I wish I had taken a photo.

 

Like a lot of my best backlashes, this one involved my bow-mount trolling motor.  Usually, I accidentally skip a roll cast off the head of the trolling motor when the big man upstairs decides it's time for me to cool my jets.  Yesterday, I stuck the hook into the cable/wire bundle on a spirited side-arm launch.   

 

Legendary results.  If I was a filthy-rich man, I would have just lit the boat on fire, swam to shore, and walked home.

16 minutes ago, desmobob said:

I wish I had taken a photo.

 

Like a lot of my best backlashes, this one involved my bow-mount trolling motor.  Usually, I accidentally skip a roll cast off the head of the trolling motor when the big man upstairs decides it's time for me to cool my jets.  Yesterday, I stuck the hook into the cable/wire bundle on a spirited side-arm launch.   

 

Legendary results.  If I was a filthy-rich man, I would have just lit the boat on fire, swam to shore, and walked home.

Now imagine your on a sandy shoreline with a tree not in sight, and you roll cast to your left and you catch the only old dead branch from a tree that lord knows where came from.... thank goodness I use coply and carry a spare spool...

Hitting the trolling motor or the water during a quick roll cast is probably like 90 percent of my backlashes now. On the positive side...I usually go multiple trips without one. On the negative side...They're ALWAYS bad.

   I like to experiment. Whenever I spool up a new line that I'm not familiar with, odds-on I'm gonna do just what you did, sooner or later. Probably sooner. ?          jj

Got to watch out for those trolling motors.

 

haven't had one like that for 3 years, and it was because of a one-turn line wrap on the rod tip.  

Had a back-up reel to swap, and finished a great morning.  

 

Most of my backlashes that need to be cut out come from bushes that I didn't realize were behind me.

Let's not forget those stealthy overhanging limbs.

21 hours ago, desmobob said:

I wish I had taken a photo.

 

Like a lot of my best backlashes, this one involved my bow-mount trolling motor.  Usually, I accidentally skip a roll cast off the head of the trolling motor when the big man upstairs decides it's time for me to cool my jets.  Yesterday, I stuck the hook into the cable/wire bundle on a spirited side-arm launch.   

 

Legendary results.  If I was a filthy-rich man, I would have just lit the boat on fire, swam to shore, and walked home.

Lol.

Had them so bad that the eggs hatched before I could make it home and momma was quite territorial. 

13 hours ago, Ski said:

Good thing he had his hands clear, or he'd have been stuck for awhile. 

I bought my first baitcaster around '78, a Daiwa Millionaire.  Although I got pretty proficient with it, I used to carry a knife and an extra spool of line because I would occasionally get an epic backlash.  I haven't had to cut one out in awhile, but honestly the "press on the spool with your thumb" technique to get them out doesn't usually work that well for me.

It happens to everyone once in a while.  If it’s big enough get out the scissors and cut away.  Picking it out will only weaken the line.  Pick up another rod and forget about it until you get home.

Caught a tule behind me then casted. My first unfixable nest.

 

 

The OP reminds me of a time as a teenager when I was at Lake Shasta with family for a week. Merle Haggard (country star) drove his bass boat straight up onto the ramp (Silverthorn I believe), jumped out and said "this boat is %$#^, get me another one!"

 

Old memory but I think he was owner of that place too. 

19 hours ago, schplurg said:

Caught a tule behind me then casted. My first unfixable nest.

 

 

23 hours ago, geo g said:

It happens to everyone once in a while.  If it’s big enough get out the scissors and cut away.  Picking it out will only weaken the line.  Pick up another rod and forget about it until you get home.

 

My problem is that even if I get a really top-quality overrun like the very fine example schplurg showed above, I'm compelled --challenged-- to try to clear it.  ?

 

Putting the rod away and grabbing another one is like waving a white flag!  ?

25 minutes ago, desmobob said:

Putting the rod away and grabbing another one is like waving a white flag!

With my time on the water being precious - I'll wave the white flag and switch rigs.

 

Nice thing is - only rig I don't have a backup for is the H/F...though for a couple it's a switch from BC to Spinning.

41 minutes ago, desmobob said:

 

 

My problem is that even if I get a really top-quality overrun like the very fine example schplurg showed above, I'm compelled --challenged-- to try to clear it.  ?

 

Putting the rod away and grabbing another one is like waving a white flag!  ?

 

 

Oh I tried. I'll say I gave it ten minutes, then half an hour over a period of a couple days, let it sit for a week, then cut it out.

My best was while the boat was going 9 knots to the east, 400lbs marlin going 30 knots to the west.  I yell to the fisherman to put the lever drag up a notch to strike position.  He goes the other way to free spool.  Over 1,000 yards of line and a good fish gone.