What Soft Plastics Are You Throwing On A Baitcaster?

[tnbassfisher]

I have always been one to throw pretty much all of my soft plastic lures on spinning gear. However, I have recently been seeing/reading about advantages of using some presentations on a baitcaster. What are y'all throwing on a baitcaster? What setups are you using for these? And why do you thing it helps?

Thanks

[Mike L]

I throw brush hog's mainly and of course all kinds of flippin plastic's..

Mike

[Darren.]

I'll throw senkos mostly weightless wacky, TX, and will also throw on split shot rig.

When it comes to Zoom Finesse worms, I'll use a baitcaster, but either weighted TX, or split shot. When it comes to throwing these weightless, I'll go to my spinning gear.

I'm not saying I use only BC gear for the above. I bought a Daiwa Lexa 100 which allows me to throw more stuff I'd normally use spinning gear for.

[Brian Needham]

I am throwing everything with a BC

with the proper rod and reel I am throwing 1/8 ballheads with zoom trick worm.

if only I could learn to skip now.

[BassinLou]

I have been throwing different soft plastics lately. Finesse worms, trick worms, centipedes, swamp crawlers on a Revo S 3rd Gen fitted on a 7ft MH carbon lite. Its been windy lately so I am using a 1/8oz bullet weight using 10lb yozuri hybrid moss green. Awesome setup. Light has a feather, with nice backbone on hooksets. I find using BC over spinner I get better leverage and a stronger hookset. I was using spinner for years using the baits mentioned above, but with the Revo S I pull it off with no over runs.

[Crappiebasser]

Everything except weightless flukes.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

Damiki Hydras

Palm Trees/Fat Ikas

These are used with Quantum Smoke rod Carbonlite reel@ just 9.3oz

LTB MLXF rod 50E reel

Also 10" RageTail Thumpers and Anacondas

[11justin22]

I throw almost all my plastic on a bc

[ipeeinmywetsuit]

I'll throw ika's, senkos, any flippin/pitching' plastics, and pretty much anything not considered finesse applications.

I'll fly line lighter plastics with my spinning gear or do wacky, mojo, dart head, drop shot, split shot rigs.

[roadwarrior]

I prefer a spinning rig for everything weightless; a baitcaster for weighted baits.

[upnorthbassin]

I've been slowly moving some of the heavier plastics over to baitcasting setups. This past summer I caught my biggest smallie of the year on a weightless plastic from a baitcaster. 8 out of 10 times though the weightless and smaller/lighter stuff is still on spinning gear.

[Bluebasser86]

Everything except shakyheads, dropshots, and any weightless plastics I'm planning on skipping under docks. I'm fishing T-rigs mainly on a 7'1" or 7' 6" LTB rod with 200E7's and 14-20lb fluoro. Heavier line and stouter rods are a must for getting fish out of heavy cover where I prefer to fish.

[tnbassfisher]

I prefer a spinning rig for everything weightless; a baitcaster for weighted baits.

That makes it simple enough.

[drew4779]

I went from an ultra-lite fenwick paired with a tiny pflueger president to a M and MH baitcaster almost stricly. I would catch hundreds of 1 lbs. bass on that ultra-lite outfit and everyone felt 6 plus. When i finally set into a "brag to everyone you've ever come in contact with" fish, it shook free 3' from the boat and it still eats me up 10 years later. I dusted off my baitcaster and never looked back. Not that you still don't lose a fish here and there but your percentage is much higher with a baitcasting setup. Hooksets are flat out better and It handles higher test line. If your reel has a light enough spool, you should have no problem slinging weightless plastics. The only time i bring out the spinning reel now is when i fish crappie with my dad.

[tbone1993]

Any sort of texas rig or heavy weighted plastic I throw on a bait caster . The only time I use my spinning gear is for lighter presentations like shakey heads or wacky rigs.

[tbone1993]

Damiki Hydras

Palm Trees/Fat Ikas

These are used with Quantum Smoke rod Carbonlite reel@ just 9.3oz

LTB MLXF rod 50E reel

Also 10" RageTail Thumpers and Anacondas

Why do you right these upside down? Just curious. Wouldn't a stand up jig head work better if you are trying to get a shaky head style presentation?

[roadwarrior]

When you rig a Fat Ika skirt forward the tentacles flare back over the body when the bait is moved forward.

As it drops on slack line the skirt flutters up and the lure falls away from you, like under a dock for example.

Thanks to a suggestion by Raul, I never fish the Fat Ika any other way.

[Bankbeater]

I throw everything with a bc that I do with a spinning reel. The difference is in the weight, and how I rig it up. I'm not going to throw a c-rig, with a 1 ounce weight, on a spinning reel. In the same way I'm not going to fish a weightless tube with a bc.

[QUAKEnSHAKE]

When you rig a Fat Ika skirt forward the tentacles flare back over the body when the bait is moved forward.

As it drops on slack line the skirt flutters up and the lure falls away from you, like under a dock for example.

Thanks to a suggestion by Raul, I never fish the Fat Ika any other way.

Yes also like fishing weedmat pockets, low overhangs the action of falling away would be taken away by weighted jighead.

The Hydra, the action of the tentacles as you give it a little twitch on the decent looks jellyfish like very fluid on its own.

These also weigh just under 1/2oz(.42 if I remember correctly) bc can easily handle them. You can feel them bouncing around on the bottom as well. In current a weight might help but my conditions dont need it.

[tholmes]

I prefer a spinning rig for everything weightless; a baitcaster for weighted baits.

Yep! Basically, everything under 1/4 oz. I throw with spinning gear, 1/4 oz. and over, baitcaster.

Tom

[OkobojiEagle]

None unless used as a spinnerbait trailer. Ergonomically, a spinning combo provides me with a more relaxed grip which leads to better vibration recognition... aka. sensitivity.

oe

[NBR]

Every thing except less than 1/8 ounce, shaky head and dropshot.

[21farms]

it'd be easier for me list what plastics i DON'T throw on baitcasters:

1. dropshot

and that's it.

and to part 2 of your question, what setups i'm using: mostly shimano cumara rods in medium to medium-heavy power and fast to extra-fast actions in lengths from 6'8" to 7'2" paired with curado 50s and daiwa sols. i always use seaguar fluorocarbon with plastics.

part 3, why do i think it helps? well, i like the control a baitcaster offers...being able to thumb the spool to place the lure exactly where i want it and being able to feather it into the water softly are the two biggest reasons. i also hate battling against the line twist i often get on spinning gear, especially with fluoro lines.

[LgMouthGambler]

Get a Curado 50E and some 12# YoZuri, and you can throw anything.