Staci Matheis
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I made myself a promise yesterday. I was going to get the hang of flipping and pitching with a baitcaster. Even if it took all day!
Now, I don't know what I'm doing wrong..... Maybe I set the cast control too loose - but if I set it tighter, that doesn't work either..... Maybe I need to pull out more pins - but that doesn't help.....
I can tell you - the thumbnail-on-the-spool-to-remove-birdsnests trick DOES WORK!
I tried for what seemed like all day - but was probably only half an hour - then gave up and went back to using the baitcasters for casting only.
What is the trick?
This was the first time I've really had a chance to explore Shelbyville in central Illinois - I liked it! Lots of small coves! Lots of standups and laydowns! I did manage to catch a couple of 12" largemouth and two nice crappie on cranks and spinnerbaits in the backs of coves. Then, about mid-afternoon, I decided to fish some laydowns along the main lake body. Got snagged..... Started to move over toward the snag to retreive my lure..... Pulling all the way..... And I guess the limb or whatever broke loose..... It started to give as I approached..... Then broke the surface..... Cleared the surface by several inches! Big, Fat largemouth - 6 pound class! Shook it's head and my crankbait! Crankbait went up! Fish went down..... Explative deleted.
It was a great day, thought! I think that Shelbyville is going to become my lake of choice here in central Illinois - even if it is an hour further than Carlyle!
me!
Now, I don't know what I'm doing wrong..... Maybe I set the cast control too loose - but if I set it tighter, that doesn't work either..... Maybe I need to pull out more pins - but that doesn't help.....
I can tell you - the thumbnail-on-the-spool-to-remove-birdsnests trick DOES WORK!
I tried for what seemed like all day - but was probably only half an hour - then gave up and went back to using the baitcasters for casting only.
What is the trick?
This was the first time I've really had a chance to explore Shelbyville in central Illinois - I liked it! Lots of small coves! Lots of standups and laydowns! I did manage to catch a couple of 12" largemouth and two nice crappie on cranks and spinnerbaits in the backs of coves. Then, about mid-afternoon, I decided to fish some laydowns along the main lake body. Got snagged..... Started to move over toward the snag to retreive my lure..... Pulling all the way..... And I guess the limb or whatever broke loose..... It started to give as I approached..... Then broke the surface..... Cleared the surface by several inches! Big, Fat largemouth - 6 pound class! Shook it's head and my crankbait! Crankbait went up! Fish went down..... Explative deleted.
It was a great day, thought! I think that Shelbyville is going to become my lake of choice here in central Illinois - even if it is an hour further than Carlyle!
me!