"SimRacer" wrote in message
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"Diamond Dave" wrote in message
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Why is it that most/all pro and semi-pro bass fishermen use bait casting
reels
when in tournaments, or filming their TV shows. Is there some advantage
to
the way a bait casting reel casts or retrieves.
tnx.

I think it's all in what you're most comfortable with Dave. I tend to use
a
baitcaster for everything I can that is heavy enough for me to accurately
cast it with, and will turn to a spinning rig when it is something I need
to
cast some distance and is too light to worry with using a baitcaster with,
say like a wacky rigged worm, or ultra light finesse-type rig, like a drop
shot (we have so much pressure here, we have to down-size almost to pan
fish
sized lures sometimes to get bit).

I will also use a spinning rig with lures/rigs that are longer or bulkier
than normal, if that sounds right. I am referring to a Carolina-rig
specifically. With a smallish weight, and then 18"-24" of leader, followed
by a nearly weightless soft plastic, they can be a chore to work
accurately
with a baitcaster for me. So I use them on spinning reels, pretty much
exclusively. They're just easier to cast with spinning gear to me.

Around here we call those light weight c-rigs "splitshot rigs" and most of
the guys I know use spinning tackle for them.


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