Found the M.O.A.B. 2025
Oklahoma Mike reply :
Mother of all backlashes!
Was bank fishing on Sunday and had a couple of rods leaned up against my backpack lying on the slope of the bank behind me. Went to throw a cast and saw my spinning outfit go flying over my head and into the water. D'oh! Fortunately not so far that I couldn't retrieve it. The resulting backlash was so bad that I ended up having to strip and re-spool. Lesson learned!
Angry John reply :
Pulled that same plan on my yak with 15 lb flouro. It gets expensive if your using costly line...
Damn Yankee reply :
Look at the bright side,at least you cleaned the spinning rig.
Oklahoma Mike reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 4:46 AM, Damn Yankee said:Look at the bright side,at least you cleaned the spinning rig.
Honestly, I was just happy that I didn't sling it out any further than I did. There is a very steep drop off just about another two feet from where it landed with the tip of the rod hanging just over the edge of the bank. I'd have gone diving after it if I had to!
Mosster47 reply :
I love that reel.
Oklahoma Mike reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 5:05 AM, Mosster47 said:I love that reel.
Me too. It casts like a dream when it doesn't have an entire other rod and reel on the end of it!
Burke reply :
I feel your pain 
, Just had that happen to me over the weekend.
At least it was only 1/6 th of the reel spool from Walmart's clearance of the yo-zuri line (3 bucks)
I feel your pain
Raul reply :
The mother of all backlashes ...... where ? That can barely qualify as a regular one.
freelancer27 reply :
Happens to me once every month. I think I will smarten up, until it happens again. For me this means most of the time I have to rip of the line from the spool, since my MOAB is at the point of no return.
Chowderhead reply :
Just had this happen to me a few weeks ago. I was extra careful to look behind me as I was casting near some trees while out on the lake. What I forgot to do was make sure that my son, who was sitting right behind me, was also not casting at the same time. Snagged his line and was greeted with a nice whack to the back of the head as his rod slammed into my noggin. The results, as you can see, were not pretty. I gave up and went home - cut it all out and just started over.
Raul reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 6:39 AM, Chowderhead said:Just had this happen to me a few weeks ago. I was extra careful to look behind me as I was casting near some trees while out on the lake. What I forgot to do was make sure that my son, who was sitting right behind me, was also not casting at the same time. Snagged his line and was greeted with a nice whack to the back of the head as his rod slammed into my noggin. The results, as you can see, were not pretty. I gave up and went home - cut it all out and just started over.
NICE ! 
CTBassin860 reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 6:39 AM, Chowderhead said:Just had this happen to me a few weeks ago. I was extra careful to look behind me as I was casting near some trees while out on the lake. What I forgot to do was make sure that my son, who was sitting right behind me, was also not casting at the same time. Snagged his line and was greeted with a nice whack to the back of the head as his rod slammed into my noggin. The results, as you can see, were not pretty. I gave up and went home - cut it all out and just started over.
Now THATS a backlash!! Thats the one that makes me pack up and go home lol
Damn Yankee reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 6:39 AM, Chowderhead said:Just had this happen to me a few weeks ago. I was extra careful to look behind me as I was casting near some trees while out on the lake. What I forgot to do was make sure that my son, who was sitting right behind me, was also not casting at the same time. Snagged his line and was greeted with a nice whack to the back of the head as his rod slammed into my noggin. The results, as you can see, were not pretty. I gave up and went home - cut it all out and just started over.
As we say in New England:
Bankbeater reply :
Dang!
hunterPRO1 reply :
those are nothing compared to one i had once, wish i would've taken a pic of that one.
FrankN209 reply :
Imagine if that was braid 
Oklahoma Mike reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 6:39 AM, Chowderhead said:Just had this happen to me a few weeks ago. I was extra careful to look behind me as I was casting near some trees while out on the lake. What I forgot to do was make sure that my son, who was sitting right behind me, was also not casting at the same time. Snagged his line and was greeted with a nice whack to the back of the head as his rod slammed into my noggin. The results, as you can see, were not pretty. I gave up and went home - cut it all out and just started over.
Yep, that's about what it looked like once I started trying to pick it out. I gave up after a few minutes and just fished my other rods the remainder of the trip.
Angry John reply :
Never go with just one baitcaster unless you pack a spare spool!!!!
Yeajray231 reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 7:29 AM, Angry John said:Never go with just one baitcaster unless you pack a spare spool!!!!
Or a spinning rod !
david in va reply :
You want see a close face doing that 
no room under the hood for a bird nest like that 
Chowderhead reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 7:26 AM, Oklahoma Mike said:
Yep, that's about what it looked like once I started trying to pick it out. I gave up after a few minutes and just fished my other rods the remainder of the trip.
Full disclosure, what you see there was after about a minute of trying to unpick. With my son laughing at me and my only baitcaster now inoperable, I gave up. Not my proudest fishing moment. It surprised me how much of a pain it was to cut all the line out.
