Left vs right handed baitcasters

[Further North]

If you're right handed, learning to do hook sets left handed is easier than learning to cast left hand.

 

...but once you get there it's all muscle memory.

[JustJames]

I'm right handed and use right hand baitcaster but I reel my spinning left hand. I tried left handed bait caster awhile ago and have no problem setting hook or fighting fish. In fact I just ordered another curado 71HG left handed one where I'm gonna be using a lot for pitching and walking topwater next year.

[scaleface]

All my baitcasting rods are right handed  and so are the reels .

[burrows]

I'm comfortable with both right, left on a baitcaster it dont make a difference. Spinning reels Im only comfortable with a left hand retrieve. 

[BassNJake]

On a side note: I have found that when using a left handed baitcasting reel avoid rods that have the bait keeper on the left side.

 

When pulling line off the reel so the bait falls on slack line the bait keeper has a tendency to catch the line.

Especially the open type of bait keeper.

 

[Abuss55]

I'm a righty and use left handed baitcasters, its my uncles fault he was big on preaching do you throw a baseball with your left hand? Hahahahaha, so that's how I got into using them but like many have said here its much more about what you're comfortable with. It might sound dumb to a lot of other people who use the right handed ones but I just cannot get a good action out of my spook using my left hand on the rod.

[Choporoz]

I write, cast, and eat with my left hand....I bat, bowl, throw, reel, and golf right handed....I don't even know if I'm left handed or right handed anymore....but I'm surely not ambidextrous, because I can't switch up any of those things.

 

I do wish I could cast with my right hand/arm, though.  It could come in handy....a LOT

[Porkrind]

I spent 34yrs of my life reeling fish in left handed with a spinning reel. It wasn’t until the summer of 2016 that I bought a baitcaster and learned how to use them. But it’s been a little weird and odd feeling to me. I love all my reels and won’t change them yet, however I am adding a new reel to my arsenal which will be a lefty. I’ve been dying to go back to left hand retrieve so I’ve decided to buy one to match with a new pitching/flipping rod. I am right handed but my dad taught me from a young age to use my week hands, arms, legs, and feet to   overcome the weakness of it. Now I’m ambidextrous but find I prefer to use my left side for somethings and this is one of them.

[Raul]

I’m right handed and all my reels got the handle on the right side.

[Junger]

16 minutes ago, Raul said:

I’m right handed and all my reels got the handle on the right side.

Do you cast right handed or left handed though?

[Caliyak]

if you deep sea fish, the conventional reels have the handle on the right. the right hand or dominant hand is wenching the fish up. the power handle to fight the fish. the left hand is holding on to the rod while the reel does the work. have you seen the guys fishing for marlin? 

the same idea applies here for bass. power the fish out of heavy cover with your right hand. keep the rod tension with the left. 

I can use both. I'm using a left hand reel for flipping and pitching this year. I want to see how it feels. I can use a spinning set up just fine so this will be fun. 

[Pinoy_Basser]

To add to the Chaos...

 

left or right handed spinning reels ? or Both sides

[BrackishBassin]

6 hours ago, Caliyak said:

if you deep sea fish, the conventional reels have the handle on the right. the right hand or dominant hand is wenching the fish up. the power handle to fight the fish. the left hand is holding on to the rod while the reel does the work. have you seen the guys fishing for marlin? 

the same idea applies here for bass. power the fish out of heavy cover with your right hand. keep the rod tension with the left. 

I can use both. I'm using a left hand reel for flipping and pitching this year. I want to see how it feels. I can use a spinning set up just fine so this will be fun. 

That’s a little bit different. Almost all of those guys have the rod in a holder on the boat and/or in a harness. They aren’t keeping tension on the fish with their arm, the holder/harness is doing it for them. They also aren’t casting with those rods. That’s an apples and oranges comparison, in my opinion. 

[Eric Baldin]

Hi there I'm Eric Baldin and I recently made an article on which hand to use to reel in while using a baitcaster. If anyone is interested it breaks down pros and cons, and has a video with Todd Wodds if you prefer a visual. https://hikingtentcamping.tk/left-vs-right-hand-fishing-reel/

[Hammer 4]

I'm right handed. I cast with my right, reel with my left, why would I want to cast with my right, change the rod to my left, and then reel with my right..? Rod in right hand, stays in my right hand..

[long island basser]

2 hours ago, Hammer 4 said:

I'm right handed. I cast with my right, reel with my left, why would I want to cast with my right, change the rod to my left, and then reel with my right..? Rod in right hand, stays in my right hand..

Same here.

[Deleted account]

See ya'll in January. We'll kill this zombie then (again)....

[Glaucus]

Right handed people who don't use a left handed baitcaster are a danger to national security.

[hwright38]

4 minutes ago, Glaucus said:

Right handed people who don't use a left handed baitcaster are a danger to national security.

I'm a lefty, but I fish as if I'm right handed...

Does that mean I'm on a list now?

[Glaucus]

9 minutes ago, hwright38 said:

I'm a lefty, but I fish as if I'm right handed...

Does that mean I'm on a list now?

No, that's just proof lefties are oppressed people. We never consider them. Lol

[Bass Junke]

I always felt that lefties are the next evolutionary step. I'm a lefty BTW.