If you could only get 3 rods to cover bass fishing what would be the 3 that covers most 2024

Some tissues reply :

Just want to know what your opinions are

Burtonxj reply :

I'd have a MLXF spinning rod, a MF spinning rod, and a MHF casting rod.

Onvacation reply :

MLXF spinning, MHF casting rod, moderate casting rod, unless there was a lot of vegetation then I would trade the last one for a heavy fast.

Paul Roberts reply :

For me: M spin, MH spin, MH casting.

But I'd also want a M casting.

JigMaster4 reply :

All casting, m-f, mh/f, h/f

Yeajray231 reply :

On 10/28/2016 at 9:27 AM, Paul Roberts said:

For me: M spin, MH spin, MH casting.

But I'd also want a M casting.

Lol

Paul Roberts reply :

No man, I'm serious.

And to cover the basics here, I'd need an UL spin too.

slonezp reply :

3 jig rods. Each with a different color jig. One with black n blue, one with green pumpkin, and one with PB&J

Catt reply :

Texas Rig

Jig-N-Craw

Spinnerbait/buzzbait/trap

hunterPRO1 reply :

id have a mh casting, a heavy casting, and a m spinning. that would cover pretty much all i do since i dont finesse very often at all.

MassYak85 reply :

A M/XF spinning rod (ned rig, drop shot, shakeyhead, light T-rig, weightless plastics etc.)

A MH/MF for moving baits

A H/F for frogs, jigs etc.

I would be happy or at least somewhat comfortable with pretty much any technique besides large swimbaits on these.

everythingthatswims reply :

M Spinning- shakey head, drop shot, senko.

M Casting- Cranks, Spinnerbait, Topwater, Swimbait.

H Casting- Jig/Texas rig

"hamma" reply :

A med action 6'6" spinning rod, for treble hooked lures

A med heavy 7" casting rod, for spinnerbaits and such

A flipping stick, for jigs and worms

Some tissues reply :

For me

mh fast casting

m f spinning

mh med-fast casting

IndianaFinesse reply :

I was gonna say a m/f spinning for a general purpose spinning rod, medium-heavy/fast casting for everything else besides cranks and spinnerbaits, and medium/moderate casting rod for cranks and spinnerbaits, but I do love throwing finesse stuff like the ned rig a huge percentage of the time. I guess I would have to trade the medium/moderate casting rod for a medium-lite/fast spinning rod, but unless fishing for numbers of smaller fish is your thing I would go with the first trio I mentioned.

Scarborough817 reply :

m/f spinning

mh/m casting

h/f casting

Some tissues reply :

On 10/28/2016 at 9:01 PM, IndianaFinesse said:

I was gonna say a m/f spinning for a general purpose spinning rod, medium-heavy/fast casting for everything else besides cranks and spinnerbaits, and medium/moderate casting rod for cranks and spinnerbaits, but I do love throwing finesse stuff like the ned rig a huge percentage of the time. I guess I would have to trade the medium/moderate casting rod for a medium-lite/fast spinning rod, but unless fishing for numbers of smaller fish is your thing I would go with the first trio I mentioned.

lol I use light gear for bigger fish (channels and carp)

Loomis13 reply :

I dont really know.. MLFX spinning, MHF casting and MHMF casting I guess..Pretty similar to what I am running right now lol

IndianaFinesse reply :

On 10/28/2016 at 9:36 PM, Fish yeeter said:

lol I use light gear for bigger fish (channels and carp)

It sure does make it more fun to use lighter gear, so I usually do so whenever possible. When i'm doing what bluebasser calls "bass fishing for catfish" I use a medium fast spinning rod with ten pound line, makes it interesting never knowing who's gonna win cause they can snap that light line as soon as it rubs against a rock. And you have to remember to not keep your rod straight up when they decide they want to do circles on the bottom beneath the boat, otherwise they will break your rod.

