How far do you cast away from your boat??
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How far do you cast away from your boat??
Hi guys
Like many others I'm used to casting a good distance from my boat when fishing in PPB ... maybe 30 meters or more.
But a couple of weeks ago I started to ask myself ... Why? So I started casting no more than 10 meters from the boat and my results improved significantly.... I think for two reasons. One, I was able to concentrate the burley in a particular area more accurately and the less line out the more 'feel' I had when there was a bit of interest from below.
Anyone care to share your thoughts?
Cheers
Kestrel
Like many others I'm used to casting a good distance from my boat when fishing in PPB ... maybe 30 meters or more.
But a couple of weeks ago I started to ask myself ... Why? So I started casting no more than 10 meters from the boat and my results improved significantly.... I think for two reasons. One, I was able to concentrate the burley in a particular area more accurately and the less line out the more 'feel' I had when there was a bit of interest from below.
Anyone care to share your thoughts?
Cheers
Kestrel
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Re: How far do you cast away from your boat??
Kgw ppb .
Early in session cast further 15-,20 Meters or so and moving baits in slowly, once it's comes closer to dusk kgw tend be practically under boat ,pmax 5 Meter cast.
Gumbos
Put two lines straight down under boat.with Yakka chunk on one and other salmon/ trevally n bottom a little.
Third rod cast out back with pilchard squid as bait.
Early in session cast further 15-,20 Meters or so and moving baits in slowly, once it's comes closer to dusk kgw tend be practically under boat ,pmax 5 Meter cast.
Gumbos
Put two lines straight down under boat.with Yakka chunk on one and other salmon/ trevally n bottom a little.
Third rod cast out back with pilchard squid as bait.
Last edited by bowl on Mon Dec 09, 2019 10:07 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: How far do you cast away from your boat??
Personally I’ve never done well unless I do a 150m pendulum cast from the kayak
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Re: How far do you cast away from your boat??
For snapper /gummies i vary the distance
For kgw 10-20 in depth under 3m and less for deeper
For kgw 10-20 in depth under 3m and less for deeper
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Re: How far do you cast away from your boat??
Yep. good point. I guess I was really thinking about snapper & pinkies, northern end of PPB
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Re: How far do you cast away from your boat??
This always amazes me !
There's a great saying I was taught, many moons ago........
FISH YA FEET FIRST.
Absolutely nothing at all in the theory of what distance you cast from a boat. In fact, apply that rule to any type of fishing, rock/surf etc.
Caught many a good fish arriving on rocks, landbased, with guys already there pumping there chests on the distance they cast, for me to flick some bait or a lure just down in front and be instantly on a fish.
You've got a boat, you may well be on top of them, use the boat to your advantage, sound them, if you have a sounder, anchor off them and burley the fish to you, forget the distance casting from a boat, ridiculous.....
Obviously there are times, when you anchor off a point you want to fish, rocks, floating structure, ie popping for kingies etc, but you'd be better versed in burleying the fish to you for bottom dwellers.....
Col
There's a great saying I was taught, many moons ago........
FISH YA FEET FIRST.
Absolutely nothing at all in the theory of what distance you cast from a boat. In fact, apply that rule to any type of fishing, rock/surf etc.
Caught many a good fish arriving on rocks, landbased, with guys already there pumping there chests on the distance they cast, for me to flick some bait or a lure just down in front and be instantly on a fish.
You've got a boat, you may well be on top of them, use the boat to your advantage, sound them, if you have a sounder, anchor off them and burley the fish to you, forget the distance casting from a boat, ridiculous.....
Obviously there are times, when you anchor off a point you want to fish, rocks, floating structure, ie popping for kingies etc, but you'd be better versed in burleying the fish to you for bottom dwellers.....
Col
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Re: How far do you cast away from your boat??
Thanks Col ... and others. Lot's of sensible advice and views!blacklab99 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2019 1:22 pmThis always amazes me !
There's a great saying I was taught, many moons ago........
FISH YA FEET FIRST.
Absolutely nothing at all in the theory of what distance you cast from a boat. In fact, apply that rule to any type of fishing, rock/surf etc.
Caught many a good fish arriving on rocks, landbased, with guys already there pumping there chests on the distance they cast, for me to flick some bait or a lure just down in front and be instantly on a fish.
You've got a boat, you may well be on top of them, use the boat to your advantage, sound them, if you have a sounder, anchor off them and burley the fish to you, forget the distance casting from a boat, ridiculous.....
Obviously there are times, when you anchor off a point you want to fish, rocks, floating structure, ie popping for kingies etc, but you'd be better versed in burleying the fish to you for bottom dwellers.....
Col
Cheers
Kestrel
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Re: How far do you cast away from your boat??
Thanks Bowl. What's youradvice on casting for Reds and pinkies?bowl wrote: ↑Mon Dec 09, 2019 9:48 amKgw ppb .
Early in session cast further 15-,20 Meters or so and moving baits in slowly, once it's comes closer to dusk kgw tend be practically under boat ,pmax 5 Meter cast.
Gumbos
Put two lines straight down under boat.with Yakka chunk on one and other salmon/ trevally n bottom a little.
Third rod cast out back with pilchard squid as bait.
Cheers
Kestrel