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CTBassin860 reply :

Casting into a stiff wind + not enough brakes =I had to cut it out. :angry:

MassYak85 reply :

I had one like that last year. Had to cut out some sunline sniper.

CTBassin860 reply :

On 4/3/2017 at 4:02 AM, MassYak85 said:

I had one like that last year. Had to cut out some sunline sniper.

Luckily it was Yo-zuri Hybrid.

Fish the Mitt reply :

Been there. I recently got a new *** Fishing *** reel and in my haste to 'just cast it' I forgot to adjust the brakes. Heavier winds. First cast. Poof! I felt like a moron.

KDW96 reply :

Not alls lost. You got you some leader now when you need it ☺

DogBone_384 reply :

It happens to the best of them (and hacks like me too!).

If you don't cut out at least one nest a season you're not fishing enough.

Coldbasser reply :

I use a plethora of spinning reels so when I go to a bait caster all he** breaks loose

lol I'm trying to get better at using bait casters.

cheers

you are not alone

lonnie g reply :

been there done that "more than once". and three grandsons help give me that privelage as well. just another reason to go buy more line, and a new box of tooth pics

Raul reply :

On 4/3/2017 at 2:53 AM, MassBassin508 said:

Casting into a stiff wind + not enough brakes =I had to cut it out.

Hmmm, I'm not impressed even a little bit, I do a lot better than that.

WRB reply :

Learn to remove a blacklash without pulling it out, saving your line.

Tom

MassYak85 reply :

On 4/3/2017 at 11:04 AM, WRB said:

Learn to remove a blacklash without pulling it out, saving your line.

Tom

I've found that with mono/fluoro there are just some that can't be salvaged. Unlike flimsy braid when mono/fluoro kinks it gets weakened at that spot. With really bad backlashes it will kink the line and now there's a weak spot you really have no choice but to remove. I had a bad one with sniper when I first tried it and I managed to get it out using the usual methods. Later that day I snapped off the line on a hookset about 20 yards from the lure. No doubt in my mind why the line was weak there.

WRB reply :

Try not to pull on the line, just slowly pull off line until it stops at a loop then wind the line back onto the reel while putting pressure on the spool with your thumb and reel up all the line. Now slowly pull off the line and let it drop onto or in the water until you are past all the loops. With really bad blown up reel you may need to do this a few times. The line shouldn't be damaged if you don't pull on it hard or try to pick out loops. This method works with both FC and mono.

Tom

PS, I am a Tangle Free user and believe it helps to keep FC wet and reduces loose line from occuring during hard casts into the wind, it also helps to lubricate the line using the above backlash removal method.

Bluebasser86 reply :

Had a bad one in the boat Thursday. Fish were hot and heavy on a swinghead with a creature bait off a point. Guy in the back of the boat cast and had a hit immediately. Problem was, he never engaged his reel. It was a pretty monster blowup inside his reel. He started to try to pick it out, I just grabbed a rod out of the box and handed it to him so he could get back to fishing. There was no saving that one.

BASS302 reply :

On 4/3/2017 at 2:53 AM, MassBassin508 said:

Casting into a stiff wind + not enough brakes =I had to cut it out.

I've done something like that with my spinning reel!

S. Sass reply :

I feel your pain. I usually don't get anything that a few pulls wouldn't clear up. About a week ago for some reason I found this tree limb with my lure as I cast and it ate my lunch. I put the rod up and took another out (was bank fishing) moved over to another opening between another tree and did the exact same thing again.

I took two rods home that one day with destroyed line. Highly unusual for me to not be able to get a backlash out as I said I usually don't get anything that a few pulls wouldn't clear up. Sometimes it just isn't your day I guess. The positive side is I got some new line on a couple of reels for my trouble.

Swbass15 reply :

Don't feel bad last year in late October we were fishing a cold morning in a tourney, as I reached the back of my cast my spoll slipped on my tumb allowing my crank to drop and hook a rod behind me. I didn't catch it till it was to late. I waited till February to mess with it?

BassWhole! reply :

That's a good one. I usually get one like that when fishing from shore and my lure catches a branch just so...

Oregon Native reply :

I now use all braid with fluro leaders and carry two jigheads with the barbs flattened down for those types of things. Am lucky to not have to deal with those woes to much. But I do remember going through and cleaning my reels a few years back and respooling with fluro...."three explosions"...sheeesh I was a dummy there. IN ONE DAY

Chowderhead reply :

On 4/3/2017 at 3:21 PM, S. Sass said:

I found this tree limb with my lure as I cast and it ate my lunch.

I did the exact same thing last year along with damage to the rod. Did not appreciate the impact to the rod until a few weeks later when, during mid cast, the rod snapped 10" from the top. Rookie mistake but did give me justifiable grounds with my wife to buy a new rod.

CTBassin860 reply :

On 4/3/2017 at 11:04 AM, WRB said:

Learn to remove a blacklash without pulling it out, saving your line.

Tom

Believe me if it was salvageable I would have gotten it out.This was a mess

Zeeter reply :

I still have trouble. Nothing as dramatic as this in the last year or so, but if I don't have something heavy on the line it tends to overrun. I am still learning how best to adjust the tension and the brakes. Got the tension worked out; now it's just the brakes.

ThePolkFolk reply :

Every once and a while my thumb will slip from the spool during the wind up on a roll cast and I will send my bait straight down into the water. Those aren't fun to pick out...

