rods?

[fishing man]

ok so im a amature at fishing rods and was wondering, what rods work best for crankbaits, spinnerbaits, jigs, chatterbaits, topwater, and worms?

the reason im asking this is that i was looking threw my rods, and i noticed all my rods are 6'6" medium rods, and decided i need new rods. thanks for any help.

[bassdaddy]

hello fishingman,IMHO,i would go w/the low rider hermie special by Falcon,it's a great all around rod,and has plenty of back bone,hope this helps.

[Raul]

Crankbaits, topwater cranks ---> crankbait rod
Worms, jigs ----> worm & jig rod
Spinnerbaits, chatterbaits ---> spinnerbait rod

That would be it, that if you were going to purchase specialized rods for each and every one of them but that greatly depends on how deep your pocket is and how much you want or are willing to spend.

You mention all your rods are Medium, well all you need is to get some MH rods and:

Baits with treble hooks ---> Medium
Baits with single hooks ---> Medium heavy

[lunker-lander]

St.Croix! They make a rod for everything...

-LL-

[BigBassin144]

If you don't want to spend the money on very expensive rods that make specific rods for specific things, like G Loomis, then do what I do. Look at the expensive rods, say you want a rod for technique 'X'. Find that rod in the expensive rods and see the length, power, and action. So say the technique 'X' rod is 7' MH and X-fast action. Find a rod with the same characteristics in a cheaper rod.

But if you have the money, what the hell, buy the expensive ones.

BB

[carolina-rig-01]

if you had to chose one rod action to use for everything, then a medium heavy would be your best choice. medium actions are good for crankbaits and things like that but they don't have enough backbone to do a good job with softplastics and jigs (in my opinion), so if you are gonna rob peter to pay paul then it is better to have a little too much meat in a rod than not to have enough. hope this helps you some.

[Rebbasser]

Welcome to the forum!

No need to get complicated. This is the rule of thumb I use:

Treble hook baits-Medium action. You want a little give in it so you don't tear the hooks out of the fish's mouth.

Single hook baits-worms, jigs, etc.-MH. These baits require an active hookset, so you want a rod with more backbone and stiffness.

Spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, chatterbaits-I use MH, some folks like M.

Get yourself a MH action or two and you will be good to go.

[otto]

Not to add confusion to the topic, but carolina and rebasser are mixing rod power with rod action. They are two different things.

Power is the overall strength of the rod and determines which line weight you should use. Power is rated as UL, L, M, MH, H.
The action of a rod is determined by where the rod bends under a load: fast, moderate, and slow are action ratings.

You can have an UL Fast action rod (a favorite of mine) or a Heavy power slow action musky rod, depending on your needs.