Jason Christie catches the largest bass on the Elite Series in 2023 with a spinning rod

Jason Christie explains how he caught the largest bass on the Elite Series in 2023 with a spinning rod and explains why spinning rods are becoming so important in today's fishing

[@matthall8378]

I tear it up on my river with spinning rods. I never had a baitcaster so I don't know any better! Lol. I can cast accurately and I land alot of fish. The only problem I encountered was setting the hook on 3/0 or higher ewg hooks in my kayak with spinning gear so I just nose hook my flukes and use a wacky rig instead of a texas rigged worm. I do get the dreaded line twists sometimes but I catch fish on multiple lures and soft plastics. I love my wacky rig!!!

[@KissmyBasss]

I caught a 8.6 this spring on 15lb braid to 10lb leader on a Free Rig and fairy wand, it made me sick when she came up thinking there's No way I'm landing this!

[@The_Bass_Stunters]

Nah I’ll go the other way and pick up a Glide Bait Megabass 187R with Sunline 50 Xplasma to a 18# Sunline Shooter leader. In the pads lol