How many rods do you have on deck in a tourney

[LoonyToon]

I have on deck:

1 Spinnerbait rod
1 Crankbait rod
1 Jig Rod ---flipping, and pitchin
1 Worm Rod
1 Senko Rod
1 Carolina Rig
1 Vibrashock Rod w/braided line


I will use one of the  6'10" Med. Heavy rods for my frogs and heavy cover

That is the usual arsenal kept on board, but if times and the water dictate I may only have 3-4 on board and the others ready in the locker for deployment...........

If I fish the Ponds and Small lakes around here don't look for more than 4 rods on deck at any given time.............

[J B]

OK,I might have as many as 8 during practice but when the tourney starts I like to keep it as few as I can 3 or 4.If you have to many rods on the deck you are telling everybody that you don't have a pattern. If its more than a 1 day tourney and I have a good bag of fish I like to have 2 rods on deck at weigh in 1 with a huge Mag white bomber and 1 with a 12 inch worm.

[BassBandit]

I lay 5 down and 1 in my hand. The 3 are baitcaster and the rest are spinning reels. Bit off subject, how many rods should co-angler load? Thinking no more than 4 is about right? 

[J B]

BassBandit,There was a poll and a long thread discusion about how many rods a co-angler should take, on westernbass.com  As I recall the final tally was 5 rods and one tackle bag agred upon by both the boat owners and co-anglers.

[Picou]

I'll typically have 5 - 6 rods on the deck for T-Day and another 5 - 6 in the locker rigged and ready to go.  The time of year, lake, and conditions generally determine what rods are out and which are stored.

[Wildcat26]

I tend to walk around a lot. I try to keep the number of rods to five or below because if I have more I step on them.