One rod, one line and one lure? 2025
Breakin heads reply :
If you had to pick one rod, line, and lure to use for the rest of your life what would it be?
Mine would be a 7'2" falcon cara heavy with 17lbs mono and a green pumpkin jig.
EvanT123 reply :
7'0 Medium Light fast St Croix Avid, 10lb braid and 10 pound mono leader, and white zoom super fluke.
Darren. reply :
I'd pick my most recent acquisition:
6'3" St. Croix Legend Tournament Walleye Spinning Rod
2500 Shimano Stradic FJ
10 or 15 lb Power Pro Yellow Braid + leader
K_Mac reply :
The problem with these types of threads is there is no one size fits all answer. A jig on heavy line would work very well much of the time in some waters. In others not so much. I might take a spinning rod with 8# fluorocarbon using a trickworm on a shakeyhead. I could catch fish most of the time, but it would not the best solution at others. And what about when a lipless crankbait is killing, or a squarebill, or a chatterbait, or a wacky rig, or a spook, or a frog, or a hollow body swimbait, or a beaver, or a grub, or...? Life is too short, and much of the fun of fishing for me is finding what works best today.
Mosster47 reply :
My Loomis GL2 spinnerbait rod, 7:1 reel, and Trilene XL 12lb. 3/8oz white spinnerbait, double blades.
bowhunter63 reply :
My Lews 6 6 med rod,lews high speed baitcaster 12 lb flouro and a Rage craw.
Fisher-O-men reply :
Zebco 33, Red Cajun, and Helicopter Lure!
Fishinthefish reply :
St croix legend tournament, medium extra fast, 12 flouro, biospawn worm
Fishes in trees reply :
I'm glad I don't have to pick. I haven't been out yet this year, looks like it might be in the cards Weds or Thurs. next week. I've got 22 rods rigged & ready to go in the fishing truck. If my Curado 70 that I ordered comes in, I'll have 23. I understand that some guys want to go
"minimalist". Been there - done that - back when I was a meat fishing bush hippie, several years ago. Don't have to do that anymore, so I don't.
Junk Fisherman reply :
Largemouth- blk/blue jig with a chigger craw trailer
Smallmouth- 4" green pumkin tube
Dan_the_fisher reply :
Megabass xx emtf 7'5", 16# super fc sniper, zoom z-craw California 420 color, 3/16 tungsten with a 5/0 owner wide gap.
Rbm18 reply :
Dobyns 703, 12lb flouro, black/blue senko
Burtonxj reply :
6'3" MF Loomis Bronzeback, 2500 Stradic FJ, 10lb PP / 8lb FC leader, Green pumpkin Zoom Ultravibe Speed Craw.
WI_Angler1989 reply :
I like this question. Its not "what rod does everything" but what you would be satisfied with. It's the sacrifice.
Me, I'd take my 610mlxf St Croix Legend Tournament Bass spinning rod.
I'd spool it with 15lb power pro hi-vis and a 10# super sniper leader.
The lure is wayyyyy harder to pick for me...... maybe a spinnerbait? Or Inline spinner? Maybe a Finesse jig? Wait no, Texas rig Power worm? Plastic craw? Oooo a jerkbait?! Gah...A Grub?.........
I think in the end I'd settle on a 2.5" watermelon blue fleck Cabin Creek tube on a 1/4oz draggin head. I can fish a tube traditionally, hop it, swim it, dead stick it, flip it, fish deep shallow. A lot of things can do that but I just like tubes. So do the smallies here luckily! Honestly, I'd regret not picking a grub if I picked a tube, and wish i had a tube if I picked the grub. Good thing it's hypothetical haha
N Florida Mike reply :
M/H 6.5 Ugly stick.10 pound original stren and watermelon seed fluke.Don't have a big preference on the reel but I'd prefer probably any diawa spinning reel with a high gear ratio.
Josh Smith reply :
Cherrywood MH/F, Ambassadeur 5500c5, PowerPro 65lb braid, black/blue weedless jig.
offsidewing reply :
What I grab when I only take one combo:
St Croix 68MXF, 6lb Yo-Zuri Hybrid, and if it was one bait for every where I fish: Fat Ika in Green Pumpkin.
new2BC4bass reply :
What's the matter, JC? Cabin Fever setting in? 
I'm with K_Mac and Fishes in trees. As a youngster all I had was one rod although lures were normally bait I could catch or dig up such as Nightwalkers, worms, grubs, small Leeches, occasionally minnows, or crawdads (what we called crabs...with one in its soft shell state being solid gold). In my late teens I often fished Roostertails and Beetlespins.
