🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🖕🏻🙃 ....me just tripping over a blade of grass.👊👍

That's the best explanation between spinning and bait casting reels, I have ever seen. Thank you.

Hi there Another excellent video. You've been answering a number of questions that I've been wanting to ask, but have been worried that they seem too simplistic. Good on you. Thanks.

I am thinking about getting a bait caster and this video has really helped, thanks Robbie😀

I'll always go a baitcaster over a spin reel unless its very light lures. Cast with left and wind with my right hand. You gave a great insight to the different reels Robbie ! Cheers

Great video, I really enjoy your content, keep it up. Have a great day 👍🏻

Robbie I hope u & ur mates are safe down under during this horrific wildfire session there...good luck from NEW JERSEY ,USA

Great video, I’ve been waiting for this vid

Great information Robbie, thank you

You’re an Aussie legend Robbie. Can count on you for everything haha

Thanks for this Robbie. Am planning an upgrade of my gear (current reels etc are over 30yr old and not operating as they should). Was in a large big named fishing store in Canberra recently, looking at new reels. Bloody confusing. Your video has helped make the decision which way to go. Cheers mate.

great video Robbie keep up the great work

Great stuff mate!

"Too much gigawatts through the flux capacitor " LOL loved that Back to the Future reference mate. Can't beat those old retro movies. #goodtimes

I recently got my first baitcaster and every one of those points you made hits the nail on the head great job Robbie and keep it up as always

have you heard of BFS (bait finesse system) baitcaster reels it originates in japan but made its way to the uk and is our main way of fishing right now i primarily use bait finesse gear and there made to cast sub 3gram lures i think you would really enjoy it for fishing for redfin its amazing fun . great video as always keep it up mate

Learning a baitcaster was awkward for me after years of only using spinning reels, but since I got used to them I've never looked back when using heavier lures. Spinning reels are still definitely superior for trout and redfin fishing as you already said. I think you covered everything really well Robbie, well said mate. I do wonder though if I'm the only person that casts my baitcaster with my opposite hand? LOL!

i have almost always used baitcasters but found it difficult teaching my kids so i bought some spinners and they picked it up much quicker.

Great video, thanks

I have always used a spinning reel for bait fishing and light lures and the bait casters for bigger lures. Great video Robbie 🎣🎣🎣🎣

Hi Robbie I am running all Shimano gear. I have a baitcaster graphite Raider rod and a Curado reel. Love the set up. My mate Daniel Lloyd put me onto it. Cheers mate 👍 🐕 🤠

Great video mate

Ive almost exclusively used baitcaster reels for the past 30 years for fresh and saltwater ...freshwater an Shimano xt50 on a GM Loomis and a Abu 1500c on another Loomis rod, casts celtas and micro spoons etc with a bit of fine tuning...and a lot of experience 😂

I have a red and black Shimano Caius 150HG baitcaster. Such a good reel. I find that braid tangles.... a lot lol. Never had a problem using mono though 😁🎣

Literally bought a baitcaster the day after you posted this, with the intention of casting light lures all day long. Unfortunately I only just watched it today after noticing I couldn’t cast lighter lures for shit 😂

Hey Robbie, I notice you have some kind of clip on the end of your line that then attaches to the lure. I saw in another video when you were testing different lures you could clip one off and attach a different lure on quite easily. What kind of clip is that and where can you get them?

U don’t realise how much better a baitcaster is for accuracy until u use one great video

How do those lures wobble again mate 😂

I LOVE the sound of a screaming drag. Two vultures are boarding a plane, one of them is dragging a dead chicken. The gate attendant stops them and says: 'I’m sorry sir, but this airline does not allow carrion'.

Hey Robbie, I know what you are saying about the weight a power in the different rods between the Venom and the Raider rods. I have an 8kg Venom and think that it is underrated at 8kg compared to other rods I have. I have a feeling there has been a few times I've snagged up and thought I was about to pull the plug out of the drain in Lake Mulwala. It is a brute of a rod but does lack the finesse of some other rods I have rated up to 8kg.

