cruddy day

[Koop]

Well started off with losing a spinner bait somehow my fishermans knot slipped on the mono during a cast... had tossed it probably 2 dozen times looked fine them bam gone.

The next part was somewhat excited, I've only caught bass so far on spinners, buzzbaits and crankbaits.  Havn't landed my first plastic catch.

I was tossing a worm, workin it along the bottom and bam, it got smashed... set the hook, bringing her in she jumps, looked nice too, I'm guessing 3-4#, she hits the water and my line goes slack... d**n, that was disappointing.  Still don't know what went wrong, had tension on the line, low to the water... just don't know.  Worm is trashed and bite marks on the tungsten worm weight.  Only thing I can think of is I set the hook to early and had a bad set.  

Oh well.  So I continue on.

I walk about 100 yards over to some docks and am skipping a worm under them.  Goes well for about 30-45min, no bites and I was set on catching something with that worm after that bite.  About 45 min of skipping under the docks I backlash my reel... well today was also a first for the first time trying out braid.  Lets just say as I'm sure you all know... braid backlash is nothing like mono or fluoro backlash.  Needless to say that ended my day after tossing a crank on my other rods for a little while.   :-/

Oh well, may be trying a different lake I've never fished tomorrow see what I can do over there.

[.dsaavedra.]

keep at it is all i gotta say..... :-/

[GonzoFishing]

Suks about your day but dont give up on the braid. Once you get used to it, the backlashes decrease and when you do get one, its pretty easy to untangle. At least thats my experience Now I use braid on almost all my rigs!

[Koop]

Oh no, definately not giving up on it, was just saying the braid backlash seemed harder to fix than other lines.  Had a hell of a time picking it out and clearing it.  It was bad enough to take the rod out of the line up for the day until I got home and spent time to clear it.  Never had that kind of issue with normal line backlashes, but oh well.  I may downsize the braid from 50# to 30# though and try to spool it tighter, I have a feeling that may have been an issue.

[DINK WHISPERER]

I say keep the 50# braid man. I use 65lb and NEVER backlash while casting. As for the plastics fish you lost, it happens to everyone(happened to me today). You really have to hit them pretty hard and straight up over your head. Was the lost fish with the braid? Are you using the SuperLine hooks? How, if at all are you pegging your weights.

[.dsaavedra.]

i find braid backlashes are SO MUCH easier than mono backlashes. mono gets all coily and tangly and kinked when it gets in a backlash, but braid stays limp which helps a lot. i can get most braid backlashes out in 30 sec or less, but then again, i have a lot of experience with braid, its the only line i've used on all my rigs for almost 2 years now.

[Koop]

Was the lost fish with the braid? Are you using the SuperLine hooks? How, if at all are you pegging your weights.

Yeah it was on braid, I was using the Owner 3/O wide gap plus and I had a tungsten worm weight.  Didn't have it plugged, I had forgot my tooth picks (what I usually use for a plug).