Too Many Rods and Reels - Am I alone?

[Legend]

Just starting to put together our equipment for the upcoming August long week-end at Kipawa and there's lots of stuff! My dad, and fishing partner for 40 years, has commented a few times about the number of rods we seem to bring on these trips but I always assure him that we only bring "the necessities".  We usually bring 2 rods each that are set up for jigging, 1 rod each for long-lining, 1 rod each for the downriggers and 2 rods total with steel line. Of coarse we also have a couple of "back-up" reels that we keep in the storage bin on the boat. We don't ever have all the rods on our boat all at once and some never leave the back of the truck. Our equipment is nothing fancy and much of it we have been using for the past 10 years.

My philosophy is that its better to have a little bit of extra baggage than to not be prepared.

Please tell me that I'm not alone

[puckster_guy]

Your not alone, my good brother. A good fisherman can never have too much gear. I have a tackle box the size of a a small suitcase and still have a few trays littering the floor of my boat. Same goes for rods. I fish alone mostly and still keep about 4 rods in the boat.
A good fisherman can never have too many shiney baubles.

[Jay Thomas]

I too am known for taking too many rods and reels. However, in my defence, I just don't want to break down one setup (e.g. jigging setup) to switch to another setup (e.g. slip bobbering setup). Consequently, I take a rod and reel for each method of fishing I plan to use. All the rods go into a rod caddy while the reels are stored in a reel caddy. To each his own, right.

Jay

[tbayboy]

Funny Jay - was up for only a 4 day trip this year and Reggie looked at my pile and said "Well at least your not as bad as Jay" 

[CaptainCrappie]

Fellas, you can never have too much love, money, fire wood or fishing tackle!  Some may add food to the list but then you end up like me. It's all relative.

C.C.

[Ozzy30]

I know exactly what you mean Legend.  My father is the same way about the equipment we bring.  This year with my new boat I have to rod lockers, I protect all my rods and reels and still had the inner part of an eyelet come out on my sons rod.  Remove my sons favorite reel and rig up his spare rod.  This was really the only time that I have needed the extra rod, but it was there when I needed.   Too much equipment?  Never!!

[RHYBAK]

I'm with Jay
Be it for three days or a week.
I bring my reel bag full of reels ( 10 )
I set up a float rod,jigging rod and trolling rod.
I bring a couple of spare rods.
Your out in the middle of no where and you don't want to left without spare stuff in case of breakage or loss.
Better to be prepared.
With 8 in the group, you just never know

[Legend]

It's nice to see that so many people feel the same need to be equipped for all fishing related circumstances. Every trip to Kipawa seems to be an adventure and you can NEVER be too prepared. In the past dozen trips we have 1) forgotten the boat keys - turns out a pocket knife will work as a key in a pinch, 2) arrived with a dead battery due to the fish finder being left on, 3) broken off a battery terminal while 20 miles up the lake - took a while to figure that one out... 4) We blew the main fuse in the autostart for the motor- solved by taking fuses from the truck (who needs signal lights ). These a just a few. Notice none of our issues have anything to do with fishing rods and reels though - Case and point!

[RHYBAK]

It's nice to see that so many people feel the same need to be equipped for all fishing related circumstances. Every trip to Kipawa seems to be an adventure and you can NEVER be too prepared. In the past dozen trips we have 1) forgotten the boat keys - turns out a pocket knife will work as a key in a pinch, 2) arrived with a dead battery due to the fish finder being left on, 3) broken off a battery terminal while 20 miles up the lake - took a while to figure that one out... 4) We blew the main fuse in the autostart for the motor- solved by taking fuses from the truck (who needs signal lights ). These a just a few. Notice none of our issues have anything to do with fishing rods and reels though - Case and point!

This is why I like to use camp boats.
Perfect size for the lake and no issues.
Trouble free fishing
I have a 20 foot Springbok with a 90 on it ,but it is better off at the cottage while I'm at Kipawa.

[Legend]

Sounds like a sweet ride Rhybak! If we didn't bring our own boat it would just sit in the driveway (LOL!) , It really only gets used at Kipawa and the odd time at a few local lakes. On occasion we have had people in our party rent camp boars and they certainly get the job done as well.