My family has a farm pond and we've tried both rock piles and PVC trees. They both work great! Someone dumped some crappie in his pond (not happy) and they tend to dominate the PVC trees. At least we know where to point the crappie fisherman. We let them take as many as they can out of there.
That's my big goal this year...organize my gear and weed some things out. I have crankbaits with 5% of the paint left, etc. My problem is that I will probably spend the season trying to replace everything I took out of my arsenal.
My other goal...try to fish slower! I like my jigs but will...
If my wife found out about such a contest and then found out where I stood...I'd be dead. Last summer we had a garage sale and thought I would sell a few rods and reels. I brought about 12 to 15 of each up from my fishing room in the basement and she asked why I had so many fishing poles and...
I agree with your desire to consolidate and I think Skeet Reese (maybe Edwin Evers) just wrote an article about doing the same kind of thing. Like some of the others, I don't think I have it in me to do so. My top three are:
1. Natural hair jigs
2. Lipless cranks
3. Topwater assortment...