Spinning Reel Vs. Bait Casting Reel ? Pros & Cons ?

[tcbass]

 

 

 

Come on guys, ease up. Not everyone is at the same place with searching skills, questions, or fishing skills. These questions come up all the time, and always will!

 

 

 

 

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[PersicoTrotaVA]

In response to what I highlighted in blue, I hear you, but in my own experience, I actually use my baitcaster(s) for wacky fishing quite a lot now. With the Chronarch 50e I can throw some light rigs (coupled with the right rod). The best rod I've got for this purpose is a 6' MF Field & Stream rod I bought at DSG several years back. It lets me throw some very light baits, but when I catch (and I caught my PB with it - 7 1/2 lber in thick salad), it has plenty of backbone.

 

For stuff like the tiny fluke - weightless wacky is only done with a spinning outfit for me. But I've gone as light as a weightless 4.75" Zoom Finesse Worm on my BC combo. Not a long distance cast, mind you, but for kayak fishing, I get it to where I want it. 

 

Just FWIW. To each his/her own. We all have preferences and such.

Good to know and thanks for the input!  I have never tried it with a baitcaster combo.  I like to feel as much as possible and the line hanging off the rod instead of sitting on top of it helps me do that, or at least it does in my head.  I am fishing a tournament tomorrow and I just tied a 1/8 oz wacky jighead to my 6'6 MHF baitcaster I use for lighter jigs and T-rigged and mojo rigged plastics.  Thanks again for the input boss, I'll report how I like it.  Thanks again for the input!

[JickleFish]

Do you know how to read? guess not. repeating myself again. I said I use spinning gear 80% of the time because is very versatile. people say baitcasters are better for heavier stuff but people catch big fish up to 1000+ pound on fly and spinning gear, so calling spinning gear and fly gear finesse is an understatement.  

[LMB KING]

 

 

Sorry if i came off as an *** but theirs a lot of people here that are haters so i reacted as if you were one of them. No bad intentions.

[Bluebasser86]

I like spinning reels for what they're good for and baitcasters for what they're good for 

[hoosierbass07]

Spinning reels are from Mars and Baitcasters are from Venus. Or is it the other way around?

I do want to say I love how spinning reels look. I love how the line comes off the spool and then close the bail and then wind in the line perfectly. I love watching the bail go round and round. My five Shimano and one Daiwa spinning reels are like works of art in my eyes equal to the greatest paintings from Rembrandt and Monet.

[K_Mac]

Yes it is a question that comes up often. It is almost always the same; some who strongly prefer one or the other will get defensive and we get the divisive sort of replies that suggest anyone who disagree just doesn't really understand. Like J Franco and the vast majority of other bass anglers, I use both.  Most of us prefer baitcasters for techniques that require heavier line and faster speeds and spinning for light line "finesse" fishing.That is a fact that some seem to find find disturbing. With a little skill and the right line and power either one will do, but most of us go with what is generally considered to be the right tool for the job. There are those who punch with spinning and those who dropshot on light line with baitcast, and while most of us don't, if that is what makes you happy good for you.

 

Here is the real truth regarding spinning v. baitcasting: Most of us will tell you why we use one or the other, and don't really care what you use. It's all good.

[BadBassWV]

Here is the real truth regarding spinning v. baitcasting: Most of us will tell you why we use one or the other, and don't really care what you use. It's all good.

What He said..

No disrespect to the original OP, It just always seems that it turns into an argument over who is right and who is wrong.

For some reason, with a spinning outfit I cast with my right hand and reel with my left. Baitcaster I cast with my right hand pass the rod to my left and reel with my right hand. I am right handed and throwing a baitcaster just seems more natural to me.

I use both there is no right or wrong!!

And again no disrespect meant to anybody.

[tcbass]

Spinning reels are from Mars and Baitcasters are from Venus. Or is it the other way around?

I do want to say I love how spinning reels look. I love how the line comes off the spool and then close the bail and then wind in the line perfectly. I love watching the bail go round and round. My five Shimano and one Daiwa spinning reels are like works of art in my eyes equal to the greatest paintings from Rembrandt and Monet.

What ones do you have?

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[hoosierbass07]

What ones do you have?

 

 

 Three Shimano Sahara reels, on Symetre, one Shimano cheap one from Walmart that I forget what it's called and one Daiwa Lexa.  My one baitcaster is a Shimano Chronarch.  Funny thing, I bought the Chronarch last summer when I was still a newbie to fishing.  I quickly realized how much easier spinning reels are to master.  I didn't use the Chronarch much at all last year because my spinning reels could do all I wanted.

 

  This summer I decided I want to use my Chronarch a little so I got it out and this time put it on a cheap Abu Garcia six foot six inch rod and to my surprise I can cast half way decent with it.  I even put on a light weight Strike King KDV crankbait and I could cast it using twelve pound line almost as good as I could using my spinning reel using eight pound line.  

[JickleFish]

Sorry if i came off as an *** but theirs a lot of people here that are haters so i reacted as if you were one of them. No bad intentions.

Personally, I have much more exp. with a spin, rather than casting

[kickerfish1]

I would just strongly avoid the opinions of the guys that exclusively fish one type over the other claiming that the other isn't necessary. Best advice would be to decide what techniques you desire to fish, what size baits you intend to use, the amount of cover present, size of fish, and then research what most folks or even pros prefer to use to accomplish said techniques. Can I drop shot on a two powered casting rod, a core 50mg, and 8# line? Can I toss a spro frog on 6'9 medium action spinning rod? The answers are yes but preference and results have led me to align my setups in a way that gives me maximim results based on preference. You could technically build an entire arsenal of outfits that are either 100% spinning or 100% casting to cover every possible bass technique. I think you would find by trial and error that your catch ratio and overall comfort factor may lead you to strongly like or dislike one over the other for a certain technique or weight of bait. If you were asked to fish 10 setups all spinning in one year and 10 all casting the next year to cover all weights and popular bass techniques I am sure you would have a good preference established. If asked to pick 10 rods from the spinning and casting pile to fish with in year 3 "most" would have picked a combination of spinning and casting even if the % of each is skewed strongly either way. I have found that I am generally 70% casting and 30% spinning except in early spring and late fall where more light line finesse techniques come into play...