I use 8 of each on my boat. I like spinning reels just as much as baitcast.

hahahah. I even have some Zebco 33's for getting to crappie under the brush. They work pretty well in a pond.

I use all abu reels unless i am flatty fishing. Then i bring the big boys out. I went out with bankfisher 2 years ago and watched him land a 56 pound flatty on his penn 950 and i fell in love with them

I'm in the same boat as you, I fish pretty often and have a few friends that are the usual tag alongs...but it never fails that when somebody new comes along they can't cast a baitcast reel...I learned this when I bass fished a lot. If you think its rough catfishin try having them throw lures over and over again. Nothing wrong with a spinning reel.

Had a buddy of mine get a birds nest in his bait caster the other day when we were fishin for perch...my our other friend handed him his spinning reel and said, "here you go man, I'm just gonna drink beer." My buddy who received the spinning reel looked at him and said, "I hate these reels, I don't know how to use one." How in the heck does a person not know how to use a spinning reel but knows a bait caster...

SpinCast is push button reels like Zebco. Baitcasters, Spinning or Fixed Spool, and SpinCast.

I prefer to fish with all bait cast reels, but keep a couple spinning rigs in the boat for kids, my wife, mom, and gma.

Other than that I love hooking into a big fish on some of my spinning rigs and hearing the drag sing.

y'all keep laughing at zebco's...

wait till the DAMette's strike!

Bought my twin nephews a pair of zebco 33's for their second birthday 2 weeks ago... cant wait to get them out and fishin with uncle redchevy me and their daddy got lots to teach em.

Zebco 808 and still can't let it sit at home it handles cats so far.
Just got the wife a zebco under spin all metal on a nice falcon rod for her birthday it's smooth
Ya keep laughing

man i have penn convectional reels and i can do just as good and some times better with my daiwa df 100a its big but you can really sling that sucker out from the bank and can pull like a mule and for a amazing price

Im not laughing at the zebco, but the zebco on a falcon rod... why not use an ugly stick etc... Its like oh you don't need these fancy expensive reels to catch fish and buying a zebco and then turning around and buying a 80 dollar rod

you can drag in a 100 pound fish with this thing.

I wouldn't be so sure.....

I am confident in the rod it is supposed to be salt water and a I can fold it in half without breaking I will only use 8 inch live shad on there...