50 years of using spinning reels vs 2 years with baitcasters, buggered if I can cast as accurately with a baitcasters yet. Will need a lot more practice yet mate. Good summary of the differences.

I’ve never owned a bait caster, although I inherited a big overhead reel on a surf rod that I wasted a lot of line learning to use... In the past I’ve tried to trip the bale on a spinning rod to drop the lure where I want it. Think it’s time to make the change.

haha its really hard to say: i've got lot of low budget spin outfits but only have 1 curado dc baitcaster which i have to say is the most best reel for casting (even better distance than the spins!) but so far, i've only had bad luck with the curado XD where as the spin is more practical in most situations, curado only seem to b good in some situation unless you have lot of practice. lost a few good lures with the curado due to small bird nest while with spin, keep getting haunted by bloody windknots

Bravo.

Hi Robbie love your videos I just bought a cheap bait caster from wish which I was planning on using in my local river/stream but I was practicing casting with it and can’t get cast near where I was aiming for is it because I was using a small spinner or just me 😂😂

The eyelets on top of a baitcaster definitely affects the playing of a big fish. You have a lot more control over the fight as the line is pulled into a curve with the rod. On a spinning reel, between each of the guides the line is pulled away from the blank so the line is hanging rather than taut. This definitely makes a big difference in the fight.

Robbie what are the little attachments you use to attach the lure to the line please? Is that so you don't have to always tie a loop knot & change them easier?

Cracking video mate, I'm a spinning guy myself but end of day, doesn't matter when u catching fish eh... Hahaha If u ever get up to qld, you should do some vids... 👌🏼👌🏼

The rod itself is different, the rod on a typical spinning setup is more flexible and longer, the rod on a baitcaster reel tends to be shorter and less flexible. This is also probably why the baitcaster is more accurate, because you don't have to factor in the energy from a flexing rod, the more rigid structure allows the caster to sense the lure hanging at the end of the rod more directly, which allows it to be flicked more accurately. The baitcaster also has a stronger form of reel system, when the turning of the spool itself is pulling the line onto the spool, this is a strong system, the same system you see all heavy machinery use with cables and such. The system on a spinning reel is using multiple angles, and it results in a weaker system. The baitcasters also have a better gearing system because of how they work, it's possible to gear them up for a fast retrieval. Overall I would say that a baitcaster should be bought if the fish species wanting to be caught are very large, or if the location is a cramped river where you have to flick your lure and can't swing your rod. I would suggest a spinning rod for small and medium sized fish, mostly in more open rivers or lakes. Additionally a large spinning lure system with a long 7+ foot rod will enable very impressive casting distances in something like a lake, this is partly because the line falls off the reel easier, but also because the long rod with a certain amount of flex in it, enabled maximum force. Essentially in a large casting swing, if a rod is too flexible the force won't transmit into the end properly and the thing will wobbled all over the place, but if the rod isn't flexible at all then it really can't capture additional energy from the swing either, so you want a rod that is just partly flexible, it will whip right before you release the line and your lure will go out a great distance, usually the thicker 7+ foot spinner rods are of this nature. Both reel types can pretty much do the same thing, but both (along with their rod type) will excel better in a certain area. Notable a small spinning setup will enable the use of small lures, this is because again the swing in the flexible rod then whips the lure itself, you can't really do this with a baitcaster, the baitcasting rod isn't flexible enough, and with a baitcaster you are mostly using a more rigid rod to act like an elongated arm to throw the lure itself, so you are mostly using the lure's weight as the main factor of casting it, not any rod physics of flexing and whipping.

Small spin reels - flicking small plastics/ bait fishing Big spin reels - bait fishing for bigger stuff bait casters - flicking bigger lures Big overhead reel - big game bait fishing or trawling

My experience has always been opposite, I get way more birds nests on my line on spinning reels than I ever have on my baitcasters

Do you have the video of you catching the 98 cm cod and the big 60 cm yellow belly

Hey just off the topic a little, I see you are using a shimano raider rod. How have you found it for reliability? Was looking at them in store and they looked good but was looking at the 582 Barra 5foot 8” on BCF site and there were about 4 people that had the tip snap off. They looked not a bad rod but was concerning to read that. Just wondering how yours has performed???

