I plan on getting back into fishing this year and I have been researching the various equipment available. My previous and rather limited experience has been fishing streams and ponds with light/medium spinning rods & reels. Now that we have a house in Lewes DE I bought a fishing kayak and will start out fishing in the tidal creeks around the Lewes inlet, inshore in the DE bay and in the vicinity of the Cape Henlopen fishing pier. My target fish will be striped bass, flounder and anything else that is good eating.
My question is if there is any advantage in spinning VS casting rods&reels when fishing from a kayak for these types of fish. For the time being I plan on using artificial lures instead of live or cut bait. I already have a 7’ medium spinning rod and a 6’6” medium/heavy spinning rod. I will probably end up with another rod or two in the future and was wondering if there is any benefit to trying out a casting setup? I have not seen a clear cut case for one over the other in anything I have read yet.
My question is if there is any advantage in spinning VS casting rods&reels when fishing from a kayak for these types of fish. For the time being I plan on using artificial lures instead of live or cut bait. I already have a 7’ medium spinning rod and a 6’6” medium/heavy spinning rod. I will probably end up with another rod or two in the future and was wondering if there is any benefit to trying out a casting setup? I have not seen a clear cut case for one over the other in anything I have read yet.