Rods and Reels? Got any?

[Niner]

A guy who likes fishing needs fishing stuff. And..if you buy some decent equipment it can last you a lifetime, although mine is a mix of really high quality and some really cheap and some in the space between. Here are most of mine. A couple of them I inherited from my dad and are nearly as old as I am. I've got a couple of fly rods and a couple other rods and reels you don't see in the photo as well.

Rods and reels fill special needs. They aren't all the same. Salt water is different from fresh water. Spin cast, level wind, ultra light, trowling, casting, fly rods, and some others. You just can't have too many even of the same kind because of the different presentations....live bait, dead bait, plastic, spinner bait, etc..

[Tom-May]

Niner,

Would I be right in thinking that your collection gets regular use?

Tom

[Niner]

I usually go once a week two thirds of the year and sometimes twice a week. Lots of different water where I live. Gulf fishing is different from bay fishing which is different from lower delta fishing which is different from upper delta, which is different from fresh water lakes.

I mostly go fishing with my youngest brother and we take turns as to if we take my boat or his. Sometimes I go by myself though.

I'll attach a few pics to show the different places. One is a gps download of a trip in Mobile Bay a week ago to give you an idea of the kind of area that I may cover in a days trip. The middle bay lighthouse is marked on this track and I'll include a picture of it. Another shows me in the Mobile Delta with a speckle trout and then out in the bay with a sheepshead. Another shows the upper delta and using fly rods to catch bream. I haven't got a good gulf picture lately, although I went in the gulf last monday.

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That is one ugly looking fish!

[stripperclip]

your a lucky guy I haven't fished the gulf in 10 or so years but I do try to get out on the Tenn. river every now and then.