Thank you for watching! Glad to hear you are enjoying ultralight fishing from bank. Definitely a great way to increase your odds and catch more fish :)

I fish with my wife too!

That is so cool you guys! So happy the videos have been helping you out on the water. Exactly why I do this stuff :)

what did you do with a hundred ultralight fish?

I fish witch my mom :)

I divorced mine

I am glad that helps! Not a lot of people think about that but it can be super helpful. I know from experience lol

Thank you!!

Can't hit the water without at least one UL :) Thanks Joe!

I definitely grab the line a lot. I know it is wrong but it is sometimes the easiest option.

Thanks Miguel. Hope all is well :)

Thanks Paul!

Thank you!

Thanks Tim!! Tight lines :)

Hope it helps :)

Go get them, Caleb!!!

Thanks Valentin, glad you agree! And yeah, that Blue Current is a great little rod.

Thank you! Tight lines :)

That is a great way to do it. More portable and easier to manage landing fish!

Darn right, Frank. Treat your gear properly and it will last a long long time. And I am sorry to hear you busted a few rods high sticking them. Hopefully that never happens again for you!

Hope they help :)

Heck yeah Roy! You will love it :)

I will try to talk about it in a future video. I don't have much of a rhyme or reason, mostly just go by feel and experience.

@@FishAnything how does one know if the drag is locked down all the way?

Thanks for watching. Tight lines :)

Definitely. I prefer short rods in areas with lots of cover/overhanging trees. Flipside I like longer rods when fishing open water with certain applications where I want to move a lot of line quickly.

Thank you Kevin! Tight lines and Happy Thanksgiving :)

Definitely a lot of physics to the sport of fishing. And yeah, experience is king for all of these tips.

Haha heck yeah man. Hop Lot has such a cool brewery! Such a cool spot to relax outside and have a cold one. And yeah their beer is fantastic. Not sure I tried that one though 🥲🤠

Same to you Bob :)

Hope it helps!

Thank you!

Hope it helps!

Thanks for the kind words! Tight lines

@@FishAnything Right back at you!

I have been meaning to do this. Thanks for the reminder!

@@FishAnything Let me know how you like it or if you need any help. Good luck! And thanks for your reply and have a great day!

Glad it helped! A 1/2oz chatterbait could snap a rod in half :D

@@FishAnything newbie issues. That's why I'm on your channel lol. Gotta learn.

Do what is comfortable for you :)

We all do it haha

Excellent tips, Roger!!

Happy to help! Yeah, the manual closing of the bail becomes extremely fast once you create muscle memory. And it reduces so much line twist in the long run.

Hope it helps! Thanks

I wouldn't be able to make this video if I hadn't done all of these myself haha Happy Thanksgiving, Dan!

Best of luck! Let me know how else I can help :)

I love the sound of a screaming drag. My Procyon LT 1000 has my favorite drag out of all my setups. Something about it just sounds right.

@@FishAnything First time I took apart a Daiwa reel I giggled a bit at how they very intentionally turned it into a small bell. There is a very bright "ting" to each click when the drag starts to slip. Very nice sound.

I have been meaning to fish with one of those! Thanks for sharing :)

Learned a bunch from your video (1st one I’ve seen). I really enjoy fishing with the Dock Demon and have caught big Bluegill or Redear - up to 9” so far!! And that’s just w a bobber& earthworm!

People laugh at me when I have the dock demon sometimes but I loveee it. Nice casts when you change the reel like you said. Probably the rod I’ve caught most fish on outta the ones I own

Heck yes Jeramy! Tight lines my friend 🤠

Awesome! Such a fun way to catch fish :)

Happy you enjoyed it! To unsnag lures, I often use the bow-and-arrow technique. I don't have it in a video specifically but you basically create tension and snap it back to pop your lure free.

@@FishAnything cheers for the information buddy. I will look it up. Much appreciated. 😁👍🎣

Thanks for watching! Broken rods are not fun - I would not advise it lol

100% agree. I typically use 2lb mono or 6lb braid personally. Tight lines, Roger!

Darn right! You and I have similar style :)

@@FishAnything 👍🏻👍🏻

Hmmm I am sorry to hear you are dealing with that. I typically tie a standard palomar knot for about 95% of my fishing.

Wet line when cinching knot.

I am happy you found it again! I am even happier that you caught a giant bass on an ultralight! Heck yeah :)

The ratings account for the total weight. I wouldn't stress it a ton if you go a little over but just don't cast it super hard. A slight loft works :)

Never heard of it until now but I will give it a look!

I intend to do a retrieve video in the future for sure. And I always love how much attention some of you pay in my videos :) It is just a piece of a plastic worm. I think it will work well for perch ;)

Braid is probably a lot more forgiving due to the sheer strength. That being said, if you grab it, it will definitely create some opportunity for the fish to create slack line and shake the hook.

Live and you learn! Tight lines Nick :)

@@FishAnything Some days you win and some days you learn.