Darren. reply :

Heh. Yeah, those good ol' bird's nests. While I had my

share, most often while learning the craft of baitcasting,

I got pretty darn good at it...but by no means have I

eliminated nests, and they always happen at the worst

time...

The only way I've found to eliminate nests completely

is to use spinning gear

jimf reply :

Believe it or not I can only remember having to cut one out once in the past ... 25 years? And that was last year, and that was when my wife wanted to try casting a baitcaster, and that was when I had to take lots of deep breaths and smile and reassure her everything was fine, and that she didn't "break it", and that I still loved her.

But wow. It was amazing. She launched that sucker straight down in front of her at 100mph. Now she says when I take my kids out fishing (adults but they don't fish that much) not to give them one of those "complicated" reels to use.

Fisher-O-men reply :

On 4/3/2017 at 3:13 PM, BASS302 said:

I've done something like that with my spinning reel!

Now that is talent right there!

WDE reply :

Last week I was throwing my lure with my back to an incline where I laid down my tackle bag. Of course, my lure got caught on the bag and almost threw my bag into the water. Lost about 3/4 of brand new spooled line when everything was said and done.

kylek reply :

I took my son fishing at a little lake this weekend. After getting our stuff ready I told him to be careful of the little trees right behind us. I told him to make sure he looks before he casts..... Well... my first cast of the day grabbed one of those little tiny branches and made one heck of a birds nest!! My son, he is 8, just look at me and while laughing said i should have looked behind me first!!

CTBassin860 reply :

Haha I let go of the spool a little to early.Sent it way to high.As soon as the wind got a hold of it I knew immediately what was about to happen.I saw the line fluff and accepted my fate.Certainly not the first time,and positively not the last time.I'm good for one bad one a season.

Ill even admit it was with the Tat CT

the reel ess reply :

I tend to do that after changing baits.

Zeeter reply :

On 4/4/2017 at 3:57 AM, the reel ess said:

I tend to do that after changing baits.

I do, too. I'll forget to adjust the tension and brakes and maybe try to cast it like the last lure I had on there, which may have been a different weight.

Bankbeater reply :

Good try, but you need to get the line tangled around your reel like I did.

Ayrnay22 reply :

I actually just watched an episode of bill dance outdoors this weekend called dead sticking and towards the end of the episode he shows how to free a backlash was very interesting. I cant find it on you tube but found this link its similar in method

Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :

Yeah that is the way everyone with baitcaster should learn to deal with backlash, but there are times when this method is not working.

I got one last year when bomb cast my lure and hit the tree right above another one recently when my lure stuck on wire fence without me knowing it and result was I have to cut my line plus a broken rod tip.

CTBassin860 reply :

On 4/4/2017 at 11:05 AM, JustJames said:

Yeah that is the way everyone with baitcaster should learn to deal with backlash, but there are times when this method is not working.

I got one last year when bomb cast my lure and hit the tree right above another one recently when my lure stuck on wire fence without me knowing it and result was I have to cut my line plus a broken rod tip.

This is my method for bad ones and it almost always gets it out.

TX-Deluxe reply :

On 4/3/2017 at 11:00 AM, Raul said:

Hmmm, I'm not impressed even a little bit, I do a lot better than that.

LoLOL

Nscheele reply :

My beautiful wife was awesome enough to agree to a camping/fishing trip for our honeymoon last fall. We went to a state park about 4 hours from home. After getting the camper set up, I grabbed a couple rods and we headed to one of the small fishing ponds at the camp ground. First cast, I didn't realize how close to the trees along the bank I was, i swear the braided line came up in front of my face. It was the absolute worst backlash I've ever had, finally had to just cut the line out. There was no saving that one.

Looking for the big one reply :

On 4/4/2017 at 9:44 AM, Ayrnay22 said:

I actually just watched an episode of bill dance outdoors this weekend called dead sticking and towards the end of the episode he shows how to free a backlash was very interesting. I cant find it on you tube but found this link its similar in method

Follow up Video: How to Untangle Pile of Line on Ground

RoLo reply :

Is THAT What A "Rat's Nest" Looks Like ?

I've heard about them, but NEVER had one!

Roger

new2BC4bass reply :

On 4/4/2017 at 1:09 AM, John Loughlin said:

When they tell you fishing teaches you patience, they are referring to birds nests. lol

Was just visiting relation in Florida. My brother-in-law tells me I like using baitcast reels because I enjoy removing backlashes rather than fishing. Has told me before that I am one patient man. However, he sees me at my worst. Takes about 3 days of fishing with him for me to smooth out my casting stroke because I have to change my casting stroke from how I always cast when home. Yet one afternoon I went to the boat ramp and spent a few minutes casting directly into a strong wind with a 3/8 oz. spinnerbait and never had an over-run much less a backlash. Of course he didn't witness that because he was working.

Any more a backlash of mine that looks like that is because I either caught an object on the back stroke or I got a new-2-me reel and forgot to check the brakes an/or spool tension. Inevitably the seller backed one or both completely off. Only takes one cast to discover your mistake.

Needless to say I have become very proficient at removing backlashes.

jakebrake reply :

my first cast with a baitcaster...the lure actually hit the ground (yeah...I still don't know how). I think a decent sized crow could have set up light housekeeping in the monofilament aftermath.

(had to pop the sidecover and push out the spool. by the time it was cleared, I had about no line left)

frosty reply :

The last one I cleared was when I let my wife try my new reel. She just looked at me like something bad happened, but she had no idea what, hands me back the reel and walks away.

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