Wow.  You guys use some heavy line!    I think I've cut out my line 2 or 3 times.  I have spent over an hour removing backlashes that number of times (or more) as well. Was leaning over the reel picking out a backlash for so long one time I had to go to the chiropractor to get my neck adjusted.    Needless to say if I had known that was going to happen, I would have cut the line out that time too.

 

No pictures, tho, but at least one looked like Oklahoma Mike's.

2 hours ago, hunterPRO1 said:

those are nothing compared to one i had once, wish i would've taken a pic of that one.

 

No pics ----> no braggin rights.

2 hours ago, hunterPRO1 said:

those are nothing compared to one i had once, wish i would've taken a pic of that one.

 

No pics ----> no braggin rights.

Just now, Raul said:

 

No pics ----> no braggin rights.

 

No pics ----> no braggin rights.

Show us yours.

Let me tell you about the ones I used to get when I was a kid...

 

 

...while walking to school barefoot in the snow, uphill both ways...

 

 

       

A couple years ago, I inflicted a walleye trip on myself...one afternoon, the guys on my boat need to make a stop on an island...

 

I jumped out with a baitcaster rigged for pike to hit a little bay I saw on the way in, sure enough when looked in the water I could see a decent pike cruising the shallows...

 

I ducked under a branch to get a better line on the fish and snapped off a cast...without noticing the spoon I had on had snagged on the branch...

 

The backlash I got (50# Braid) made yours look like a backlash starter kit...

 

I didn't even bother trying to undo it...had the line cut off and the the reel re-spooled ten minutes later.

18 minutes ago, d**n Yankee said:

Show us yours.

 

Am I braggin ?

29 minutes ago, Raul said:

 

No pics ----> no braggin rights.

 

No pics ----> no braggin rights.

Yup

Bait caster 

Looks fixable.

7 hours ago, Oklahoma Mike said:

Mother of all backlashes!

 

Was bank fishing on Sunday and had a couple of rods leaned up against my backpack lying on the slope of the bank behind me. Went to throw a cast and saw my spinning outfit go flying over my head and into the water. D'oh! Fortunately not so far that I couldn't retrieve it. The resulting backlash was so bad that I ended up having to strip and re-spool. Lesson learned!

I've done very similar as I'm sure most have. The worst is when you do it the first trip out after spooling your reel with fresh, new expensive line. ???

Got one of my better backlashes of the year last year on this cast, but I have lots of practice and managed to save the line, the buzzbait was not so lucky.

 

So, I bought my brother his first casting reel for Christmas (200 size Curado he'll use primarily for striper fishing 3/4-2oz baits on the Chesapeake). He's never used one before and has since ignored every bit of good advice I've given him and bought a Med power Mojo Bass and spooled it with 10lb cheap braid.  I cannot wait to see this disaster unfold.  

It's bound to happen. It seems I backlash nearly one reel per trip that goes home to respool. And I've been using bait caster reels for 50 years.

I was hoping M.O.A.B. in this thread stood for the Mother Of All Baits...

6 hours ago, Finesse Wayfarer said:

I was hoping M.O.A.B. in this thread stood for the Mother Of All Baits...

I actually only clicked on this thread to see what M.O.A.B. stood for. ?

20 hours ago, Chowderhead said:

Just had this happen to me a few weeks ago. I was extra careful to look behind me as I was casting near some trees while out on the lake. What I forgot to do was make sure that my son, who was sitting right behind me, was also not casting at the same time.  Snagged his line and was greeted with a nice whack to the back of the head as his rod slammed into my noggin. The results, as you can see, were not pretty. I gave up and went home - cut it all out and just started over. 

 

This pic should be in the fishing meme thread with the caption: "Bought pro qualifier reel...Now he backlashes like a pro."

This guy has you beat:

 

 

Try a Diana SL-30-SHV with 300 yards of 20 Lb....

 

Bass reels got nothing on a heaver backlash when your tossing an 8 ounce sinker and 4 ounces of bait....

 

Them be professional overspools......

1 hour ago, stk44 said:

This guy has you beat:

 

 

 

 

Is that a backlash or my Grandma's wig?