Long cast obsession

[Sea Dangles]

Do what makes you happy,plenty of times the fish are out further than I can cast.
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[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

...plenty of times the fish are out further than I can cast...
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That's exactly what I tell myself when I go home skunked, "they were here, I just couldn't reach em"....

[Fishoholic]

The canal is the only place I fish where distance sometimes matters.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Fishoholic

The canal is the only place I fish where distance sometimes matters.

And the operative word here is sometimes. I have caught just as many big fish in the canal at the end of my drift right along the bank as in the middle. Granted it's always a night bite on eels.

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by Fishoholic

The canal is the only place I fish where distance sometimes matters.

I've fished in a lot of places where distance matters quite often---even at night. The Vineyard, Montauk, LI's inlets. As well as the Canal. I can cast better than 90% of the guys who fish the Canal. The other 10% tend to catch a few more fish than I do. The guys who can hit a 3' circle at 90 yards, consistently, catch the most fish there. Casting long is only half of the equation. Accuracy means as much if not more, even at short range, when it comes to casting at breaking fish.

Distance counts even at night, throwing jigs, in quite a few places along the canal

[Fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Mike P

I've fished in a lot of places where distance matters quite often---even at night. The Vineyard, Montauk, LI's inlets. As well as the Canal. I can cast better than 90% of the guys who fish the Canal. The other 10% tend to catch a few more fish than I do. The guys who can hit a 3' circle at 90 yards, consistently, catch the most fish there. Casting long is only half of the equation. Accuracy means as much if not more, even at short range, when it comes to casting at breaking fish.

Distance counts even at night, throwing jigs, in quite a few places along the canal

I take that back, there are 2 or 3 spots I fish, where a little "extra" is required to get where you need to be on a cast and just like you said, accuracy is most important. The canal is still the only place (for me personally) where if you aren't getting over 100 yards on a cast, no matter the accuracy, you aren't going to get as many or sometimes the bigger fish as the guys that are. Mike, I know you have been a local forever and have probably forgot more stuff about the ditch than I'll ever know. I'm just speaking personally

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Originally Posted by Mike P

The guys who can hit a 3' circle at 90 yards, consistently, catch the most fish there. Casting long is only half of the equation. Accuracy means as much if not more, even at short range, when it comes to casting at breaking fish.

Very true, somedays down there it seems they don't hit unless you land the damn thing right in their gaping mouths.