Which do you use more: Baitcasting or Spinning?

[Glaucus]

What do you bass fish with the most, a baitcasting setup or a spinning setup?

 

For me, it's spinning. Probably 75/25 in favor of spinning. I really love to finesse fish over power fish. The only time I pick up a baitcaster is when the vegetation gets thick or I'm throwing a crankbait, swimbait, or heavy top water, or fishing a river. I really love light line and weightless or lightly weighted plastics. Senkos, trick worms, Ned Rig, etc. I'm not a trophy bass hunter or a tournament fisherman. I'm usually on a pond or a small lake having a blast catching a ton of bass, many of which are 3+ lbs despite the belief that finesse catches dinks. Once in awhile if I've had my fill of bass, I'll throwing big baits out deep to try and hook into a monster, which at that point is all baitcaster. 

[scaleface]

What is spinning ??

[islandbass]

Maybe 60/40 for spinning, but ONLY because I drop shot A LOT, so it's a bit skewed. I love using both. I also drop shot with casting gear.

[NHBull]

13 minutes ago, scaleface said:

What is spinning ??

It's where you go to ride a 1/2 bike with women in tights ?

I have 2 spinning rods on deck. One for wacky and one dropshot. Everything else is BC...I have been told, I am better with my thumb than my finger.....

[the reel ess]

Almost equally because they have different uses. It depends on what the fish want. But I own 4 BC combos and 2 spinning combos for bass. 

[MrFrost]

I only have one setup for each, but the last two times I went fishing I only brought my BC setup.  I can catch fish with any method using my BC setup.  I'm sure there's better tools for the job, but I am far too green to know any different right now.  

 

And frankly don't care.  I enjoy my BC setup.  Regardless of the method or bait I'm using.

[HeyCoach]

I was 100% spinning up to last year when my rods were stolen. 

 

Now I’m 50/50, but I want another spinner for drop shot. 

[LonnieP]

99 % baitcasting. 1 % spinning 

[DogBone_384]

I use baitcasters unless it's really windy or I decide to toss really light baits.

[Russ E]

It depends on where I am fishing.

In the murkier reservoirs  baitcasters dominate.

if I am fishing the clearer small lakes Spinning and finesse dominates.

[Drew03cmc]

Casting 90/10. No doubt.

[Lead Head]

I fish mostly dirty water so it's all baitcasting for me. I don't even own a functional spinning rig right now. This site and all the great information/stories/people make me want to get into finesse fishing more, but for me it is only applicable for 2 weeks (+ maybe 2-4 random trips) out of the year. The bait monkey insists I need a finesse setup. I keep telling him I'll never use it but he just won't shut up. I'm holding strong for now, but we all know who wins out in the end.

[blckshirt98]

95% spinning, 5% baitcasting.  100% shore guy and I don't like taking more than 1 rod most of the time because the shorelines I fish aren't too friendly about laying rods/reels down (lots of dirt/dust).  Spinning lets me fish finesse, and smaller sized reaction baits.

[DRT]

90% BC and 10% Spinning. Personally I'm much more comfortable and accurate with a baitcaster.

[Fishing_FF]

95% spinning. I added a pair of baitcaster because when prefishing or tournament fishing an area flipping/pitching/punching, I was just too slow with a spinning reel. I close the bail by hand as that’s the way I was taught and it helps prevent line twist issues. This however adds time, so I got a better tool for the job. 

[Jar11591]

Casting, 90/10 for me. Don’t think I’ve even picked up my spinning gear yet this year. I’ve had spinning set ups on the boat, but I don’t think I’ve actually used any of them this year. 

[CroakHunter]

2 hours ago, NHBull said:

..I have been told, I am better with my thumb than my finger.....

I cannot wait to tell somebody this one liner. 

[NittyGrittyBoy]

95% of my fishing is flipping/pitching so baitcaster for me.

 

Im trying to spend more time with a spinning reel though

 

[keagbassr]

Largemouth probably 98 baitcast 2 spin 

Smallies probably 90 casting 10 spin

[jbmaine]

100% spinning for me. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[Koz]

Baitcaster. I break the unwritten rules and fish just about everything on it.

 

Because I bank fish where it involves a lot of biking or walking I usually keep it at one rode. Between carrying my tackle bag and water plus my rod that's more than enough for this old guy to carry. If I plan to be in just one location and not moving around I may bring a spinning combo with me as well.

 

Love the baitcaster.

[Darren.]

Spinning 90/10 probably...

[Quarry Man]

Spincast 100

 

spinning 60

 

Casting 40

[soflabasser]

I use spinning for +90 percent of my bass fishing, with the exception of some big swimbaits which I use a baitcaster. In saltwater I mostly use spinning as well with the exception of my big shark and wreck fishing reels which are Penn Senators and other saltwater baitcasting reels.

[Steve1357]

4 hours ago, Glaucus said:

What do you bass fish with the most, a baitcasting setup or a spinning setup?

 

For me, it's spinning. Probably 75/25 in favor of spinning. I really love to finesse fish over power fish. The only time I pick up a baitcaster is when the vegetation gets thick or I'm throwing a crankbait, swimbait, or heavy top water, or fishing a river. I really love light line and weightless or lightly weighted plastics. Senkos, trick worms, Ned Rig, etc. I'm not a trophy bass hunter or a tournament fisherman. I'm usually on a pond or a small lake having a blast catching a ton of bass, many of which are 3+ lbs despite the belief that finesse catches dinks. Once in awhile if I've had my fill of bass, I'll throwing big baits out deep to try and hook into a monster, which at that point is all baitcaster. 

I've been throwing baitcasters for almost 50 years.

 

I use 6 lb test on weightless senkos and weightless texas rigged Zoom 6" trick worms with wire hooks all the time, blindfolded standing on my head.

 

I don't consider it power fishing....more like more efficient. You're line isn't beat and twisted all to hell, and the torque feels a lot better. And I can keep reeling all the way to the boat with the drag slipping without having to respool, constant pressure as they say....

 

If you like the rod in your right hand to set the hook worming, they make left handed baitcasters, I own several to mix it up during the day, carpal tunnel, arthritis, and all that when you get old....

 

It's all good