Luckily it is only a theoretical question. I've managed to accumulate more combos over the years than any one person needs. When I go fishing there are seldom 2 rods set up with the same type lure. I like fishing a spinnerbait on a MHF rod, but admit it isn't always the best choice. It can be fished fast, slow, top, bottom, in between, in cover, steady retrieve, hopped, etc. I know a jig is suppose to be a much better all-around lure, but have never become much of a jig fisherman.
I like a 12# mono or co-polymer line with Siege and AN40 being current favorites. It is very hard to chose just one rod. My custom Rainshadow RX7 7' MHF might get the call. You didn't ask about which reel, but since I like to use 3/8 oz. or heavier spinnerbaits, then my Zillion 50th Anniversary would be a top choice. Can reel slow or burn. A plus is it is pretty much a set and forget reel. Also looks good on the red accented Rainshadow. 
kickerfish1 reply :
If I had to fish with one rod, one reel, and one bait for the rest of my life I would probably look for a new hobby. Too many fun rods, reels and presentations to be confined to just one. 
Dan_the_fisher reply :
On 3/7/2016 at 5:01 AM, kickerfish1 said:If I had to fish with one rod, one reel, and one bait for the rest of my life I would probably look for a new hobby. Too many fun rods, reels and presentations to be confined to just one.
I could still do it, but I would have a hard time confining myself to one rod/bait per hour of fishing. I couldn't even imagine forever
MIbassyaker reply :
On my way out of the house to run some where, I'll occasionally just grab a rod with a lure tied on, and find some water on the way back home to fish for a half-hour or an hour from the bank. The setup I have almost always used for this is a 6' M or ML spinning rod with 8lb trilene, and a small plastic body on a head of some kind, such as a grub on a round jighead, a 4" worm on a slider head, or most recently as of last summer, a ned rig. If I had to pick something to use the rest of my life, it would be something like that.
I have to laugh at kickerfish's comment about finding a new hobby! Not me. I'd roll with it -- one rod, one line, one lure...it would be just like I was 10 again. Just be sure to give me a lifetime supply of the same bait in case I break off.
PitchinJigz reply :
On 3/6/2016 at 12:47 PM, K_Mac said:The problem with these types of threads is there is no one size fits all answer.
I don't see that as a problem. I think the intention is entertainment, to see what others enjoy using.
ThatFishin'Guy reply :
Dobyns 705CB
Shimano Citica
30lb 832
Bandit Squarebill in Rootbeer
K_Mac reply :
On 3/7/2016 at 7:16 AM, PitchinJigz said:I don't see that as a problem. I think the intention is entertainment, to see what others enjoy using.
You are right. Carry on.
DogBone_384 reply :
"... ONE BURBON... ....ONE SCOTCH...... .....ONE BEER....."
Master Bait'r reply :
I can pick one word
It's "No" haha
Florida Cracker2 reply :
Well I would have to say my old Penn 704 greenie on the 8 foot diamond graphite rod it's on...it's lasted for many years and just won't quit. Add a gold-n-black brokenback repala and I'm set. Those things catch everything in both fresh and salt water.
gulfcaptain reply :
On 3/7/2016 at 5:01 AM, kickerfish1 said:If I had to fish with one rod, one reel, and one bait for the rest of my life I would probably look for a new hobby. Too many fun rods, reels and presentations to be confined to just one.
Exactly, then what am I gonna fill up my rod locker with or all those tackle trays? So with that I will never limit myself to one bait, one rod. I have many therefore I don't ever see that happening. Variety is what makes it so much more fun. But I give eveyone who can actually answer that question huge props, cause I know I can't. It's hard to narrow it down to 3 rods when I go fishing and a handful or two of baits let alone just one rod and one bait.
Backwoods bassin reply :
For me it's always the same. Lews speed spool lfs. This is by far the best reel you can get no doubt. I use the 7:5:1 and for my rod I use the old bass pro mega cast with 9 eyes. The old bass pro mega cast feel like a MOJO bass rod but a lot better. One lure I always keep in the box year round no matter the season is a small spinner bait. I like the strike king bleeding baits or the single blade terminators. Keeps the bass rolling in. Remember to cover lots of water and don't be afraid to let it fall with some crazy movements. Sometimes that's just key for those hard hitting reaction strikes.
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