I've had both on my ACC 13 foot super grip rod & have a baitcaster on it now. If i'm fishing around 15 feet deep i use it. Deeper than that i use a 13 foot Kevin Rogers with a spinning reel on it with whatever amount of weight is needed to get it down pretty quick. Today i was using a quarter ounce jig head & two number 3 split shot to reach fish 20 to almost 30 feet so i used my spinning setup. This week is they pull up shallow i'll use the ACC with the bait caster.