How big should your rod be in order to catch a largemouth bass in Liberty Reservoir in Marylan

Question

i want to know how big does your rod need to be to catch a striped bass,largemouth bass ,smallmouth bass , bluegill in Liberty Reservoir in MD

Answer 1

any rod will work

i fishing 4 days a week every week for about 5 hours and i always nail bass with a 6' medium action rod

although with striped bass the put up a huge fight so i would go with 7' rod heavy action

Answer 2

Team Daiwa TL-661-5RB

This is my FAVORITE all around bass fishing rod. It is 1-piece, 6'6" heavy action, with a killer open reel seat, 12 lb. test line, 2-3 lb. drag for starters on a Viento reel makes this a killer combo!

It has caught many smallmouth and largemouth bass, but no stripers yet, but I have faith that it would hold up just fine under a striper hit.

Although I had a friend slay 'em and educate us, with a 4' spinning rod and reel combo, just fishing weightless Senkos.

Even my daughter's Songe Bob and s****. poles catch fish, but they would snap if a striper hit on a tight drag.

Answer 3

any rod can catch almost any fish. if i had to choose one rod to catch all these fish I'd go with a 6'6  medium action rod with 10lb test and a nice setup on my drag. just about in the middle of what i regularly use for those species.

Answer 4

any rod 5 foot to 7  

Answer 5

I'm an accomplished fisherman and i use a 6'0 medium action rod with 110yd of 8lb test line to catch all those fish except the stripers which put up a tremendous fight and get very large so I'd go with at least a 7'0 heavy action rod and 20lb test line I say this because stripers get to 50lb+.  

Answer 6

you want a rod that doesn't bend to much with about 25 lb line on any size rod can catch a fish it just has to be a strong rod for bass and also depends where your fishing from use a beach caster for casting off a beach or a boat rod for boat