presentation will get you bit.  Oct. to March a jigging spoon is always rigged.  Good on deep(<15') points, deep boat houses, deep timber.   In rocky, timberless, weedless lakes a DLN-DD14-DD22 is always on, deflect it off rocky bottoms.  

1. quest med/hvy fast action okuma 5:51 spinning reel for all t-rig and carolina rigs,and swim jigs,tubes,twitch baits with 10lb cajun red cast.

2. berkley stinger med shakespere sigma 6:61 baitcasting reel for brushpile work or hvy cover jig & pig 30 lb test power pro.

3. berkley buccaneer b-30 med light for all cranks 12 lb test berkley triline xl (need to buy new reel for this rod) will update.

4. berkley buccaneer ul for micro cranks,finesse tactics,drop shoting,and grub works 8 lb cajun red cast on an old ugly spin ul reel.

it really depends on how the prefishing goes,but I have been happy with 8-10 rods

1/4-1/2oz Jigs-Shimano Cumara CUCX72M w/Daiwa Zillion 50lb braid 15lb Seaguar leader

3/8-3/4oz football Jigs/traps- Powell 764 w/Revo Sx 65lb braid w/20lb Seaguar leader

1/4-1oz Jigs- Loomis 844 IMX w/Revo Sx 20lb Seaguar flouro

3/8-1 1/2oz flippin' n pitchin'- Powell 805 w/Revo Sx 65lb braid

c-rigs/senkos/shaky head/traps- Kistler LTA HE70MHC w/Daiwa HST 65lb braid 15lb Seaguar leader

frogs- Daiwa L&T w/Daiwa HST 65lb braid

blades/chatters/spooks- Competitive Edge Spiral Wrap 7' MH w/Daiwa HST 50lb braid

chatters/rippin'- Competitive Edge Spiral Wrap 7' M w/Daiwa HST 20lb Seaguar Flouro

deep cranks- Okuma EVX Crankait w/Daiwa HST 8-15lb Seaguar flouro

drop shot/darthead/shaky/light rippin- Powel 702 w/Quantum Pti-10 20 lb braid 6-10lb Seaguar leader

swimbaits/big walking baits- Redington Rfx 7911 w/Revo Sx 65lb braid

               Okuma GS 7'11 w/Shimano Calcutta 200 TE 20lb Izorline

               Okuma GS 7'11 w/Shimano Calcutta 400B 30lb Izorline

1. Spinnerbait

2. Carolina Rig

3. Texas Rig

4. Rat-L-Trap

5. Crankbait

6. Jig

7. Buzzbait

8. Jig

Of course exactly what spinnerbait, crankbait, etc , will all depend on the lake/river and situation. But I usually am rigged out with 8 rods.

ahhhh jeez let me think here...not sure on the models of the rod's because most have warn off, but its a typicall assortment of St. Croix, Shimano, Daiwa, All Star and whatever other good rod's I might find on clearance somewhere.

But the lures most permanently attached to them are as follow's.

Football Jig

Carolina Rig 10 inch lizard

Texas Rig Speed Craw

Bittsy Jig on a spinning rod

Spinnerbait

Horny Toad

Floating Tube Jerk worm type bait

Crankbait

Rattletrap

I THINK thats all, changes a little from season to season.

if i am fishing a tourny on my boat, i will have 8-10 rods rigged and ready. when i fish from my partners boat, i try to only bring 6 rods. my rods tend to get beat up more on ther peoples boats.

this is usually the lineup:

1. hollow body frog

2. horny toad/ cane toad/ flappin shad/fluke/senko/ wacky

3. texas rig

4. flippin stick

5. crank bait

6. spinnerbait

7. slender pointer

8. carolina rig (mainly in summer)

9. spook

10. jig

the funny thing is, usually i'll find a particular bait that works, and you fish that rod all day long. but just in case, i bring the whole garage.

if i am fishing a tourny on my boat, i will have 8-10 rods rigged and ready. when i fish from my partners boat, i try to only bring 6 rods. my rods tend to get beat up more on ther peoples boats.

this is usually the lineup:

1. hollow body frog

2. horny toad/ cane toad/ flappin shad/fluke/senko/ wacky

3. texas rig

4. flippin stick

5. crank bait

6. spinnerbait

7. slender pointer

8. carolina rig (mainly in summer)

9. spook

10. jig

the funny thing is, usually i'll find a particular bait that works, and you fish that rod all day long. but just in case, i bring the whole garage.

i bring the whole garage. dont we all   ;D ;D

Abu Garcia 3006 HSI/ 6'6" Heavy Power St. Croix/ 65 pound Power Pro= Thick Grass or Brush Rod

Abu Garcia 3004 HSI/6'6"Medium Power St. Croix/ 12 pound Triple Fish Camo=  Bitsy Flip/ Knucklehead Rod

Abu Garcia 3004 HS/7' Medium Power St. Croix/ 12 pound Triple Fish Camo= Rat-l-trap/ Topwater Rod

Abu Garcia Revo/ 6'8" Medium Heavy Power Castaway/ 17 pound Triple Fish Camo= Jig

Abu Garcia lp / 6'8" Medium Heavy Power Castaway/ 20 pound Triple Fish Camo=Jig

Abu Garcia Cardinal 504/ 7' Medium Light Diamondback/ 8 pound Triple Fish Camo= Finesse Worm

Abu Garcia 304 / 7' Medium Power Castaway/ 10 pound Triple Fish Camo= Senko/Shakey Head

Depends on the day/lake/season, etc, but today:

Alphas Trinis 6'6" MH - Quantum Lite reel (sentimental value!) - Buzzbaits

Custom 6'3" MM - Daiwa Advantage - Light/shallow cranks

Custom 7' MHF - Daiwa Smak - weightless plastic

Airrus Co-Matrix 6' M - Scorpion 1000Mg - shakey heads

Airrus Co-Matric 6'6" M - Abu Garcia Revo STX - spinnerbaits

BPS Red Rod (dunno!) - 7' MH - Shimano Calcutta - ball and chain

Airrus Ultra-XL- 6'8" MH - Quantum Accurist 2 - t-rig

I don't tournament fish much anymore but when I do

Worm/jig - 6'6" All Star Titanium Hvy, Revo S.

Senko/Sluggo - 6'9" All Star Titanium Wacky worm special, Revo S

C-rig - 7' All Star Titanium MHvy, Revo S

Spinnerbait/Buzzbait - All Star Classic 6'8" MHvy, Revo SC

Flippin/Pitchin - AllStar Classic 7' Hvy, Garcia 2005LP

Crankbait 1 - BPS Crankin stick 6' med, Rick Clunn RCX1000

Crankbait 2 - BPS Crankin Stick 6'6" med, Rick Clunn RCX1000

Rat L Trap/Jerkbait - All Star Classic 6' M, Revo SX

Topwater - BPS Bionic blade IM6 pistol grip 6' M, Revo SC

I left out about 3 baitcasters and 3 spinning rods.  Those are in the box if I need them.  I'll clear the deck of rods I don't need as I establish a pattern.