Troll God

I recently moved to northern Texas and desperately need a place where I can bank fish because I haven't been on the water in over a year :'(. I am living in Vernon, TX. which is about 1Hr. west of Wichita Falls on Hwy 287. PLEASE HELP!!

no warranty, any idea on how to fix if it isn't the line?

Digging in? I had it on another reel and never had this much of a problem. Except for this reel I have stopped using it and the only reason I havn't replaced it yet is $$$.

20lbs Fireline. I can pull them out but I dont think they are moving on the cast.

I adjust the tension knob the way reel mech says on his site and as soon as I cast you can hear it birdnest. If I adjust the tension to where I can cast without backlash I get no distance.

This is about the best I can do with this camera and a little editing. The top arrow are the setting numbers 0,2,4,6,8. The bottom arrow is the arrow that pionts to the numbers it is on a seperate piece that the numbers revolve around like a dial.

I apologize for the blurriness of the pics its an old camera and a horrible photographer. The black disc in the center is where the dial is. I know they are blurry but if you look close you can see the number and lines that you piont the arrow at. When you turn the dial you can see the weights pop out just like on a traditional baitcaster. I will try to get a better pic.

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Its not magnetic because magnetic cast controls don't have "feet" that come out when it spins and It has what to me looks like a brake drum in the side cover. This is a pic of the brake ,not a real great one but if you look close along the top end of the black center you can see the numbers. Also if you look at the outer edge of that same piece you can see the "feet". They are yellow.

Yes, there is a dial on the inside with an arrow that piont to the number 2,4,6,8. When it worked right on eight it would not cast. I set it at 2 for a while then I notice that I started getting alot of backlashes. I then set it at 4 and everything was fine for a few weekends. Then I started backlashing on every cast. I check the setting and it was still on 4. I went to 6 then to 8 now I don't even use it. Each time it did the same thing work for awhile then quit.

I have a Plueger Criterion LP bait caster that I really like, but the centrifigul brake has stopped working. Is there anything I can do to fix this or just get a new reel? Thanks for the help!

strike king bleeding bait series in white 3/8 oz. caught 5 bass in 30 min 4,4.5, 5, 2,3,2 awesome bait. get it wet and let the blade rust up alittle bit it will sqeak like hell!

I really hope you guys are right cause i spent four hours on the water with a jig and didn't bring in one fish!!!! > AAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!! very frustrating! BUT I am trying to stick with it. Thanks again to everyone who has posted!

Thanks for the info guys and girl. I gunna start watchin the ol' barometer.

Hey Mike, what kind of knot are tying with the flour? Every time I get hung line line breaks at the knot even on things I think I should be able to pull free of. I am using 20 lbs. vanish.

Can someone please enlighten me on the relationship between bar. press. and the bite? I hear it makes a difference between catching and not catching but when do I go fishing hi or low?

??? flour line??? thanks

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, ESP. YOU JT GREAT ARTICLE!

Thanks for the info guys. I've been trying to learn to fish with jigs and getting really frustrated with it. I haven't been catchin' em like I usually do since I started fishing with it and I am constantly losing them to hang ups.

I am trying to learn to fish jigs. What would you guys recomend the best and easiest retrieve would be to really get farmiliar with a jigs and still catch fish. How heavy should I start with and what does the bite really feel like. Is it similar to a worm bite? I have been trying to learn them but am really frustrated with it right now.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS POSTED. I GOT A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS AND INFO AND CAN'T WAIT TO HIT THE WATER THIS WEEKEND! THANKS AGAIN!

THANKS FOR THE INFO GUYS! ONE MORE QUESTION. WHAT TYPE OF LINE DO YOU RECOMEND USING WITH JIGS. DOWN HERE MOST OF THE PLACES I HAVE TO FISH ARE PRETTY THICK WITH COVER.

I NEED HELP WITH JIGS. EVERYONE I TALK TO AND READ ABOUT SAY THAT JIGS ARE GREAT FOR CATCHING SOME GOOD SIZED BASS. SO I WENT OUT AND BOUGHT A FEW, TIED ONE ON MY LINE MADE ABOUT 6 CAST AND GOT HUNG UP. I POPPED THE LINE BEFORE I COULD GET IT UNSNAGGED. SO I TIED ON ANOTHER AND MADE ABOUT 6 CAST AND GOT HUNG UP AGAIN AND ONCE AGAIN I POPPED THE LINE. NOW THE SAD PART IS THAT THESE WERE BOTH "WEEDLESS" JIGS. AM I DOING SOMTHING WRONG OR IS THIS THE WAY IT IS WITH JIGS? THE FIRST JIG I LOST I WAS SWIMMING IT IN OVER A LAYDOWN AND THE SECOND ONE I WAS USING THE ROD TO SLOWLY CRAWL IT BACK IN. I AM WIDE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS CAUSE I'VE NEVER REALLY FISHED THEM BEFORE THIS. JUST DOING WHAT I WAS TOLD.