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OB Poll...Baitcast & Spinning Reels
Posted on 3/8/17 at 12:49 pm
Posted on 3/8/17 at 12:49 pm
I grew up using baitcast in fresh water. Once I started fishing salt water, I started using spinning reels in addition to baitcast reels. They each have their role and serve a purpose. I was under the impression that this was the norm.
Last year, I was fishing with a buddy in Grand Isle and come to find out, he can't really throw a spinning reel very well. He said he's never used one and that we were the first people he has fished with to use one.
I was surprised that someone who salt water fishes quite a bit would not be able to use a spinning reel. This person owns a boat and is out there most weekends in the summer.
I just figured that everyone was just about like me. Was I wrong? Are there a lot of people who only use baitcast reels?
Last year, I was fishing with a buddy in Grand Isle and come to find out, he can't really throw a spinning reel very well. He said he's never used one and that we were the first people he has fished with to use one.
I was surprised that someone who salt water fishes quite a bit would not be able to use a spinning reel. This person owns a boat and is out there most weekends in the summer.
I just figured that everyone was just about like me. Was I wrong? Are there a lot of people who only use baitcast reels?
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Posted on 3/8/17 at 12:50 pm to DownSouthDave
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Baitcast
Posted on 3/8/17 at 12:51 pm to DownSouthDave
I only use a spinning reel if I'm being a croaker soaker for trout.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 12:54 pm to DownSouthDave
I only use spinning reels. I cannot make a cast with a bait cast without knotting up the whole reel.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 12:56 pm to DownSouthDave
I grew up using spinning reels, mostly fishing saltwater. Now I fish primarily saltwater and use baitcasters and artificals 99% of the time, the only time I take my spinning reel out is when I'll be soaking bait or fishing with a cork, I don't do those very often anymore.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 12:57 pm to DownSouthDave
Spinning reel for cork.
Baticast for most else
Baticast for most else
Posted on 3/8/17 at 12:57 pm to DownSouthDave
I like a spinning reel for popping a cork with artificial baits for trout.
Other than that i am fishing with bait cast. Far superior for feeling a bite while bottom fishing live and dead bait.
Other than that i am fishing with bait cast. Far superior for feeling a bite while bottom fishing live and dead bait.
This post was edited on 3/8/17 at 12:58 pm
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:00 pm to DownSouthDave
I recently assisted in converting someone. He saw us effortlessly casting cork rigs.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:00 pm to DownSouthDave
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I was surprised that someone who salt water fishes quite a bit would not be able to use a spinning reel. This person owns a boat and is out there most weekends
It is inconceivable to me that this person cannot operate a spinning real efficiently.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:00 pm to DownSouthDave
I'm with you on both of these.
Salt = spinning is more versatile with higher lb test for larger reds (unless low wind and I feel like having a little more fun)
Fresh = bait cast (allows for for a more controlled lure entry with less splash)
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baitcast in fresh water. When fishing salt water, I use spinning reels in addition to baitcast reels. They each have their role and serve a purpose.
Salt = spinning is more versatile with higher lb test for larger reds (unless low wind and I feel like having a little more fun)
Fresh = bait cast (allows for for a more controlled lure entry with less splash)
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:00 pm to bayoudude
only use an open face reel...
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:02 pm to DownSouthDave
I have always used Both. I tend to use he spinning reel for skipping docks or throwing lighter baits.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:06 pm to DownSouthDave
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I was fishing with a buddy in Grand Isle and come to find out, he can't really throw a spinning reel very well
Does he also happen to own a Frontier?Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:12 pm to DownSouthDave
Popping corks = spinning
Sight fishing = baitcasting
Sight fishing = baitcasting
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:15 pm to sloopy
I hate setting hooks with spin reels. No matter which hand I use.
But I love the freedom they give you when you want to skip baits under branches or docks and they won't birdnest.
But I love the freedom they give you when you want to skip baits under branches or docks and they won't birdnest.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:22 pm to DownSouthDave
Grew up bass fishing and it was baitcast 100% of the time. If I was specifically targeting bream or sac-au-lait, then either a zebco or a spinning reel was used.
Moved to Florida for a summer and bought a nice spinning set-up for surf fishing and wade fishing in the wind.
Moved to OKC and now bass fish more with spinning gear than baitcasting gear. Deep, clear lakes lend themselves to lighter lines and finesse presentations that are difficult to manage with a baitcasting reel. That being said, if I'm fishing near the shoreline, the cast accuracy requires a baitcast.
Moved to Florida for a summer and bought a nice spinning set-up for surf fishing and wade fishing in the wind.
Moved to OKC and now bass fish more with spinning gear than baitcasting gear. Deep, clear lakes lend themselves to lighter lines and finesse presentations that are difficult to manage with a baitcasting reel. That being said, if I'm fishing near the shoreline, the cast accuracy requires a baitcast.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:24 pm to Sid in Lakeshore
I don't know what type of boat it was... I don't want to bring attention to said party.
It got more than one good laugh from me.
To the people who only use baitcast, do you only fish artificial? I could never imagined throwing a Carolina rig or a cork with a baitcast. I can't imagine throwing a top water or jig on a spinning rig. I will throw a spoon on a spinning reel though, especially in the wind.
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It is inconceivable to me that this person cannot operate a spinning real efficiently
It got more than one good laugh from me.
To the people who only use baitcast, do you only fish artificial? I could never imagined throwing a Carolina rig or a cork with a baitcast. I can't imagine throwing a top water or jig on a spinning rig. I will throw a spoon on a spinning reel though, especially in the wind.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:28 pm to DownSouthDave
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To the people who only use baitcast, do you only fish artificial? I could never imagined throwing a Carolina rig or a cork with a baitcast.
Well, most of the time I'm throwing a cork or a carolina rig it IS artificial, so...
If I'm in the marsh, I throw baitcast unless it's too windy to do so. To me, spinning reels are for freshwater finesse presentations, inshore popping corks, and for offshore fishing with braid (usually poppers and jigs).
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:33 pm to The Last Coco
With my bait casters I just set the gears to let the cork fly further. But most the time if I'm perch jerkin, I'll just flip the cork bc it usually isn't a far cast. Carolina rigs never were a problem but I didn't use it much.
Posted on 3/8/17 at 1:36 pm to DownSouthDave
i use spinning for everything
bass
white perch
bream
catfish
EVERYTHING
bass
white perch
bream
catfish
EVERYTHING
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