>>2624040two things I remembered since typing the other reply. You can also stop the free spool on a baitcaster a little faster and easier than you can close the bale on a spinning reel. This sounds kind of insignificant, like how it's faster to recast with a baitcaster. I'm not a bass pro, I'm not fishing tournaments, recasting a half a second faster doesn't matter to me. But I have a ton of milfoil and moss and lake scum on my body of water and when I cast my favorite bait, jigs, I have to close the bail within a half second of the bait hitting the water and start reeling, or I'm gonna get hung up or fuck up my presentation with a bunch of moss. With the baitcaster I can cast, slow it down just before it hits the water with my thumb, then click the handle really easy and lightly, give it a quarter crank to get it moving horizontally. That initial presentation is way better than if I was using my spinning reel. I can start the jig movement slower from the impact on the water, allowing me to effectively present my bait in the manner I'm intending to over a larger area of water. With the spinning reel bale close, and then the reel, as well as the hard punching down smack on the water surface causes the presentation of that bait in the first 6' to be very fast and loud and inconsistent with the bait fish it's impersonating. If I reeled to close the bale, rather than closing the bale manually with my hand, I would still be over reeling and causing a very fast unnatural presentation.
Both spinning reels and baitcasters have their place, they both fill certain niches really well. You should think about what it is you're specifically going to use the baitcaster for before you buy one. I bought mine pretty much totally to throw frogs. It is perfectly suited and tailored to that specific bait and presentation.
