Gooch Bednarcik

I know a few have said this...but I put on 10lb mono and lowered my drag by about 1/2 and tonight I caught 5 bass all over 15" with no issues...the only issue is the line, once again, got tangled above the spool and I had to take the reel apart...definitely need to look at the post that said to spool the reel counter than the line...or whatever that post was (LOL) but thanks about the drag....still learning process for me :-)

Thanks everybody for your responses; I'll probably end up trying everything everyone posted, except getting a Bait Cast (Just kidding). I do appreciate all the great feedback. For the record, I so have 3 Catfish poles I use (All have 20lb or more mono) and all are Spincast; never had an issue with any of those (Except when the fish are not biting, but I blame them). The Rhino I original had an issue with is/was for Crappie, Bluegill, and now Bass (Pond fishing and offshore lake fishing). In the future I will leave Braid off of Spincast reels (I did purchase a Abu Garcia 1276SLi Spincast a week ago off eBay, will be here today I hope and it stated it comes pre-spooled with 12lb braid; I'll try some of the tips here when I get a rod and get it hooked up: Set drag lower, cast smooth as possible, etc.) Maybe this particular will give me better results! I would also shy away from putting on 8lb test on the Rhino because as mentioned earlier I used 10lb mono and broke a few lines with large bass. Maybe it was my drag that broke it, but not knowing the ins and outs of all that yet I'm one that would prefer 12lb test over 8 or 10. I can still feel and catch smaller bluegill on 12 and even 15lb test, and I seemed to be able to reel in the bigger bass with less line breaks (Using another pole with 12 and 15lb line). Maybe I'll just get 4-5 poles with all diff setups and try them all (wink) but my INITIAL reaction was to beef up to 12lb line for bass. A few of you recommended Trilene XL over Spiderwire, if they have that in 10 or 12 maybe I can experiment with that?? Thanks all again! I just woke up and I'm ready to go fishing again with all this discussions :-)

OK I got to ask...what do you mean by this??

I actually bought a baitcast and tried it for a day...yea I'm years away from that! I also have 1 spinning rod that I put braid on....the 1 time I was experimenting with it I didn't get any bites (It was raining and very windy) but I wanted to practice using it. I did OK with it but for using only spincast reels it'll still take a few more practice sessions (Maybe 50...lol). I would throw the mono back on it (The Rhino) but the mono got tangled up so much above the reel I just assume take this one back and if I get another spincast it'll be for lighter fishing only. GREAT POSTS ALL and THANKS!!!!

Will give it a try. Thx CP

HELP!!!! I have been bass fishing with my Rhino Spincast Combo my wife bought for me at Walmart for about 3 weeks now (Yes I'm a novice fisherman so I thought this was a decent setup). I changed the mono line to a 10lb P-LINE Floroclear line and had some success with it. I only fish out of a retention pond near my house and I have caught 18"-20" bass several times (Today I actually caught my first 20" bass, on another pole). The issue I had with my Rhino (RSC3 reel and Indestructible Glow-tip RNGC602MA pole - Line Weight 6-15lb) is the mono line gets twisted up above the reel 4-5 times per fishing outing. Sometimes just 1-2 twists, other times 10-12ft of line). And because I have also broke a few lines trying to reel in some biggons, I was told I should maybe try some braided line (Never used it before). So I got some SpiderWire EZ Braid and hooked it up. Now again I'm no expert, but it did not seem that I over-spooled with the line, it looked like plenty more could go on. So today with my new braid I had a 6" plastic work in a Texas Rig setup. I cast out maybe 8 times and BOOM!! Line snaps right at the spool and rig is gone. A little ticked off, I hooked up another one and after 4-5 casts...BOOM it too was gone. So I gently sat the pole down (Which means I flung it 42 ft onto the lawn) and picked up my UglyCast reel with a jig and began using it (And this is what I caught my 20" bass with, having 10lb mono). A few min later I decided to give the Rhino and Braid 1 last chance and I hoked up a small spinning bait. After exactly 4 casts...it was gone...and so was my patience. Now I will admit on the first 2 I did whip cast as hard as I could...like I do with mono. However, the last one I did not...I gently and smoothly cast but it still broke. My drag? Hell if I know...maybe close to MAX. I fish off the shore, no weights. I looked on line to see if any Rhino reels didn't play nice with braid, other forums to see if Spincast reels across the board were having same issues...nothing really stood out. I'm taking both the rod/reel and the braided line back to the store...unless someone can share their expertise and tell me what in the hell is causing this???