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Thanks Pete, Good Discription Of What To Do. Also, Creck The Spool With The Brake On Tight, And If The Spool Wobbles Get A New Reel, It Should Not Stay Loose, It Should Cast Shorter But Not Backlash. I Dont Use A Baitcaster On Less Than 10 Pound Line. To Practice Casting (if Your Reel Is Working Properly) Buy Some Cheap, Stiff, Heavy Pound Line And Expect To Birdsnest About A Mile's Worth Before You Start To Get Good. Practice, Practice, Practice. The Advantage Of A Baitcaster When Playing A Fish, Working A Jig Or Worm, Or Setting The Hook Is Enormous!! Spinning Rods Catching Tuna On Partyboats Can Be A Problem For Everybody On Board, You Get A Much Better Angle Fighting The Fish Up And Down, Not All Over The Place. On A Spinning Reel You Have To Lift The Rod Then Reel In The Slack To Gain Line, On A Baitcaster You Can Crank Down On The Fish !!! Ive Seen Too Many Guys With A Broken Off SPINNING Reel Handle In One Hand And The Rod In The Other With A Screaming Albacore At The End Of His Line !!!

I Fish Em On A Dart Leadhead In The Ocean, I Bounce The Bottom And Found All Colors Work, The Brighter The Better, But I Also Fish Stripers In Freshwater And Found They Are Suckers For White And I Also Catch Alot Of Largemouth Incidentally Between Stripers. I Also Use A Piece Of Thin Foam Or Leather In Red Around The Collar For Gills!!!!

I Love That Puke Bait Idea !!! You Might Also Want To Try A Big 10 Inch Herb Reeds White Sluggo With A Huge Worm Hook And Lots Of Nail Weights In The Rear End To Make It Swim Backwards On The Drop. Then Work It To The Bottom Then Swing It Fast Then Let It Sink Backwards. I Get Alot Of Fish On The Backwards Drop. Its Like They Follow It On The Swing Then Grab It On The Drop. I Can't Stand Being Teased By Fish So If This Doesn't Work I Mark The Spot, Go Fish Someware Else Then Come Back 15 Min.--1hr. Later With A Big Bait Like A Butt Heavy Sluggo.. Good Luck !!

Ive Found That Cartwheeling Can Be Reduced By Lengthing The Amount Of Line Distance Between My Rod Tip And The Lure, Also Slightly Cheating By Thumbing The Line Will Balance The Lures Flight, I Also Hate When The Front Hook Wraps On The Line When It Hits The Water, So I Stop The Lure At Its Last Foot Before It Hits The Water So It Lands Flat Or Horizontal To The Water. In All Spots You Get Only 1 First Cast So I Make The Best Presentation Possible !!!!

wider and deeper will help, also try cutting or biting off the sharp corner at the top of the tail, we do this on worm kings, AA's and such !!!