Why you should never go fishing without a spinning rod

[Deephaven]

7 hours ago, MN Fisher said:

 

Despite practice, despite trying - I still can't skip worth a darn with a BC...so I got a MH/F spinning rig (3/8-1-1/4oz) that I skip jigs, spinners, chatters, etc with.

 

Lord. No way would I want to skip with a baitcaster sitting down in a canoe.  Just not possible to keep your elbow tucked and continually raise the rod while the cast continues.  Your new boat is going to finally make a BC skip possible.

 

As for the topic at hand.  Anything light enough that needs me to manually pull line off a BC to get it to the bottom I wouldn't use a BC for.  The rest I much prefer a BC as it helps me correct errant casts better than I can with spinning.  The combo of thumb and rod tip also allows a softer entry for me.  I am sure some feather finger casters with spinning can do that too...but not this guy.

 

[MN Fisher]

1 minute ago, Deephaven said:

Your new boat is going to finally make a BC skip possible.

I couldn't skip standing in my old runabout either.

 

Practice skipping in the street? I turn the line on a BC into something looking like a cat got into the yarn box.

 

Nope - sticking with what I know works for me - MH/F spinning rig for skipping...I'm getting too old to learn new skills anyway.

[Deephaven]

11 minutes ago, MN Fisher said:

 

Practice skipping in the street? I turn the line on a BC into something looking like a cat got into the yarn box.

I don't need the street for that, the lake does just fine.  Exactly why their is big game on my skipping reel....yarn it up, cut it off and start over.  

[gim]

13 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

Im accurate with a BC if I have no obstructions. But I’m accurate either way with spinning

Other than if I'm skipping, my accuracy is far superior with a BC.  Distance seems to be about the same though.

 

I fish a small, relatively shallow river for smallmouth in midsummer and we just float slowly with the current.  Fish sit along the shoreline near undercut banks, logs, and in eddies.  Accuracy must be precise.  The target is often no bigger than a dinner plate while you're moving, with over hanging trees around sometimes too.  Cast too far and you get hung up.  Shorts get you no bites.  I often have a spinning setup with me rigged with a follow-up plastic presentation after they miss the topwater and I can say with reasonable certainty that my accuracy is not as good with that.

[J Francho]

I wonder why any of us care so much about what gear someone else is using to enjoy the same hobby?

[roadwarrior]

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[MN Fisher]

1 hour ago, roadwarrior said:

[Verse 2]

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[Ski]

21 hours ago, padon said:

right tool for the job whatever the job may be.

This ^^^^^

 

[Takemetothebank]

On 6/8/2022 at 1:21 PM, Bass_Fishing_SoCal said:

But why have to be spinning VS baitcaster. Of course they both tool and can catch fish. Would it be better if I can only carry one setup (baitcaster of course) not 2 of those 3 of these and still can use with any techniques efficiently include dropshot shakey head Ned rig or whatever you think you can only catch bass with spinning?

I catch plenty of fish in what techniques you mentioned, shakey head, dropshot, Neko rig Ned rig wacky rig weightless worm, you name it. 

 

 

noted now try and throw a 1/16 oz or even an 1/8 oz shakeyhead for me on your baitcaster and show me how far you can cast lol 

[MN Fisher]

8 minutes ago, Takemetothebank said:

noted now try and throw a 1/16 oz or even an 1/8 oz shakeyhead for me on your baitcaster and show me how far you can cast lol 

Guys with BFS rigs can cast those light lures just as far as I can with my spinners - again, it's just what you're use to..

[PhishLI]

42 minutes ago, Takemetothebank said:

noted now try and throw a 1/16 oz or even an 1/8 oz shakeyhead for me on your baitcaster and show me how far you can cast lol 

Uh oh. Here we go!

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[Tatulatard]

23 minutes ago, Takemetothebank said:

noted now try and throw a 1/16 oz or even an 1/8 oz shakeyhead for me on your baitcaster and show me how far you can cast lol 

Farther than I mean too.  Spent yesterday casting 1/16 oz drop shots onto rip rap.  Then going up to the rocks to get my rig back.  Had to turn the brakes up a bit.

[J Francho]

Some weird sissy stick flexing gonna occur!

[Deleted account]

5 hours ago, J Francho said:

I wonder why any of us care so much about what gear someone else is using to enjoy the same hobby?

Dunning Kruger, a bunch of experts running around...

