Baitcasting vs Spinning Rods - What's the Difference?

Maine guide Brooke Hidell on some of the differences between a spinning rod and a baitcasting rod. Baitcasting rods give you more spine and pulling power. For more fishing information and video visit: http://www.outdoorlife.com/

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[dirtTdude]

@FueledByTyeler yeah, its definitely not impossible to control distance accuracy with spinning gear, i totally agree with you 100% i do the same thing with my spinning gear. so if you're hitting coffee cups at 60 feet with your spinning gear, you will be deadly accurate with a caster at 80. i recommend trying one out some day, i think you'll love it.

[FueledByTyeler]

@dirtTdude i've never tossed a baitcaster, i know as a rule they're more accurate, but i've had years of avid fishing on a spinning reel and it'd take me forever to get as accurate with the baitcaster. as long as you use superline that has no stretch you can cut the line off mid throw to control the distance. mono will just bounce back, but superline will stop and drop right in the water. mind you, it took me 10 years to get that good.

[ChicoAZ964]

@lukkbox LOL That's funny shit!

[dirtTdude]

@FueledByTyeler a bait caster is about 5 times as accurate as a spinning rod in the hands of an experianced angler . you cant accuratly controle the distance with spinning gear like you can a caster. but i have NEVER had a birdsnest with my spinning gear. also, pitching in high snag areas is not possable with spinning gear due to 'distance' accuracy

[FueledByTyeler]

i like the fight better on a spinning reel, and i can hit coffee cups at 50-75 feet with my spinning reel

[SuperTwinkie59]

if theres one major difference between baitcasters and spinners (other than design duh) is that with spinners u can cast very light or weightless lures, but with a baitcaster it seems impossible. the design of the baitcaster doesnt let out free line like spinners, but baitcasters can handle heavier line, more line, and bigger fish.

[aesutton]

@UbeefHooked lawl. baitcasters predate spinners, tard.

[1996catfish]

looks like Lake Placid in the background

[ozzyman1203]

@lerlo I went with my wife last Friday to a lake near by. All my life I had used a Zebco 33 reel and honestly never "looked into" exactly how it works... lol, My wife wanted an open face reel, I tried when I was about 17ish didn't care for it.. but we got her one. The CLOSED FACE reel I got, is NO WAY A "ZEBCO"... I finally had figured out the drag on it, i was very "P O'D" when I wrote, excuse my ignorance.

[lerlo]

@ozzyman1203 im not sure what you are asking..... a closed face reel may be a spin cast reel