Which do you use more: Baitcasting or Spinning?

[NYWayfarer]

I do 50/50 on my kayak. Bank fishing this year has been 90/10 Spinning/BC as I have been fishing light lures.

[NittyGrittyBoy]

1 hour ago, Steve1357 said:

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

6lb test? You like living dangerously I see

[Sam]

Spinning gear as I am a finesse fisherman.

 

Will use baitcasters for treble hook baits and topwaters and deep divers plus jigs.

[Glaucus]

1 hour ago, Steve1357 said:

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

 

 

I'm aware that they make left handed baitcasting reels. That's not the point. The right tool for the right job is the point. And for finesse, my preferred style, spinning is far away the better and right tool.

[Steve1357]

46 minutes ago, Glaucus said:

I'm aware that they make left handed baitcasting reels. That's not the point. The right tool for the right job is the point. And for finesse, my preferred style, spinning is far away the better and right tool.

Why do you think it is the better and right tool? I'm willing to learn....

[Log Catcher]

I am probably 90% baitcasting and 10% spinning. I use baitcasters for everything. I get out the spinning gear for light weight or unweighted finesse techniques. Some days I get out the spinning combos just to make sure they still work.

[WRB]

In my boat rod locker I keep 12 baitcasting outfits and 3 spinning outfits or 4 to 1 baitcasting.

Tom

[Steve1357]

1 hour ago, NittyGrittyBoy said:

6lb test? You like living dangerously I see

How about 4lb mono on a Abu 4500CB trout fishing with spoons?

 

Maybe it's my technique. I see a lot of TV pros and others using seven foot rods, whipping that lure out there with two hands, wearing thumb condoms so they don't burn it up. I learned to sling a lure backhanded until I got to where I could sling it overhanded. Use a 5' 6" pistol grip rod, pretty limber, all of it comes together in a nice cast, nothing violent about it.

 

Then again, 200 yard seven irons don't impress me either.....

 

It's all good though...

 

 

[Mobasser]

My 2 main lakes I fish are old quarries that are clear and deep. For me, spinning 80% of the time. Casting for topwater, or night fishing

[rtwvumtneer6]

I carry a BC for cranking, a BC for jigs and Texas rigs, and another BC that doubles as a pool cue if the fish aren't biting.  But, I almost always have a drop shot tied on to a spinning reel.  And, it's saved me from getting skunked more times than I'd like to admit.  

 

I like the golf analogy... Every club has a purpose.  I just prefer to go for broke and play in the thick stuff!!

[greentrout]

Depends on water clarity and weather conditions & where I'm fishing...70 percent baitcaster...25 percent spinning...5 percent spincast....

 

good fishing...

[Ksam1234]

Casting 99% of the time unless I’m with the fiancé using worms.. other than that cast , cast, cast.

[OCdockskipper]

Depends on the time of year, the weather and the fish's mood, but once you balance the year out, it most likely works out to 70% spinning, 30% baitcasting.  Most of the fish i catch are with a Ned rig or an unweighted plastic skipped under docks, both of which I use spinning for.

 

It used to be 70/30 in favor of casting until I began using a braided line for spinning.  That solved all of the twist issues for me and the increased casting distance made spinning become more & more attractive.  About the same time I learned about the Ned rig from Team9Nine and Bluebasser86, so I find myself throwing that in place of a T-rig plastic worm or jig on a baitcaster.

[Columbia Craw]

Largemouth   80% casting

Smallmouth   70% spinning

[Moto]

Let me know if I’m doing something wrong, but I use a baitcaster for both bass and trout. Is a baitcaster appropriate for trout?

[Bankbeater]

I'd say 75% for baitcasting, and 25% for spinning.

[burrows]

90% baitcaster 10 % spinning 

[N Florida Mike]

I use spinning most of the time for my t-rigged plastics.I have a lot of overhanging limbs around the home lake and do a lot of skipping there and under docks. Spinning is so much easier with these conditions.

I do have 3 baitcasters I use semi-regularly.One is for  swimming frogs, another for hollow body frogs, and one for spinnerbait.

I'm looking to add one of each this year. My spinning outfits are pretty old and worn out, and I want a small, compact bait caster to add to the arsenal.

 

[Bjreg3]

80% spinning, 20% BC. I use BC for frogging. 

[Yudo1]

100% bait casting for bass.

[thinkingredneck]

I mostly fish for LMB in muddy or murky water.  BC 3/4 of the time or more.  I use braid all of the time except with treble hooks.

[crypt]

99% baitcasting 1% spinning

[Mike L]

1 hour ago, Yudo1 said:

100% bait casting for bass.

Ditto 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mike 

[Todd2]

6 Spinning, 2 Casting. I only use the casting when pitching to cover. If I could learn to pitch with Spinning gear, I'd probably never use my casting gear anymore.

[chubaka]

100% baitcast.