[Tatulatard]

30 minutes ago, Takemetothebank said:

noted now try and throw a 1/16 oz or even an 1/8 oz shakeyhead for me on your baitcaster and show me how far you can cast lol 

You are at the tip of the fishing iceberg.  The "baitcasters can't cast light weight baits" and "tackle warehouse" zone.  At the bottom are guys fishing 1 gram trout magnets and buying everything from Japan.

[J Francho]

I've been to the bottom of the ice berg.  Call me crazy, but I went back spinners.

[Tatulatard]

Just now, J Francho said:

I've been to the bottom of the ice berg.  Call me crazy, but I went back spinners.

I went to big baits.  I think I just jumped icebergs.  

[Chris Catignani]

This is how I break it down most of the time.

Anything 12 lb test and above is thrown on a bait caster.

10 lb test and less is on spinning.

And many baits will cross over.

[BrianMDTX]

9 minutes ago, Chris Catignani said:

This is how I break it down most of the time.

Anything 12 lb test and above is thrown on a bait caster.

10 lb test and less is on spinning.

And many baits will cross over.

I’m kinda with you there. Although I do have 10 lb. Big Game on 2 baitcasters lol. I just feel it’s much simpler to cast small, lightweight baits with a spinning rig than with a baitcaster. Especially if distances are short and in hard to reach places. I can flick a weightless Zoom Trick up and out and it will have enough slack line to sink straight without stripping line off the spool. It’s easy peasy. 

[JustJames]

3 hours ago, Takemetothebank said:

noted now try and throw a 1/16 oz or even an 1/8 oz shakeyhead for me on your baitcaster and show me how far you can cast lol 

You know, I totally agree if you post about the techniques that should work really well this time of year and not included about gears. Most of the anglers would have both baitcaster and spinning, less than 20% only have one or another and even less that that prefer to use just only one type. To use whatever gear for each technique should up to them. Start posting like that called for separation and in the past I saw so many arguments related to either spinning or casting they preferred.
Of course I have a few nice spinning myself and only use with Neko Rig because I feel the way I hold spinning rod give me the best efficiency to shake the worm not the distance or accuracy, yada yada yada. I do everything else with baitcaster long ago even before I owed BFS setups. I do have quite a few of video to proof but it is not really necessary. 

How far can I cast? Far enough to catch fish that what I care about.

this thread would gone far smoother and beneficial more to new angle if you had not include “spinning”. 80% of the responses here concentrate on gears spinning or baitcaster and almost none associated the techniques you mentioned.

[Tatulatard]

I'm just amazed it hasn't turned into an Ambassadeur thread.  Thats what happens to eveey thread when finesse bait casting gets mentioned. 

[NYWayfarer]

2 hours ago, Chris Catignani said:

This is how I break it down most of the time.

Anything 12 lb test and above is thrown on a bait caster.

10 lb test and less is on spinning.

And many baits will cross over.

 Almost the same with me. 
 

Anything 10 lb test and above is thrown on a bait caster.

8 lb test and less is on spinning.

 

My exception is, My Abu Garcia Revo X baitcaster with a shallow spool I bought off of eBay. 8# big game on that. It’s been great for wacky worms, Whopper Plopper 60, and finesse t-rigs (1/0 worm hook 1/8oz bullet weight)

[QED]

2 - 6 lb test UL spinning. 4 - 8 lb test UL & BFS casting. 8+ lb test - casting only.  UL & BFS casting gear gets short shrift but works very well nonetheless.

[MN Fisher]

3 minutes ago, QED said:

2 - 6 lb test UL spinning. 4 - 8 lb test UL & BFS casting. 8+ lb test - casting only.  UL & BFS casting gear gets short shrift but works very well nonetheless.

I do it different - mainly because I don't do BFS and I skip using spinning gear.

[Trox]

disclaimer: this post only makes sense when read from the prospective of a Built Ford Tough parody commercial. Below is the most family friendly example video I could find...

 

 

Have you ever felt the braid dance on your index finger as you watched your sparkling white fluke dissappear from under a dock where you know the fish that you've been chasing your entire life is located but your wife keeps telling you to come home early so you've never actually been able to make the cast until this very moment and then you feel the bait finally skip into the bluff wall where no man has gone before? Well that's what it feels like to cast a spinning rod

 

No Guts. All Glory. Spinning Gear.