So I recently bought a AbuGarcia Max X baitcaster because I wanted to try it out since I have 3 spinning rods already. Today it was warm out and ice was melting out from ponds and got to go out and practice. I backlashed 3 times which I know is bound to happen, I’ve watched videos and pulled up some to help out but most of them had knots in it or loose line like I had today. When I had bought it from Cabelas they put on their house line mono 12lb and the guy set my breaks and said to keep it there as it should be good for first timers. So I had issues to where the line was loose and I would like to know how to fix, should I pull the line when I have the button pushed down? Cause I did that and it seemed to make it more loose but worked somehow. I’ve include pictures of the reel but any tips would be appreciated. I’ve set my tension to the correct tension. I wish I had taken pictures of how my backlashed looked.
Posted by Accomplished-Fish248
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Pull it all out until you see even spooling, then put tension on it and reel it all back in.
Don’t let it discourage you too much. I’ve been using baitcasters for over ten years and I had a really bad backlash today, picked it out, then had wind knots from how much I had to pull out. Probably took me 30 minutes to get it all out. Worst birds nest I’ve had in years. It happens to the best of us.