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What's going on with my reel when walking a frog?

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I have been walking a frog with my shimano slx dc paired 7ft heavy St.croix mojo and experiencing a lot of loops in my line and i have to keep pulling them out so that i dont backlash.  My retrieve is a twitch twitch reel. Is it my retrieve that's causing me the problems? Oh im also using 50lb braid.  Should i be changing up my retrieve to avoid this? Any advice would be appreciated.  Thank you 

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I would 1st untwist the line by running behind the boat at walking speed without anything tied on for a few minutes.

This will untwist the braid and when you reel the back on do it while the boat is still underway to add some tension.

Learn to keep some light finger pressure on the line whenever retrieving the line. Loose line can loop as you work your lure. 

Tom

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50lb power pro

 

Im glad you asked about the line. I just replaced it with 65lb super slick power pro in hopes that this might help too. 

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On 6/28/2023 at 12:09 PM, WRB said:

I would 1st untwist the line by running behind the boat at walking speed without anything tied on for a few minutes.

This will untwist the braid and when you reel the back on do it while the boat is still underway to add some tension.

Learn to keep some light finger pressure on the line whenever retrieving the line. Loose line can loop as you work your lure. 

Tom

I used your advice Tom and kept my thumb lightly on the spool as i twitch and retrieve and its helped a lot.  Thanks again 

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