04-25-2010, 09:39 PM
I'm assuming you've never taken the time to learn how to use a bait caster set up? They definitely have their place and a decent set up is effective with as little as 1/8 oz. Personally, the only time I use a spinning reel is ice fishing and that only because I find them less susceptible to freezing up.
Seems like there's an evolution that people go through with bait casters. Someone will want to try one so they go out and buy a cheap one to see if they can use it. Ask anyone who's decent with a bait caster and they'll tell you that's the WORST thing you can do. Unless you have a bunch of weight on a cheap bait caster, they're not worth a crap.
At that point most people who are toying with them decide they are junk and go back to spinning outfits. I had a friend who wanted to learn to use a bait caster. I told him don't by junk! We went down and bought him a nice little Shimano Curado with a so-so 7' medium rod on the way to Powell.
When we jumped in the boat that next morning, only rod he took was the Curado to fish for stripers and bass. For the first half of the day, he had a fit and wished he'd of brought the spinning outfit but by the end of the day and a few little adjustments to the reel, he found he was getting along with it with 1/4 oz. Not great but good enough. After 3 days of fishing with nothing but the Curado, you quit hearing the sputtering and cussing on the other end of the boat. Now when we head anywhere we're going to do a lot of casting, he brings the bait caster and uses the spinning outfit as a back up.
I also think a bait caster is the best set up for vertical jigging. The control and adjustment speed are hard to beat with a spinning set up but that's just me.
Anyway, you ask and I answered. take it for what it's worth but don't knock it if you've never tried it and put some effort in to really make yourself learn to use one.
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Seems like there's an evolution that people go through with bait casters. Someone will want to try one so they go out and buy a cheap one to see if they can use it. Ask anyone who's decent with a bait caster and they'll tell you that's the WORST thing you can do. Unless you have a bunch of weight on a cheap bait caster, they're not worth a crap.
At that point most people who are toying with them decide they are junk and go back to spinning outfits. I had a friend who wanted to learn to use a bait caster. I told him don't by junk! We went down and bought him a nice little Shimano Curado with a so-so 7' medium rod on the way to Powell.
When we jumped in the boat that next morning, only rod he took was the Curado to fish for stripers and bass. For the first half of the day, he had a fit and wished he'd of brought the spinning outfit but by the end of the day and a few little adjustments to the reel, he found he was getting along with it with 1/4 oz. Not great but good enough. After 3 days of fishing with nothing but the Curado, you quit hearing the sputtering and cussing on the other end of the boat. Now when we head anywhere we're going to do a lot of casting, he brings the bait caster and uses the spinning outfit as a back up.
I also think a bait caster is the best set up for vertical jigging. The control and adjustment speed are hard to beat with a spinning set up but that's just me.
Anyway, you ask and I answered. take it for what it's worth but don't knock it if you've never tried it and put some effort in to really make yourself learn to use one.
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