Thread: Baitcast reels for Spider rigging.

Originally Posted by cray

Fisherman's Factory Outlet: Shakespeare Womens Reel
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I bought 6 of these two years ago. Bought 4 more last winter. Think I may buy a few more now just to act as backups..... Perfect, in my opinion, for spider rigging.

Originally Posted by cray

Fisherman's Factory Outlet: Shakespeare Womens Reel
These are some great reels for the money. Here is a code to help out.
Fisherman's Factory Outlet: Customer Registration

I have 6 of them, work great for riggin. Gonna get a couple more for back-up.

I have spinning reels on my spider rig rods. They work good. So someone tell me what is the advantage of using baitcasters instead of spinning reels?

Originally Posted by tncrappiebass

I have spinning reels on my spider rig rods. They work good. So someone tell me what is the advantage of using baitcasters instead of spinning reels?

IMO It's just personal preference....... but with a bc it's just easier to set desired depth.

if you ever bass fished you more than likely "thumbed" a baitcaster reel. The same tech is used when landing a fish on a long pole and fishing shallow. Often we fish with 6 foot of line or less out from the tip on the pole, when you set the hook on a 16 foot pole with a spinning reel you end up shucking the pole back and often into the water while netting and landing the fish. With a baitcaster I just thumb the spool and let out the amount of line I need to make landing easier, often place the rod back in the rod holder so it will be out of the way while tending to the fish once netted and in the boat. I use spinning reals for cranking and longlining but by far prefer baitcasters for spiderrigging.

Its also easier to bring a fish in when fishing shallow with a long pole when useing baitcasters with a thumb bar....you can use the thumb bar and let out line as your raiseing the pole up verticle and then you can swing the fish into the boat.

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