Bobber/float Tangling

[Feathers and Fins]

Look up (POPPIG CORK) on youtube it is a very easy set-up and catches alot of fish and might save you grief.

[Haris122]

Cool, thanks a lot guys. I couldn't figure this out. On one hand when I reduced the weight involved, I wouldn't cast it as far as I thought would be useful, on the other hand, with all these things on there, it could really make for a bad day, when it tangled up repeatedly. I just figured I was not getting the hang of it casting wise, even though the rigging was fine. So much for that theory. As for the bobber with roostertails, I got used to doing that to avoid snagging the lures and having to cut the line, too often on stuff like branches or stumps found at the bottom, during the retrieves, but yeah, from now on I will cut down on their frequency as well.

[Feathers and Fins]

Sounds like you are wanting a bobber for casting extra distance. If thats the case you need to buy a ( Cast Bubble ) Its a plastic bobber with a small tube in the middle, Push the tube up and you can fill it with water for added weight. I use to use it a lot for bonito fishing and redfish and sea trout. I took mine and filled it up with #9 shot for shotgun shells. It added weight plus a rattle to it.

[Haris122]

For the moment I will have to hold off on the cast bubble, but I did go out today, to put the tips you guys gave me, to practice and it worked pretty well. I actually had some good casting going on with and without the bobber, and when I was using it it only tangled up once in a while. So it was a good day. Actually even hooked a fish, halfway through the day but i got too eager to reel it in, and it unhooked from my continuous reeling in. I did get to see it surface while fighting, which is also pretty cool. Some guys nearby caught at least 1 real nice Blue Catfish, if not more. The one I saw them catch was a good 3 feet.

[delmar]

Another little tip . When casting; try to feather the lilne with your finger. This will help keep the weighted part of your rig slightly ahead of your float.

[Addicted to Creeks]

what type of reel are you using? if you dont mind me asking

[Haris122]

Sorry, didn't see the thread for a while since i haven't had too many problems with it recently. The Reels I've been using for a while are a Mantis and a Synergy Steel (both Shakespeare stuff found at Walmart, the synergy steel is basically a better version of the Mantis reel and both are the closed spincasting ones). These days out of those two I mainly use the Synergy Steel reel, because as I mentioned it's essentially a higher quality version of the Mantis one. And now i also got a nicer open spinning reel that i got as a birthday present. So the Synergy steel, and the spinning one are my two reels right now. I still use the synergy one the most as the rod is 5'6" fits in the car as is, and has probably my nicest type of line on there (braided 10lbs).

[MoSportsmen]

Not sure about this but, I thought braided line was not recomended for spincasting reels. When You say 10lbs is that a 10lbs diameter line? Most braids are rated like 10/30 which would be a 10 lb diameter with an actual 30 lb break strength. Your briad would also have very little strech so might amplify the shock at the end of the cast an cause your stuff to snap back on itself and tangle more frequently.

Tom

[Haris122]

No it's 10 lbs test braided, but the actual diameter is like 4lbs mono equivalent or something like that. Out of curiosity why is braided not recommended for spincasting? I haven't had any problems with it that I didn't also encounter with mono, except making knots is a little tougher to do due to the strands flaying out at the cut end when you cut a piece of it to use for a leader and such.

[MoSportsmen]

Like I said, I am not sure about that. The manufacturers would be hesitant to say their line would not work well on any reel. The thing about spincast is that the real generaly does not have any means of level winding the line on the spool like a baitcast or spinning reel does. The braid line would tend to cut into itself more on a spincast reel. Mono line would be a little more forgiving of this. I would always spool a spincasting reel with a limp/castable line such as TrileneXL the XL stands for extra limp.

Tom