Here are some of my thoughts about spinners vs baitcasters:

Some techniques which require or are best accomplished on light line such as drop shotting, shakey heads, throwing small light lures such as balsa wood crankbaits are best accomplished on spinning outfits.

Some techniques such as flipping cover, Carolina rigging, throwing big heavy crankbaits are best accomplished on baitcasters.

Some techniques can be accomplished on either such as Texas rigging, tube jigs, medium crankbaits etc..

Some things to think about: look at both outfits and notice that on a spinning outfit the rod is above the line...basically there is nothing between you and the fish except your line, on a baitcaster the rod is below the line and thus the backbone of the rod comes more into play when fighting a fish and allows you to "horse" the fish more so than on a spinning outfit. In other words a baitcasting outfit is more forgiving if you make a mistake when fighting the fish.

Accuracy: Actually, you can be very accurate with a spinning outfit....if you are adept at using them...most folks in this part of the country do not use spinning outfits enough to be as accurate with them as they can be. I get a lot of folks from up north that use spinning rods exclusively and I can tell you from my observations that those folks that only use spinning outfits all the time can be very accurate.

Skill: It takes patience and a good bit of skill to land a big fish on a spinning outfit. I think most folks don't like them because there is certainly more of a chance of losing a good fish on spinning outfits vs baitcasters because: 1. you are normally using lighter line and a mistake such as trying to horse a fish like you can on a baitcaster. 2. The hook set with a spinning rod is more delicate and folks that use baitcasters a lot tend to break off fish on a spinning outfit because they are used to setting the hook in a "pull the tail out of his mouth" type of hookset 3. people that use baitcasters exclusively have no idea what "back reel" means or how to apply it

Here is my advice: Learn to use both as well as you can and apply each to the situation which will give you the most advantage in hooking up with a fish.