When was the last time! 2024
Catt reply :
Y'all had a backlash so bad ya had to get the knife out?
My grandson & I were on the bayou this afternoon, he had me down 2-1.
I decided to make a long over head cast but misjudged an overhanging tree limb...instant backlash!
Now I'm one who keeps his thumb in close contact with the spool feeling for stray line. What I felt was line all around my thumb!
One look & I knew it was knife time, not only knife time but I had to cut it down to the spool.
To make matters worse I had just re-spooled yesterday & Aiden ended up 7-1!
All I could do was grin & wink at him 
Gundog reply :
It happens to us all. I had one last year when I saw a fish hit a insect on the top of the water. In my excited haste I tried to make a quick cast there and swung the lure too low, hitting the inside of my canoe with the bait which caused a monstrous backlash that still haunts my dreams. I just put the rod and reel down and picked up the spinning gear and humbly admitted defeat for that day.
A-Jay reply :
My Last Cast of my last trip - that's how I knew it was time to go . . . . . .
My bait clipped a GroPro mount on the 'launch. Reel Blew Up.
I made the 'are you kidding' me face, unceremoniously 'placed' the rig in the rod locker & went home.
Tried unsuccessfully to pick it out the next day but eventually ended up taking the scissors to the spool which resulted in 12lb flouro all over the garage floor.
Good Times.
A-Jay
Bluebasser86 reply :
Haven't had one that I can remember in a long time. Now back when I bank fished a lot, tall weeds and overhanging trees got me plenty of times.
Bankbeater reply :
Last fall walking the bank. I didn't look to see what was around me, and the t-rig got caught in a small bush as I was casting out. I just put that rig back in the car.
Catt reply :
My wife Carol walked up on the bridge above us & asked "dang Tommy what happened?"
Before I could open my mouth Aiden yells "operator error"!
Knew I taught that boy to well
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
I thought that only happened with me, now I don't feel bad anymore lol.
Sam reply :
Last week.
Had to take the baitcaster off the rod, put it on a Berkley spooling station and using my Boomerang tool cut it out.
Then put new line on the baitcaster and am ready to rock and roll.
What caused the disaster was my not seeing the pine branch above the dock when I swung for the opposite bank using an overhead cast.
It was one heck of a bird's nest if I do say so myself.
Mike L reply :
At a tournament.
My boater had a " bay boat" the kind a lot of salt water fisherman have down here with a center console that has rod holders on both sides. The rods are stored vertically and there is no rear deck.
I couldn't make a side arm cast all day without going to the far corner and looking behind me, bring the lure almost to the tip to start my back swing which of course severely limited casting distance.
So I was throwing over head bomb cast's all day but this one time I forgot about his rods sticking up 7ft in the air, 5 ft from me and...Bam!
I hit a rod, the spinnerbait hook latched onto the line of one his which pulled it out of the holder!
His rod almost went overboard if it wasn't for the hook holding it in.
About a 1/4 of my spool exploded!
Mike
12poundbass reply :
On 5/17/2017 at 12:08 PM, A-Jay said:My Last Cast of my last trip - that's how I knew it was time to go . . . . . .
My bait clipped a GroPro mount on the 'launch. Reel Blew Up.
I made the 'are you kidding me face, unceremoniously 'placed' the rig in the rod locker & went home.
Tried unsuccessfully to pick it out the next day but ended up taking the scissors to the spool which ended up with 12lb flouro all over the garage floor.
Good Times.
A-Jay
Was it caught on camera? I think we'd all like to see it. ?
Catt reply :
On 5/17/2017 at 9:13 PM, 12poundbass said:Was it caught on camera? I think we'd all like to see it. ?
Think the Russian's hacked it & deleted that part
A-Jay reply :
On 5/17/2017 at 9:13 PM, 12poundbass said:Was it caught on camera? I think we'd all like to see it. ?
Unfortunately it was getting dark so I had the cameras off.
But even if they had been on, after the family friendly edit, the video would have been a 'Beep" fest.
Or perhaps even better, I could over lay the "Agony of Defeat" sound bite.
A-Jay
jimf reply :
Last year when my wife was with me and decided she wanted to try out this bait casting thing.
12poundbass reply :
Last year for me. I had my 6 year old with me. He and I decided to cast at the same time and we got tangled behind us. Biggest nest I've ever had. Tried at least 15 times to get it out. Watched a YouTube video "guaranteed to get out a backlash" suckered me in....it didn't work, think it made it worse!
NYWayfarer reply :
Backlashes and tangles that require cutting and retying are God's way of telling me fishing is over for the day.
I pack it up and go home.
Ratherbfishing reply :
I once had a backlash so bad it grabbed me and took me in with it. I had to have someone ELSE get a knife and cut me loose!
Bass_Fishing_Socal reply :
On 5/17/2017 at 10:10 PM, jimf said:Last year when my wife was with me and decided she wanted to try out this bait casting thing.
Yeah the wife, I remember that. Happened to me as well. I set her up with one of my baitcaster with all tension set for her to not get a backlash. She said with very proud voice "see it isn't that difficult at all" then the day progress some how she grabbed my 50e and cast out. She handed me the reel with very beautiful smile and a big backlash on my reel.
