I think this is a great point of discussion. I know I don't know it all, but I'll start out...

With a baitcaster, it seems to me you have a little more control as to spool speed because you can thumb the spool. This allows a little better accuracy.

A baitcaster has more power. With a spincaster, you usually have to pump the rod to play a fish with any power, as opposed to use the reel to bring the fish in.

A baitcaster, as above, has better power for fishing deep diving crankbaits.

A baitcaster is much better for heavier baits.

A spincaster is much, much better for very light weight lures.


As you can see, I am a baitcaster man. I learned to cast an open face reel before I was 5. That was all we used when I was growing up, and we fished the river all the time.

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Danny