I definitely want to play around with backreeling. Some new reels don’t even offer the feature anymore. Wild!

@@FishAnything I use a zebco 33 and the smaller zebco UL. Not the expensive omegas and whatever else is pricey from them. A zebco 33 is only 25 bucks and the UL is a little cheaper. The more expensive models have continuous anti reverse and don't backreel. Which kind of pisses me off, why do the more expensive reels do less? I strip off the mono, and leave about twelve yards of backing and fill the 33 with 10 pound fire line and 6 pound fire line for the smaller reel. I use the smaller reel for live bait and a thill center slider, if I'm trying to cast it out farther I'll use a bigger thill, the extra split shot to balance the float will allow for farther casts. I use the 33 for lures, between 1/4 and 1/2 ounce. Remember to set the drag as high as it goes. This way you get real solid hooksets. And with the fire line, you don't need to set the hook that hard because it's low stretch. And the 33 casts pretty far. This is what I've been doing for close to 40 years. I'm not worried about how I look using a spincast, they're cheap and they work. Or maybe you can find an open face that backreels. When I first started 40 years ago, I was in a hurry to get started and remembered that when I was a kid that there was 2 ways the reel worked. It took a couple minutes to figure it out and that was it, I was ready. The truth is, I didn't know how to set the drag right to fish the other way, and knew that if I backreeled, I never had to worry if the drag was right, and because it was already set as high as it goes, I would never have to adjust it in the middle of a fight. To this day, I have backreeled every fish I have ever caught, I've never used the drag the other way. If you Google backreel vs drag, you will see I'm not the only one who does this. They even recommend this in the book lunkers love nightctawlers. So there is a reason reels ( some anyway ) work two ways, it's not an accident. Maybe you want to stick to using mono to start, or whatever line you like, but I really like the fire line. ( you have to use a palomar knot. ) Anyway, you should at least give it a try, and let me know what you think. I wish I could be there when you hook something that can spin the handle, like a 21 inch channel cat. Keep that rod tip up when you fight that fish. I'm telling you, it's a lot of fun. Let me know how you do. Best fishes!

Can't beat it!

I will try to cover that eventually, but to tell you the truth, I basically use one knot for 90% of my rigs... Palomar. For leader knots, I do a double uni. And for certain float rigs, I run a loop knot.

@@FishAnything have you ever used a micro barrel swivel for leaders?

Haha dang right, Ty! As far as drag goes, you can absolutely tighten/loosen it while fighting a fish. Just make sure to keep tension on the fish otherwise you might give them slack while you're messing with your reel. Honestly, I don't have a system. I just go by feel. If it is 2lb test, I know that it needs to peel out pretty low resistance. If it is 6lb braid, I can tighten it down a bit more. etc. etc.

Yeah that’s a good point!

I would have been a bit biased to add that, however I tend to agree!! :)

I personally feel that a 6-foot rod is the most versatile!

When you don't hand flip the bail, you often create some slack line which can form loops on the spool and lead to line twist. Hand flipping the bail ensures the line lays on the spool tightly.

I held a few but I think you were asking about the Yamaga Blue Current / Daiwa MX-LT 1000SP

@@FishAnything looked like a good combo.

Bummer! Sorry to hear that happened - bet you won't let it happen again!

@FishAnything you're right there dude. First thing I do now is open the net 🤣🤣

I mean, you can, but I wouldn’t recommend going too much heavier than the rod’s ratings.

I do that all the time. Hard to stop doing it!

It is a very common mistake sadly

I will check it out! Thank you Matt :)

Oooof! Good point!

Ooooof that is brutal!

Daiwa Procyon LT 1000

Thanks for the support :)

I have heard about these in the past. Which model do you like?

I have Ray's sensation ul 7ft can you compare with your high end rod

Love your channel

I have heard good things!

That’s epic! Nice work 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

hehe my first musky was also on ultralight gear, albeit fly gear. Crazy how that works out, sometimes they just want the small stuff

Yeah I usually don't go above 1/4 but I will toss one if I need to.

Thanks for watching :)

Nothing wrong with a $30 rod! Never said there was.

ORRRR you can do what’s comfortable to you and not stress out about how other people fish 🤠 The minuscule amount of time it takes to change hands mid-cast might make you lose 1 fish per 1,000 bites. Fishing with your off-hand uncomfortably would likely cost you 1 in 4 fish because the hooksets and reeling would feel awkward. That would lead to tension issues and fish shaking free.

I cast and reel in with my right hand no problems at all

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@@FishAnything sounds fair, but it still looks awkward 😉

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what closing the bail by reeling will do is throw a loop into your line and give you a big ol bird nest on your next cast... ask me how I know lol

@@BeetleBuns well...ehh...that's more from over-spooling line in my opinion or using too large of test for the spool. I've personally never seen it as you describe, but that doesn't mean it's not possible. It is, however, hard on the reel.