Choporoz reply :
Been a long time....but, I use braid on all my baitcasters except for two crank rods. I've never had to cut a braid backlash out. And my cranking casts are generally 'safer'...towards open-ish water, good weighted lures, rarely overpowered casts. But, that said....I'm due
Bassin' Brad reply :
Last summer. Walking around a pond that had only ONE small tree by it and I wasn't paying attention since all the rest of the pond was clear and then suddenly whammo I found myself staring at a awful backlash that just sneered at me and dared me to attempt to get it out. It won.
CTBassin860 reply :
3 weeks or so ago?As a bank fisher it comes with the territory.Sometimes all you catch that day is a branch.I Never cast overhand from the banks.
Yeajray231 reply :
On 5/17/2017 at 10:35 PM, Finesse Wayfarer said:Backlashes and tangles that require cutting and retying are God's way of telling me fishing is over for the day.
I pack it up and go home.
See I just pick up my spinning rod...
Jar11591 reply :
Happened to me a couple weeks ago, which was the first time in about 4 years. I too misjudged the distance of an overhanging tree.
whitwolf reply :
On occasion and It most certainly Is operator error. The last bad one was taking a short trip to a local pond and a total lack of attention. I carry two rods on trips like this because I know It's going to happen. I rarely fish from the shore in these ponds and that's why.
My wife loves that particular pond and usually wants to go there once every two weeks. To say she gets a big kick out of seeing a champion of a backlash Is an understatement. 
MassYak85 reply :
Last year, made a roll cast and the lure clipped the water right at my feet as I let my thumb off the spool. A full spool of Sniper down the drain. If it's braid I can pretty much always get it out, mono or fluoro not so much.
pondbassin101 reply :
No backlashes that bad, but i managed to hit a tree twice in 10 minutes of bank fishing. Long story short half of that trip was spent picking out birds nets as I only had one pole.
geo g reply :
It happened to me twice on the same trip. My backseater was fixing his line and extended his rod forward toward the front of the boat. I was casting and had my back to his rod. My line caught him two times, with two different rods. It really would not bother me much, but these two rods were spooled with Berkley Professional Grade Floro. These could not be picked out, but were professional grade bird nests, LOL. Big money for me! He did offer to pay for my line, but I just told him to forget it. Backseaters need to know where their equipment is, when someone up front is casting. We don't have eyes in the back of our heads. It bothered me for a while, but that's just part of fishing. In the whole scheme of things, it's just not a big deal. Accidents will happen from time to time, and he is a friend.
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M Bruns reply :
Last/first time it happened was last night. Fishing a buzzbait around a small pond when it nailed a patch of grass causing the mother of all backlashes. After cutting all of it out, I only had enough line left to make short casts. I made the most of it and still caught a few fish.
lonnie g reply :
i have hooked a few weeds /briars. kind of like unfolding one of those old road maps , hey just cant be fixed.is that why they are making longer rods and multiple choices on line, cause they know that we all are eventually gonna do it.
Lures'n'Liberty reply :
Every single trip I've ever taken with a baitcast reel. I switched to closed face and haven't looked back.
SuperCorona reply :
It usually happens once a trip with my son. He likes to move around a lot in the boat and sometimes I lose track of him and his rod. We have had some classic tangles. One time his line ended up through a split ring on my jerkbait, plus my reel looked like a bloomin' onion.
A few weeks ago my wife picked up my spinnerbait rod and threw a 30 minute backlash.
GorillaBass reply :
On 5/17/2017 at 10:35 PM, NYWayfarer said:Backlashes and tangles that require cutting and retying are God's way of telling me fishing is over for the day.
I pack it up and go home.
Yes.
I get a wicked one like that every couple weeks.. it sucks. I usually give it to my girlfriend with a pair of scissors and tell her dont come back to me til it's fixed and respooled..
*mic drop*
scbassin reply :
Catt now that is funny. 7 to 1 I bet your grandson's hat don't fit now.
hawgenvy reply :
It was two weeks ago. Naturally, I had just spooled on some fresh #17 fluorocarbon before heading to the lake with the one rod for a short evening outing. I executed a perfect hookset, driving my jig into a fat bass that I cajoled out from the mouth of a big metal pipe. I knew I had her pinned solidly, and after a short battle I decided to flip her into the boat. As I lifted up on the fish, somehow my thumb pressed the cast button. I nearly tossed my rod into the air when the big weight of fish suddenly vanished, and as my jaw dropped in shock the spool exploded into a gigantic mess that I realized could be only remedied later, and only by knife. I had to hand-line the line back. To my surprise the fish was still there. I tossed her back in and went home -- feeling, since I had at least landed a fat fish, only half defeated.
Bruce424 reply :
Oh a week ago...
I got the knife, scissors and pliers. Then I accidentally scraped the spool on my new reel????
Bucky205 reply :
LOL, Is this a trick question? I love to skip jigs under docks, only got one good eye so my depth perception is a little off. Skipping when you catch a pylon, or skip to high and hit the dock can get ugly. Sometimes the jig hits the water wrong on the first bounce the spool is humming and the jig comes to a dead stop. I use inexpensive mono on it for skipping because I know it's going to happen. It gets re-spooled at least once a month after I've cut out so much line that it doesn't skip well anymore. So it was probably the last time I fished which was Sunday.
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