The biggest fish I've caught on light line was a 38 pound common carp. It was spawning and I could see it so I flipped my ned rig in front of it's face and it sucked it off the bottom. It seemed like it took an eternity to get it in with a medium-lite rod and an eight pound leader, luckily it wasn't super energetic like smaller carp otherwise I don't think I could have caught it.

Some tissues reply :

On 10/28/2016 at 10:36 PM, IndianaFinesse said:

It sure does make it more fun to use lighter gear, so I usually do so whenever possible. When i'm doing what bluebasser calls "bass fishing for catfish" I use a medium fast spinning rod with ten pound line, makes it interesting never knowing who's gonna win cause they can snap that light line as soon as it rubs against a rock. And you have to remember to not keep your rod straight up when they decide they want to do circles on the bottom beneath the boat, otherwise they will break your rod.

The biggest fish I've caught on light line was a 38 pound common carp. It was spawning and I could see it so I flipped my ned rig in front of it's face and it sucked it off the bottom. It seemed like it took an eternity to get it in with a medium-lite rod and an eight pound leader, luckily it wasn't super energetic like smaller carp otherwise I don't think I could have caught it.

Yeah it's a blast I use 6 pld ultracast with the drag set low and when they hit it the drag starts singing. Most carp I catch are around 20-27"

HeavyDluxe reply :

As others have said, it depends on what you're after and the conditions you mainly fish.

For up here in New England, I could go two directions:

L, M, H - Light for panfish and trout, medium for most bass soft plastics and light jigging, H for punching or jigs in heavy cover.

ML, MH, H - Going slightly heavier on the bottom and middle if I'm excluding some of the smaller species and focusing mainly on bass, lakers, pike, or something.

MBB Nate reply :

Med light fast spinning rod

Medium Moderate casting rod

Medium Heavy Fast casting rod

Some tissues reply :

On 10/28/2016 at 11:38 PM, HeavyDluxe said:

As others have said, it depends on what you're after and the conditions you mainly fish.

For up here in New England, I could go two directions:

L, M, H - Light for panfish and trout, medium for most bass soft plastics and light jigging, H for punching or jigs in heavy cover.

ML, MH, H - Going slightly heavier on the bottom and middle if I'm excluding some of the smaller species and focusing mainly on bass, lakers, pike, or something.

Focus would be mostly largemouth and smallmouth

Poolshark reply :

I live in Florida so I'd need one rod for flipping and at least one rod for fishing trebles in grassy shallow water.

76 mhf to hf- Worms, jigs, frogs, buzz toads, flipping, Carolina rigging, finesse swim baits and big spinnerbaits.

76 glass composite mhmf mmf- squarebills, lipless baits, medium sized plugs, smaller spinnerbaits, buzz baits chatterbaits.

7 mf spinning- all of my finesse plastic techniques and lures >3/16 of an ounce including small top waters and 1/8 ounce lipless baits.

tholmes reply :

On 10/28/2016 at 11:38 PM, MBB Nate said:

Med light fast spinning rod

Medium Moderate casting rod

Medium Heavy Fast casting rod

^ What MBB Nate said.

Tom

SJex reply :

M/F Spinning for Finesse Stuff

H/F Casting for Jigs, Frogs, and smaller swimbaits

MH/F Casting for everything else

Raul reply :

1 M/F spinning

1 H/F trigger

1 MH/M trigger for cranking

roadwarrior reply :

RB 77 reply :

7' MH/ F Casting

7' MH/ XF Casting

6'6" M/ F Spinning

Although only choosing three would be rather torturous! Haha

Catt reply :

On 10/28/2016 at 10:20 AM, Catt said:

Texas Rig: MH Extra Fast

Jig-N-Craw: MH Extra Fast

Spinnerbait/buzzbait/trap: MH Fast

Was told I didn't have enough information so I edited it!

