Alright fellow IDO members, time to put your expertise to good use.
I’ve been getting more and more into bass fishing over the past 4-5 years and have accumulated a fair collection of bait casting setups. Being a crazed pike fisherman prior to starting bassin’ and throwing mainly cranks I started to wonder if I had all my bases covered for throwing all the different baits that I use other than cranks.
So last night I took inventory of what I have and thought I’d see of you all could help me match up what each rod should or could be used for. Is it a crank rod, a jigging rod, worm rod etc, etc.
Here’s what I’ve got and all of these have 50 series Abu Round reels on them as I am an Abu idiot! All rods are IM7 or IM8 blanks.
Length- Power- Action- Lure Weight- Application-
7’ Med n/a ¼ to 5/8
7’ Med n/a ¼ to ¾
6’6” MH Fast ¼ to ¾
7’crankbait MH Mod 3/8 to 1 crank bait
7’ MH Fast 3/8 to 1
7’ MH n/a 3/8 to 1½
Well there’s the list, what do you all think. I really don’t need to buy another rod and reel as this is only a ¼ of my collection and I just bought another musky rod last week. I might be sleeping in the boat if another new rod shows up!
I know this info will be helpful to me and hopefully others as well.
Thanks for any help and look forward to what you all think!
Dave