FritzLikesToFish

That's what I was confused about. Braid is known to slip so I don't know why I found articles saying to use braid as backing. Drag is set right. The reel it happens alot on is the Abu Garcia Silvermax which is a cheap reel but it has happened a few times with my daiwa fuego ct too. I don't think my fuego has done it since I changed my line out though. The Abu Garcia has done it with full spool and about half empty spool. Maybe it's just the cheap reel. Both reels are new. After reading some of this I think the two factors are a cheap reel and a me possibly doing a poor job of spooling my fuego the first time.

So I'm new to baitcasters. After doing some research I have seen people mention fluorocarbon with no braid backing will cause the line to slip on the spool. My two reels set up with fluorocarbon have definitely slipped when setting a hook. Yet I always hear people say they go straight fluorocarbon on their reels. Do I need a backing or am I just doing something wrong. I set the hook, the spool just slips and let's line out.

I watch your videos all the time! Your videos have helped me learn quite a bit.

You can call me Fritz and yes, I like to fish. I have read bass resource stuff for a while now but just recently joined the forums. I fish in North Georgia. Mainly lake allatoona and some local kayak/electric motor only lakes. Been fishing for a while but started focusing on bass fishing the past few years. Still a newbie, but learning fast. Looking forward to more great tips and advice.

Alot of good insight. Thanks. Going out tomorrow and will take what you guys have told me into consideration. I think it's gonna be a wacky, flappy, fast moving kind of day but we shall see.

Say I have a bait like a reaction innovations sweet beaver and a bait like the strike king structure bug. Now these baits look fairly similar but one has appendages that basically do nothing (just kind of move up and down) and the other has appendages that kick and twist and do all sorts of wacky movements. Besides water clarity, what would make me choose the sweet beaver instead of the structure bug? I have noticed that there are days when I throw one and it doesn't get a bite and then throw the other and I start getting bit. Haven't been able to understand why this is and how to recognize which one I should initially throw.