How Many Rods To Bring On An Inshore Fishing Trip (And What To Rig On Them) 

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How dare you suggest only 3 rods needed what if wives accidentally stumble on this video can you imagine the backlash this could create please take the video down and repost one saying 20 combos are absolutely needed to fish effectively and each must be replaced at least annually at minimum

I love those ASClassic rods! Not bad for only $50

Great points Tony. I too take 2 as a minimum. I set 1 up for top water and the other for plastics. If I take a third, it will have a popping cork on it for live or plastic baits.

I will be using these set-ups on Sunday! Thanks SS!

Us guys from Texas do it totally different. For topwaters and twitchbaits I prefer a baitcaster with 30lb braid and a 20lb mono or fluoro leader. I like to palm the reel, I can sight cast quicker and generally like to use a 6’6” rod for those baits. I will bring a spinner with 20 lb braid with 20lb fluoro on a longer rod for plastics but sometimes I’ll bring 2 baitcasters. I will never bring 3 rods because that’s just too much going on rod storage wise. My kayak does have a rod holder on the left side but that’s generally where I land fish. Back left is the only place but I can still catch that rod on my windup if I’m not careful. Just got a 7’6” spinning rod for the kayak as an experiment but I feel I probably should have stuck with 7 for ease of fish landing

Only recently started you're vids but i hope you keep up the advice clips as i and im sure alot of other anglers and newbies alike are getting alot out of them.

Thanks for the tips, I’ll be out on Sunday to hit em up!

Taking the kayak out for the first time Sunday. Thanks for the info! Got a better game plan moving forward!

Another great helpful video, thanks

I do almost exactly this. I do bring a 4th rod though, but it is much heavier than the rest. 50 pound line on a Penn Spinfisher if I feel like using big live of cutbait. I've also been known to use that big rod to throw small bits of Gulp for pinfish so I don't need to rerig my others.

I just renovated and registered a boat, hope to catch many fish in The Gulf, your videoes are helping me learn, thank you!

Great tip Tony !!!!!

Good info, thanks Tony!

nice video man thanks for the tips

I absolutely love this video-so useful! I’m actually taking lessons from this philosophy into my kayak bass fishing as well. No one needs to cart around 5, 8, or 10 rods at once!

I have been using no knot fas snaps especially when fishing from a paddleboard. I have pretty limited room and I find that I can switch out easily. I bring one spinning and one fly rod. I put the fas snap on the spinning and have the fly rod rugged with the fly of the day. The biggest thing I have to remember is that sometimes these rust and will break at the most inopportune time especially when you leave a hook attached when storing.

Great info!

Awesome info...subbed!

Freshwater water 5 salt 5. I don't like rerigging when I am out the kayak. Maybe that's to many but it makes me feel like I have everything I need. I am a minimalist when it comes to gear and everything else.

Great counseling. I say take what you have. Just rig with everything you are most likely to need including the ones mentioned here. I have 7 spinning reels across all sizes and will be rigging across these and a few more, considering I have a broad coverage of hard baits.

I agree with 3. 2 spinning and 1 level wind

I bring a medium light rod for flats and rock piles in the 10ft or shallower and then a medium heavy for everything else. The medium light for doa shrimp, live shrimp, fiddler crabs, and medium heavy for slow trolling the livetarget mullet and similar size in the 1/2-1.5oz and all from the kayak. And so these two rods allow me to do topwater poppers to small subsurface and small bottom baits like doa shrimp on a 1/4oz ball head jig(10-15lb braid to 15-20lb leader). Medium heavy/heavy for knocker rigs and slow trolling and live lining now if im going to be throwing live baits its more like lobing the live bait and then letting line out and kayak away from the bait a little bit and then slowely troll said bait(20lb braid to 25-40lb leader)

I’m going to be doing a video on what rods I take with me soon. As someone who fishes from a kayak, I want my maximum time fishing and not rigging, so I bring 6 minimum all rigged up differently.

I always take four. A 12' heaver for soaking big chunks. Two 10' medium setups that I use to target pompano, whiting,, etc.. And a 9' that I use for casting plugs, jigs, or metals.

2 rods. One 2500 and one 4000. Both 7+ rods your choice and preference in rod type. That will cover any inshore you want to fish.

Is there a specific rod for top water. Like the action or power? Would a medium heavy fast action work for a top water ?

Went into good detail about action, power and length for the first rod. The rest covered the baits themselves without rod and power.