CTBassin860 reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 7:32 AM, Yeajray231 said:
Or a spinning rod !
My spinner is with me at ALL times
Yeajray231 reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 8:01 AM, MassBassin508 said:My spinner is with me at ALL times
Mine too dude .
fishnkamp reply :
Bill Dance says "you might just want to trade that one in" 
CTBassin860 reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 8:05 AM, Yeajray231 said:
Mine too dude .
Especially since every nice day we have had so far has been accompanied by hurricane force winds
new2BC4bass reply :
Wow. You guys use some heavy line! 
I think I've cut out my line 2 or 3 times. I have spent over an hour removing backlashes that number of times (or more) as well. Was leaning over the reel picking out a backlash for so long one time I had to go to the chiropractor to get my neck adjusted. 
Needless to say if I had known that was going to happen, I would have cut the line out that time too.
No pictures, tho, but at least one looked like Oklahoma Mike's.
Raul reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 7:13 AM, hunterPRO1 said:those are nothing compared to one i had once, wish i would've taken a pic of that one.
No pics ----> no braggin rights.
On 4/18/2017 at 7:13 AM, hunterPRO1 said:those are nothing compared to one i had once, wish i would've taken a pic of that one.
No pics ----> no braggin rights.
Damn Yankee reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 9:36 AM, Raul said:
No pics ----> no braggin rights.
No pics ----> no braggin rights.
Show us yours.
XpressJeff reply :
Let me tell you about the ones I used to get when I was a kid...
...while walking to school barefoot in the snow, uphill both ways...
Further North reply :
A couple years ago, I inflicted a walleye trip on myself...one afternoon, the guys on my boat need to make a stop on an island...
I jumped out with a baitcaster rigged for pike to hit a little bay I saw on the way in, sure enough when looked in the water I could see a decent pike cruising the shallows...
I ducked under a branch to get a better line on the fish and snapped off a cast...without noticing the spoon I had on had snagged on the branch...
The backlash I got (50# Braid) made yours look like a backlash starter kit...
I didn't even bother trying to undo it...had the line cut off and the the reel re-spooled ten minutes later.
Raul reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 9:38 AM, Damn Yankee said:Show us yours.
Am I braggin ?
Damn Yankee reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 9:36 AM, Raul said:
No pics ----> no braggin rights.
No pics ----> no braggin rights.
Yup
TX-Deluxe reply :
Bait caster
Looks fixable.
wdp reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 4:31 AM, Oklahoma Mike said:Mother of all backlashes!
Was bank fishing on Sunday and had a couple of rods leaned up against my backpack lying on the slope of the bank behind me. Went to throw a cast and saw my spinning outfit go flying over my head and into the water. D'oh! Fortunately not so far that I couldn't retrieve it. The resulting backlash was so bad that I ended up having to strip and re-spool. Lesson learned!
I've done very similar as I'm sure most have. The worst is when you do it the first trip out after spooling your reel with fresh, new expensive line. ???
Bluebasser86 reply :
Got one of my better backlashes of the year last year on this cast, but I have lots of practice and managed to save the line, the buzzbait was not so lucky.
Turkey sandwich reply :
So, I bought my brother his first casting reel for Christmas (200 size Curado he'll use primarily for striper fishing 3/4-2oz baits on the Chesapeake). He's never used one before and has since ignored every bit of good advice I've given him and bought a Med power Mojo Bass and spooled it with 10lb cheap braid. I cannot wait to see this disaster unfold.
basseditor reply :
It's bound to happen. It seems I backlash nearly one reel per trip that goes home to respool. And I've been using bait caster reels for 50 years.
NYWayfarer reply :
I was hoping M.O.A.B. in this thread stood for the Mother Of All Baits...
wdp reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 8:32 PM, Finesse Wayfarer said:I was hoping M.O.A.B. in this thread stood for the Mother Of All Baits...
I actually only clicked on this thread to see what M.O.A.B. stood for. ?
NYWayfarer reply :
On 4/18/2017 at 6:39 AM, Chowderhead said:Just had this happen to me a few weeks ago. I was extra careful to look behind me as I was casting near some trees while out on the lake. What I forgot to do was make sure that my son, who was sitting right behind me, was also not casting at the same time. Snagged his line and was greeted with a nice whack to the back of the head as his rod slammed into my noggin. The results, as you can see, were not pretty. I gave up and went home - cut it all out and just started over.
This pic should be in the fishing meme thread with the caption: "Bought pro qualifier reel...Now he backlashes like a pro."
stk44 reply :
This guy has you beat:
uncustered reply :
Try a Diana SL-30-SHV with 300 yards of 20 Lb....
Bass reels got nothing on a heaver backlash when your tossing an 8 ounce sinker and 4 ounces of bait....
Them be professional overspools......
Oklahoma Mike reply :
On 4/19/2017 at 3:51 AM, stk44 said:This guy has you beat:
Is that a backlash or my Grandma's wig?
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