i usually bobber fish and also use lures a lot. i fish for anything, nothing in particular. i have had closed and open reels and was considering a baitcasting if that would be ok. please help me out

If you can only afford one rod...I'd go to Walmart and get a medium action 6 1/2 foot rod..
either a Lightning Rod or Ugly Stick

35.00

Then, I'd buy the Garcia Cardinal model 104 open faced spinning reel...35.00

Chucks right, the lightning rod and ugly stick are hard to beat for the money, you might also check out BPS fathers day sale they have some good deals on combo's...as far as a baitcaster, i love them, other than pan-fishing its all i use, some people hate them, and there is a learning curve, you won't just pick it up and everything be perfect, but once you get used to it you'll love it, at least i do[:-], but then again i been using them for 35+ years[:-]

you can buy bait-casting reels from 35 to well over 600$ the reels i use are still under a 100, they don't have a lot of the fancy stuff some of these newer reels have, but there simple and easy to work on and get parts, i have some that are 25+ years old and still in use

BTW, i use ABU/Garcia 4500/4600's although i would not recomend these as a first baitcaster, as they don't have magnetic braking and are lacking alot of the bells and whistles the newer style reels have...

so i could use a baitcaster for bobber fishing?
i might get a 90-100 dollar reel/rod baitcater combo and then a new microlite spinner combo

Not unless you musky fish with suckers. I would recommend a light/medium-light action St. Croix rod and a smaller spinning reel.

ok so a spinning it is. ill let you know what i choose

No doubt..a spinning can be used for anything

A baitcaster has it limits..

I agree with chuck, the ugly stick medium action and a shakespeare 8 gear combo, will last for years.

allright and what are reccommedndation for spinners?

allright and what are reccommedndation for spinners?


My recommindation was in post #2..of this thread..