Thanks pro

I use about 6. Topwater, 4” jerkbait, 6” jerkbait, jig, twitch bait and something specific to the area or species I’m after. My skiff has lots of under gunnel storage so it’s no problem to carry this many. If I’m fishing in someone else’s boat I only bring 3. And yes the topwater rod is the general use setup that gets switched out as needed. Agree the general breakdown is based on water depth.

I most work the flats in the Bahama's and the Yucatan. I carry four rods. Two light actions for light bonefish jigs. A ML for Permit and if the Tarpon are hunting the flats I have a MH.

I live in the northeast on the long island sound. What fish that he talks about in the south relates to a fish in the north like bluefish or striped bass?

No reel mess ups if you do your maintenance on the reels

What option do you have about lurekiller saltist 6000Sw?

honest question, i see you guys tie bare hooks and or jigheads not have already rigged the plastics in them.. what do you do if you want to change your plastics? just rig and unrig? doesnt that damage the soft plastics? or just throw the plastic away after a few rig/unrig plastics?

Bass fisherman bring 12 rods watching this are yelling at their screen lol

Great content. Thank-you. If you could only afford 2 quality setups what size reels and rods would you choose ??

Great video. I sometimes take 4 rods and you are exactly right, I get distracted by it. Three is the new max!

On your utility rod are also switching your leader from mono to fluro when you go from top water to sub-surface?

Individual happiness I guess ! I go out with a few setups..

Thinking about buying old 18 rods, have you guys tried them out? Doing inshore fishing mainly targeting redfish, black drum, and trout. Thanks

If you come on my skiff (Release Classic 15) bring one rod and leave the tackle box at home

A tip based on my own experience learning to fish inshore Florida; don’t leave your rods vertical if you’re in a kayak. This is how you break rod tips and guides and you abrade your line. Keep your second rod in the secondary paddle holder and clean it after the trip. You will damage your rod fighting fish if they are vertical. You will 100% be dragged into the mangroves at somepoint. Be prepared for it.

What brand is the rod?

It's almost like I know what I'm doing. I use 3 setups the same exact way. I use a stradic FL 2500 and 4k, and a saragosa 6k for heavy structure and live bait.

I bring all my 7 G°Loomis rods waiting to get robbed. 😂

What are the weight of your top water plugs with ten pound braid..and when u switch to the 4000 is the rod a medium or medium heavy

What actions are the rods for each category? The power was just mention.

A challenge I face on my upcoming 11 day labor day week 2022 is correlating these size reels to my Okuma spin casters. Epixor 30, 40 50. Any input?

A little confused coming from bass fishing and now living on the coast, your leader is heavier than your backing?

What does the top water, and sub surface rod lengths need to be?

Or a terrible backlash on a bc that you can’t get out lol

Asking for a friend: what about a rig for bait fishing esp.Mullet?

What was the last reel size and braid size and leader

What rod do you recommend for 7 to 7'6?

All of them! Duh.🤣

I'll always at minimum use 2, and usually have a third with me in case. But one rod will most likely soak, while the other rod I'm using various lures.

What size rods for all setups?

4000, 5000, or 6000 spinning reel for half days fishing trip? I’ll be fishing anything from bottom top mid. Best all around reel?

When you post a fishing video and those are the first comments 😂

Why the bigger reel for structure?

Meanwhile bass fisherman have anxiety heading out on the water with less than 5 combos I'm guilty.

Artificial over cut bait or live for inshore?

So 3 people on boat, 6-12 rods. Makes sense.

One rod to rule them all. Last thing I want is a boat full of rods in the way, especially can't stand to see a half dozen rods stored on the deck and getting trampled. Then wondering why that $700 rod broke when you cast a heavy lure.

Cool! Now do live bait!

Two. One casting reel on ML rod (spare reel in reserve in case of backlash), one spinning reel on ML rod. More than enough to cover a day in the bay or marshes. Changing baits is not a big deal.

All I see is spinning equipment..... I only use bait casting equipment here in Texas.

The secret rods

The answer is All of Them. Saved you 5mins.

You bing one rod and rig what locals tell you, ffs

If you use a small power clip(not the cheap ones) then you can switch between any of these setups on one rod. I'd still recommend a second rod for a backup, or even set up as a weighted Texas rig since that can't be easily changed out on a clip due to the weight.

Two? 😄

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Great info!