Sounds like the best kind of cat

Hi Robbie, I just liked and subbed etc. enjoyed the video mate. I'm a newbie to baitcasters and I'm starting off with a Fleuger (about 6ft. i think) with a Shimano SLX 150 HG It's taking a bit of getting used to, I can tell you, but I will persevere. The "dead cat" worked a treat. Hardly any wind interference.

Egg beater for me Robbie from King fish to Redfin I find them way more versatile, takes more skill to cast a spinner accurately I can thumb it like a bait caster if needed. also what's a reel without a screening drag 😁

Spinning rig all day 👍

They’re both great however when you somehow birds nest the bait caster it’s a bugger, I’m always using spinner reel, since I’m much better with them, would you mind giving me tips on yellowbelly, I’m a bit unlucky and I’m thinking I’m doing something wrong, so I’d love some tips, cheers mate.

Gum boot 😂 good one.gonna try reverse technique.never used it, the manufacturers put there ,why not.

"wobbles about like a dick in a gumboot" bwahahaha I dead set spat beer all over my keyboard when I heard that, classic I reckon you covered everything pretty well mate, top vid

With my baitcaster reels, i listen to the sound of the reel spinning as i watch the lure about to hit the water.

My favourite law to use is old mate what's yours

Cant cast a bait caster accurately or short distance...it may be me but they are really hard to cast short and they are no good if you can't see the lure land... ie poor sight or night time. spinnimg reels much better and far more accurately.cast. you can do a flick cast to stay low on a spinning reel or bounce plastics under branches.

Hey Robbie I just started my own KZfaq channel and made my first yabbie video and Im doing part to to night.

well us old people never heard of bait casters when we where kids, and we fished small creeks with the a standard spinning reel, your right a bait caster can be, but far harder to use, a lot harder. but if its all you have you be surprised how accurate we got lures into tight spots. i have owned both, i cant cast anymore accurate than a normal spinning rod and reel. cant improve perfection. we had it down pat at age 9 nothing better than seeing a redfin 2 lb rise below you standing on a vertical bank, in a small creek, and see it turn on its side and engulf an old red dicksone lure with black spots. the 1970s still like i seen it yesterday, days of freedom that is all gone now, strangled with laws on laws on laws. tons more fish around back then, never ever not caught a feed. depi has seen to the redfin decline where we fished, killed a lot of the platypuses, native fish and all, trying to be smart, and they are not. bunch of clowns running the place and i am pleased i dont work for them anymore. robbie is right in rod reel choices, mate you do good honest reviews. good to see you haven't sold your soul to big lure companies..

Me mate just caught a Meater cod

Buys new rod/reel. Come home and find a new video on choosing a rod. 😂 Thankfully this confirms that a spinning reel was the right pick!

What’s the best bait for yellow belly

Thumbs up 👍 spinning reel pro for me I can cast it and get within 40sq metres of where I want it( normally between 1/2 and 3/4 of the way up that tree over there con for bait caster I suck at casting and when I practiced I hit the Mrs car and slept in the spare room for a few days hahahahaha

Have you ever gone fishing in the sea Robbie

“Like a dick in a gum boot” 😂 classic! Nice vid mate. Love your work.

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I've always wondered? about your uncanny x men casting ability! ..

BAIT CASTER GEAR ... HUMAN ARM IS NOT MADE FOR A REVERSED WAY WHEN ARM IS USED ON A SPINNING OUT FIT THE BODY AND PROFILE IS CHANGED THUS GIVE ARM MORE CONTROL AND POWER INTO THE LIFT OF FIGHTING A LARGE FISH...

Nice video! Also why the hell do you have a dead cat on your microphone might wanna take it to the vet

Richard obviously has gum boots 2 sizes too large.

Get a good spincast reel and you have best of both worlds.Why would you make fishing more difficult.

Mate , stop looking at FB when talking....... :)

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