I'm not fishing a tournament when I'm pond fishing. So I don't bring 20 rod and reels. I can do just about everything I know how to do fairly well with just two rods. The rod on the left in the picture is a cabelas IM8 I believe. It has a sensitive tip and it's a medium action. I have it paired with a Six Gill Fishing Hyperion bait caster. This is the combo I use for pitching soft plastics and Jigs, basically any lure that needs to be played and moved in a specific way this is my rod and reel to do it. The rod on the right is an Abu Garcia veratias you can buy the rod in about any configuration but this on is a medium action with a moderate tip. It's paired with the Six Gill Fishing Cirrus reel. It is a great combo for running a crank bait, spinners and jerk baits. On both of these combos I use cabelas ripcord braid at 50 pound test with a fluorocarbon leader about as long as the tip of the rod to the reel. That way I can tie on several lures before I need to tie on another leader. The only time I don't use a baitcaster is when the fishing is so simple and easy I just want to cast and retrieve as much as possible, when this happens... And it doesn't happen often I'll use a spinning rod. Usually I don't even pack my spinning rod in the boat.
As you can see I don't carry a large duffel bag with numerous clear containers and every lure for every situation. The first reason is fairly obvious, a tackle bag that big takes up a lot of room in my 12' pond junkie boat. The second reason is, if for some reason my little boat were to sink I'd be out hundreds maybe a thousand dollars if I took my large duffelbag with me. So in my pond appropriate sized tackle bag I just carry the essentials. Which are pliers, leader line, scale, tape measure, a couple stringers and of course the selection of lures and terminal tackle that I have deemed nessicary for the season, location, and species I am fishing for.
I can probably count on two hands how many times I've needed a net to land a fish. But on one of those hands I can count how many times I needed a net and didn't have one. That's why I have a new rule that the net is always to be in the boat. One of the first things I do befor I tie lures or throw a line in is make sure the net is out and ready. You never know when that master angler is going make an appearance. And I want every chance I can get to put it in the boat. If you haven't caught on, the morale of this paragraph is the net is one of your most important pieces of fishing equipment don't go without.
I think this handy little holder cost me like ten bucks and is easily worth it. It holds my pliers, my mouth spreader ( which is basically a required piece of equipment if you're fishing for any species in the pike family) and my net in a central location where either I or my fishing partner can reach them.