Some tissues reply :

On 10/29/2016 at 1:59 AM, roadwarrior said:

? seems like u took care of this thread 2 years ago

.ghoti. reply :

I'd have to take this rod, that rod, and the other rod.

pawpaw reply :

7" mh casting rod

7" med crankbait rod

6'6" or 7' med spinning rod

Honkytonk reply :

I'd have to say

1) mlxf spinning

2) h/mf casting (big swimbaits)

3) mh/f casting

DrMarlboro92 reply :

If all I could take fishing with me was 3 of my rods, I would go with:

7'-7'3" Medium, fast spinning for all finesse fishing

7' medium, moderate crankbait rod w/baitcaster for crank baits,

7'6 medium heavy baitcaster for literally everything from jigs to spinnerbaits to top waters.

Obviously, 3 rods is not enough to have the ideal set up for everything you're going to do when bass fishing, but these three will cover most of the bases pretty well.

greentrout reply :

Waters I fish do not have really heavy vegetation & cover . Many variables here...fish what you got...6 1/2 medium spinning rated 1/8 lures and up, 6 1/2 medium casting 1/4 lures and up and 6 1/2 medium heavy casting for 3/8 lures and up. One rod? 6 1/2 medium casting.

Robert Riley reply :

Because I'm sure I have a different opinion than most!
MH jig rod
MH/MF crank rod
MH/F spinnerbait rod.

But this totally depends on if I have a tendency to crank deep, or I'm fishing pressured areas, etc etc.

Bankbeater reply :

MHF casting rod, MF spinning rod, and a MLF spinning rod.

Some tissues reply :

On 10/31/2016 at 3:24 PM, Robert Riley said:

Because I'm sure I have a different opinion than most!
MH jig rod
MH/MF crank rod
MH/F spinnerbait rod.

But this totally depends on if I have a tendency to crank deep, or I'm fishing pressured areas, etc etc.

Yeah it varies for everyone some may fish farm ponds others local lakes and some the Great Lakes. But bass fisherman tend to want 2 million rods so I wanted to see what ppl choose with only a 3 rod selection to see what they think works best for them

WIGuide reply :

If I could only take 3 rods to cover all my bases I'd have to take a M/F Spinning rod, a MH/F baitcaster, and a H/F baitcaster. Not the most ideal after using my normal arsenal, but I feel like I could effectively fish with those 3. If the lakes I fished had less veggies, I'd probably change my 3 to a ML/XF Spinning rod, M/F & MH/F baitcasters.

Yudo1 reply :

I prefer casting gear so I'd go with a med/light fast, mh/f and h/f.

Choporoz reply :

As has been said many times above, it depends. I took five rods in my kayak on Saturday and used all of them. I took seven on a boat in a reservoir yesterday and used six of them. Only four rods were common for each trip. Some smallmouth river yak trips I take all spinning rods. Some days on the Potomac I don't take one spinning rod.

Starting out, I'd suggest one fast tip spinning rod, one MH casting rod and one M casting rod

SenkoGuru reply :

6'10 Medium for Topwaters, Jerkbaits,

7'0 Medium Heavy for Spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, rattletraps, swimjigs ,T-rig's

7'3 Heavy for Jig's, Frog's Toad's

All Casting rods, I've never liked spinning

joe chum reply :

7'1" M/XF spinning

7' M/F spinning

6'10" M/XF casting

soflabasser reply :

Everyone has their own style of bass fishing, so you are going to get lots of answers.So far these setups have served me well for bass and inshore fish.

1. 6-7 foot heavy action for swimbaits,frogging,etc

2. 6-7 foot heavy action for big topwaters,big plugs,etc

3. 6-7 foot medium heavy action for small/medium topwaters,finesse baits,most bass lures,etc

Here's a video that will make you laugh;

"Fishing rod challenge! Can I break an Ugly Stik GX2?!"

by YouTuber named "Catfish and Carp".

picassotrigger reply :

Today...

7' MLF Spinning

6'6 MHF Spinning

6'8 MHF Baitcast

Tomorrow... ???

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