Lets define "finesse fishing"

[kennethdaysale]

Seems to me that a lot of people have misconceptions about the difference between power fishing and finesse. Since this forum has 5 or 10 times more guests than members I thought it might be a worthy topic to discuss/clarify.
Finesse fishing is usually thought of as light line/little lure/spinning gear.
Power fishing=heavy line/full size lure/baitcasting gear.
While both of those may apply I see it differently. If I tell my partner we're about to turn the TM on low/med and leave it there while we work down a 1/2 mile creek channel with deep cranks, 12lb flouro spooled on Curado 300's that is Power fishing. If I tell them we're about to anchor at the end of a rocky point and work every inch of the drop with a 4" weightless senko on 6lb test spooled on a Stradic 2500 thats finesse. But I think more important than lure/line/tackle is the mindset. If I'm moving fast looking for those high percentage spots or covering water in a hurry trying to pattern fish ...I'm power fishing regardless of the bait. If I'm trying to "hand feed" bass that I know are there, again regardless of bait, I'm finesse fishing.Can you power fish with #5 Floating Rapala and finesse with a spinnerbait? Can you power fish while anchored or finesse on high?
I would love to hear your thoughts on this and I think it would help a lot of our "guests" as well.