Rod/Reel arsenal

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by numbskull

Just for discussion's sake, what do people think is a reasonable arsenal of rods/reels/line to cover all shore fishing situations one is apt to encounter? What's your ideal, and what's your bare minimum? Thanks for your input.

Open beach plug
Open beach eeling
Pencil popping
Canal Plugging
Canal jigging
Rock plugging
Rock eeling
Bait
jetty
Sheltered back bay

Oh man, now I need two more rods, maybe three.

[Tagger]

bait 121 3m conv. with penn 980, also been jigging with this set up ..
jigging ,Breakaway 1209.. but put this down for a while . Nautil 7500GV pro
Plugs 10'Lami Tri-flex Spin with Nautil 7500 GV pro
Plugs 10' Lami Tri-flex Conv. Had Mike at M&D's make it..
Plugs 11' XRA 1322 Conv. made myself
Plugs 11' cono flex barracuda thief Conv. rolled by Big Dave .
Small plugs breakaway 1145,,small nautil.. rolled by Big Dave
Conv. reels I interchange Abu 6500 blue yonder,,Big Dave worked on ..Abu 7200,bearings,,thumb burner mag.Abu Mag Elite..Abu 7000 BG.. 3 980's,,1 140.. Misc. other stuff .. ugly sticks and such for kids ..704's .. gave some 140's away .. nephew ..

[Diggin Jiggin]

I use 5 rods, some overlap a little in what they cover and how I use them. I love my rods, it took me a lot of blanks to find what I wanted. I just wish I had the reel collection you guys all seem to have but what I have works for me & where I fish.

Needles, light swimmers & working hogy/sluggos -allstar 1087 w/ a penn 460 slammer

Reg Beach plugging, eels pencils, large plugs, all star 1145 w/ cabo 60

Canal topwater- spinning- lami 1321 1m, emblem pro 5500, a great long distance rod, but @ 11' more than 2 hours working pencisl with this rod and I'm beat.

Canal Conv plugging and jigging the slow current days, arra 1205 conv w/ a abu 7000i hsn. I just wish I could get comfortable working a pencil on a conventional rod. The 1205 will also be my canal eeling rod when I decide to learn to fish eels in the canal.

Canal jigging, allstar 1209 conv. w/ abu 7000 hcl

I use the 1209, or the 1145 about 90% of the time, and the others just fill smaller more specific niches better than a 'do everything rod'.