Hi all.

I've owned and used spinning reels for about as long as I've been fishing, but I recently tried a friend's baitcasting reel and have thought about getting one for myself just to try something different. I stil do a fair amount of fishing with a basic slip bobber and live bait setup, but I'm curious if anyone knows whether or not baitcasters will work with bobber stops (assuming the bobber stop is set deep enough that it would be wound onto and cast from the spool). I ask becuase the line on the spool needs to pass through the levelwind when being cast or retrieved, and it looks like a bobber stop could easily get caught up in the eye/hole in the levelwind and not cast properly.

Just thought I'd see if anyone has experience with using bobber stops with a baitcaster and if it's possible, or if some bobber stops would work better than others. The small rubber oval bobber stops, for example, seem like they would be problematic as they're about the same diameter as the eye of the levelwind, but I'm not sure if the plastic "dogbone" style bobber stops would be less problematic or work without issue, so any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

I think you're risking backlash issues. Not only from the bobber stop on the level wind, but it may also get caught in the line on the spool as you cast.

I would suggest staying with the spinning rod.

I only use bobber stops to peg my bullet weight when texas rigging worms so I'm not sure if it would work going onto the spool of the reel. I would not try it, and the reason is I've had a small tiny loop, just a bit of line that was loose and rather than fix it I figured I would just make a cast and it would be fine...Nope, big over run that had to be cut and if a little bit of loose line has the ability to cause that type of backlash then I wouldn't doubt that a bobber stop would most like cause a backlash or three.

I think you're risking backlash issues. Not only from the bobber stop on the level wind, but it may also get caught in the line on the spool as you cast.

I would suggest staying with the spinning rod.

I agree^^. Sounds like a recipe for trouble to me.

Tom