Loose line on Bait caster reel

[JRez]

Hello Y'all,

 

I just recently got my first bait caster reel and so far surviving and enjoying it. I get a few minor backlashes here and there. My issue is reeling in my bait with some action. The line goes back on my reel loose. The loose line makes it harder for me to get any sort of distance on my long cast. Do I need to add pressure with my fingers? I haven't tried to do that yet. I thought it would add some unnatural vibration. I spooled my reel with braid. I passed the line through the holes, tied a simple overhand knot, and applied a small piece of electrical tape to secure it even more. Just curious on how people keep the line tight reeling in light lures and weightless plastics. Thanks  

[Bucky205]

Try moving your rod tip to remove any slack before you start reeling.  Reel down the slack and drag or bump with your rod, then repeat.  The more slack you have in the line, the less likely you are to feel a strike.  If your reeling slack line it wont spool correctly.

[NiX]

I think your problem is reeling in the slack line. I tend to create some tension with my index and thumb on my line just before spool when reeling in a lot of slack line.

 

When you spooled your reel up did you create a good amount of tension while spooling?

[geo g]

If at the end of a long cast you have some overrun on the spool, take a quick look at the reel.  If there is any slack I will raze the rod or pull out some line, until the line is tight on the spool.  Then I will engage the reel and take up the line normally.   If this continually happens, you need to make adjustments on your braking systems, so the loose overrun stops.  The more you use the reel,  you will figure it out.  Never reel in line, if the spool is NOT tight to begin with.  

 

I also use a mono backing when using floro or braid.  These lines sometimes will spin on the spool if the line is just cinched on the spool (old school), instead of tied to a hole in the spool.  The mono backing stops the spin!

[mllrtm79]

20 hours ago, JRez said:

The line goes back on my reel loose.

I have problems with this when walking a frog, like posted above you can put tension on it with your fingers. It shouldn't change the action on the bait at all, and may actually help you with feel. 

[Nscheele]

It's just a timing thing as to when you crank the reel and pop the lure. Once you get the right cadence down you shouldn't have anymore problems. I went through the same thing when learning to fish jerk baits with a bait caster and my timing was just a little off. 

[OkobojiEagle]

On 7/25/2017 at 0:30 PM, JRez said:

Just curious on how people keep the line tight reeling in light lures and weightless plastics.   

 

We don't...

 

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[LxVE Bassin]

8 hours ago, mllrtm79 said:

I have problems with this when walking a frog, like posted above you can put tension on it with your fingers. It shouldn't change the action on the bait at all, and may actually help you with feel. 

 

Same thing happens to me when I'm walking a spook or a frog but it casts right out with no issues. More so with the spook because I can get those walk a lot wider. I use braid so it's casts right back out with zero issues. I was watching a video where Jimmy Houston said that "you know you walking a spook correctly if you get a little loose line." But to the OP, sound like you need to keep more tension on the line or maybe it's not spoiled correctly. 

[JRez]

On 7/25/2017 at 4:52 PM, NiX said:

I think your problem is reeling in the slack line. I tend to create some tension with my index and thumb on my line just before spool when reeling in a lot of slack line.

 

When you spooled your reel up did you create a good amount of tension while spooling?

Yea I made sure everything had a lot of tension

On 7/26/2017 at 4:29 PM, Nscheele said:

It's just a timing thing as to when you crank the reel and pop the lure. Once you get the right cadence down you shouldn't have anymore problems. I went through the same thing when learning to fish jerk baits with a bait caster and my timing was just a little off. 

I think that was my issue. My timing was off. I used a frog yesterday and focused on the timing. Had zero issues with loose line. Crushed some bass and now the frog is my new favorite lure. haha Thanks Ya'll