Loose Line Deep In The Line On A Baitcaster

[TidePride37]

After a weekend on the water, i saw some loose line after a cast, and i didnt have time to fix it so i reeled over it and it didnt bother me the rest of the trip. I went home afterward and pulled the line out and as i started getting toward the bottom, my line was really loose and it was badly backlashed as i got toward my original knot. What did i do wrong while putting the line on my Quantum Smoke baitcaster?

[Packard]

Did you keep tension on the line while reeling in? Is it braided line without backing? Is your cast control knob really loose?

[TidePride37]

Did you keep tension on the line while reeling in? Is it braided line without backing? Is your cast control knob really loose?

i kept the tension, my knob is fine, and i was fishing Stren Mono

[Michael DiNardo]

When putting line on a reel, I always tighten the drag to the max. Make sure you have a tight knot to the spool. I always leave about 20 yds of line on the reel and tie my line to it. I string my line through my rod as if I was fishing. Keep tension on the line spool so it doesn't spin too quickly. The very first wraps of the new line must be very tight to the spool. Wet a very soft cloth with warm water and reel the line through the cloth keeping it tight between your fingers. Only slightly and I mean very slightly loosen the tension when the spool is almost full. This has always worked well for me.

Mike

[Pinoy_Basser]

This is usually I do,

When spooling new line (braid/mono/flouro) set your drag to max to avoid slipping when spooling with tension and set the cast control knob to eliminate any side by side movement.

Make sure the spool will not have any unwanted movement during spooling.

Halfway to the spooling stop and put a piece of masking tape crosswise (or Left to right) so that you can cover the end to end length of the spool. For braid, use the tape to cover the knot of the mono backing. The tape will help to limit the backlash (or loose line) to the top part of the spooled line.

Continue spooling till full.

I have a habit of un-spooling the line till the tape and re-spooling it back after or before a fishing trip.

And always the line under the tape is still tight and secure.

[smalljaw67]

What you did wrong is you you had the line tension tighter than the drag, as you were spooling the drage was slipping every now and then and when it was doing this you let off the line tension a bit. This caused some of the line to be super tight with looser line in between and it causes loops and a bad cast or two with more loose line over top makes for a disaster. I use a spooling station, it is a cheap alternative to having it machine spooled that works as you will have a consistant tension setting throughtout the spooling process and that is important.