Not talking about finesse fishing, but for power fishing for bass does anyone use spinning gear, and if so, why?

yes, easier to use in all weather and less time messing with tackle...

Most of my " power fishing " is done with casting gear but for fluke type baits I feel that spinning gear works better.

5-6" soft jerk baits skip better than any bait I've thrown and I fail miserably skipping with a bait caster.

I use my light saltwater setup Shimano Stella 4k on a Star Paraflex rod. I’ve caught some pretty big tarpon on it so it’s way overkill for a bass yet still light enough to use all day. So I make good use of it, mainly topwater. I can cast lures further than any baitcaster which helps me cover a massive amount of water. I’ve even won sone tournaments using spinning gear only.

I use heavier spinning outfits for a couple of presentations. Line is straight 35lb braid. First, I use it dragging baits on St Clair. Usually a football head and Senko. Second is pitching in Florida around the grass and reeds and on St Clair for beds deep in the reeds. I feel like I can get a little better accuracy with spinning and I want the bait to fall on a slack line.

There’s a lot of guys that use spinning gear for everything. Tom Mann made a career of it, Leroy Bertolero went so far as having a Lamiglas spinning rod built that he would flip and throw frogs with.

I absolutely have a 7' MH spinning rod with 20lb braid/12lb leader ready often once things get heavy. Wind days and some baits I prefer that rig. She can turn and burn a good bass in heavy cover quite well, though I've gotten it handed to me in thick weeds before with it.

I built a 7foot 3 medium heavy spinning rod for just for bass. It works really well. I used a NFC MB 736 HM. It works really well casting in to the wind which is harder with a casting setup.

You can do anything with the right spinning tackle that you can do with casting tackle. It may not be the absolute most efficient or preference, but it will work.

I grew up fishing both salt and fresh. From blues to bass, when not flyfishing, it was spinning gear all the way for me.