 macrayfish wrote:I use a drone... |
| Steps wrote: Dont surf cast but watched my dayn wade out into surf back in the late 50s /60s.. and in those days the rods where cane and glass just coming in. So he built a kon tiki out of 2 bit galv drain pipe for floats.. and platform, square sail and a hose reel of mono. A barley sugar took 20 mins to dissolve, dropping the sail and the sinker off the back. |
| taurangatroutmaster wrote: With the right set up and a bit of practice you will be able to hit 50m without even trying. I only wade west coast beaches. Don't need to where you are |
| Rozboon wrote: 50m is a short cast for an experienced surfcaster. Practice, practice, practice. And/or maybe see if your local fishing club has a "casting" group that you could tag along and learn a bit from - yes, competitive casting is a thing. |
| Far Quirk wrote: Some good info here, but not much on casting technique. Use the lightest possible main line with a 6 metre topshot of 60lb mono. I'm using 15lb mono for open beach fishing. This is pretty good: This is a guy who has cast over 250m during competition. Skip the intro and go to about 2m 15 seconds and you will get a good tip about extending your arms out from your body. It really helped me. |
| kitno wrote: Most of Papamoa beach has a sand bar about 60 to 100m from the high tide line depending where you are. The inner channel holds fish, taking into consideration the tide. My girlfriend, 5ft 2 with little upper body strength can cast far enough to catch fish here. Casting to the horizon is not necessarily the best approach, but can definitely help sometimes. Papamoa beach October 2019 |
| shaneg wrote: Lighter nylon (6kg) with heavier shock leader (say 40 lb) will help. You can even use braid with shock leader as well but would need a casting glove or at least tape on finger. Rod should be at least 12 feet, 13 to 14 ideally. I used to use a 15 foot butterworth paired with Mitchell 489, 10 kg maxima mainline straight through and could with a running rig sliding Tournament 3-4 once sinker throw 100 meters with small piece of mullet on a Kahle hook. Even with same reel on a beach baron 12 footer could probably get at least 80 meters. If there is reasonable surf (or sideways rip) you will need breakout sinkers with wire, rather than standard tournament sinker. Have fished papamoa once, and remembered waves being real dumping stuff on quite steep beach which may make wading a problematic wet affair. As you have said, work on your technique. Pulling rod butt down hard with bottom rod hand just before you release can generate enough power to create quite a few extra yards, provided you get timing right with a standard straight over shoulder cast. Also make sure no tip wraps before casting, to avoid breaking tip and sending sinker and rig out without your mainline. Currently have 14 foot killwell alvey rod and 650 alvey for long distance floating bait work from rocks and 600b alvey ( with lighter line) for beach work with sinkers. Quite different but highly effective. Need to use em more. |
| lips/hooked wrote: but look for channels etc rather than trying to get over breakers |
| lips/hooked wrote: Pulley rig with floats |
| smudge wrote: My advice is to take the advice offered |
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