sunfish Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 i just wanted to introduce myself. i am a new member to the board and also to the wonderful sport of fishing. been around the board snooping around and have found many helpful hints. thank you! just wanted to see if anyone could also help me with my problem. it may seem a little bit basic, however... i just bought a baitcaster. having troubles with backlash... can anyone give me some helpful pointers? thanks
pameladallaire Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 Welcome, I'm sure someone can help you out. Pam
jediangler Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 Welcome to the board. Try a 6" piece of electrical tape on your spool after you make your first cast. Wind the tape on the spool as you reel in. This way you can't cast past this point and shouldn't have any problems. Other than that, keep adjusting your brakes/magnets until you get the hang of it. If it gets you down, go back to a spinning rod. You can pick up the baitcaster again later on. If you are frustrated you won't enjoy yourself and that's what it's all about. Good luck.
motv8tr Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 Welcome sunfish, you picked the right place to start your fishing addiction . As for your baitcaster, set the drag so that when you release the line, the lure will fall at an easy steady speed and the reel will stop spinning once the lure hits the water. Also, try not to have too much of a "flick of the wrist" action, try to make it a smooth cast, this has helped me. I'm sure others will do a better job of explaining, but I hope this helps. Again, welcome to the board, Maureen
sunfish Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Posted June 11, 2007 Thank you for your the helpful hints. Thats amazing!
RobHall Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 (edited) Welcome Sunfish, Check out this "Baitcasting 101" link. I contains some useful information. FOTB Edited June 11, 2007 by fishinonthebrain
Terry Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 here is my best advise I give every time this isn't to help buy onebut to use one the best tip I can give is a good tip while learning how to use a baitcaster is make the longest cast you can or let out the amount of line you think you can cast then let out about 20 more ft of line and put electrical tape around the line on the spool and reel the line back in now when you cast you will not get a big birds nest because it will stop at the tape, if you get better and more distance on your casts just let out more line and reapply the tape...should you get a big fish on that makes a run, it will pop the tape with no problem great to have the tape on when flipping and pitching too and if you have to cast into a strong wind the tape can save the day you heard it here first
sunfish Posted June 11, 2007 Author Report Posted June 11, 2007 WOW! I am absolutely amazed by how amazing this board is. Everyone is really helpful and accommodating. fishinonthebrain, thats a nice little tutorial you got there. thanks! I'll probably head off to a pond close to where I live to try some of these pointers out. Let you know which one works best for me. Cheers!
Bly Posted June 11, 2007 Report Posted June 11, 2007 Welcome to the board Sunfish....love the picture in your avatar Can't help you with the baitcaster but good luck!!! bly
ccmtcanada Posted June 12, 2007 Report Posted June 12, 2007 Sunfish...welcome to the board! I too am recently back into fishing and purchased my first baitcaster myself. They are not easy to learn that's for sure! I figured out how NOT to get birdsnests, I just have no distance to it right now. I'm a little paranoid about them, so I find I thumb the spool to much....haha. Just have to get out there and practise....twist my arm!!! LOL
setomonkey Posted June 12, 2007 Report Posted June 12, 2007 Welcome to the board... One more tip, when you are first learning to cast a baitcaster, there's no point in investing in good (expensive) line, b/c you will get birdsnests and sometimes will have to cut line out. I put on heavier mono at the beginning as I found it was easier to learn how to cast with it, and then switched to thinner lines with experience (but I still birdsnest sometimes!) The only other thing I can recommend is to practice. I put on a heavy jig and cut off the hook, and then took it to a local park in the early spring to practice with it. I got some pretty good looks but it meant I was better prepared when I was actually on the water. I wasn't doing any fishing in Feb or March anyway so it did give me something fishing related to do as well. Mike
walleyedreamer Posted June 12, 2007 Report Posted June 12, 2007 Welcome sunfish have fun a lot of great people on here happy fishing, see you on the water, walleyedreamer.
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