Casting into wind

[magpies]

Tell you what I thought I was getting the hang of casting big cod baits but I got a reality check today casting into the wind. Even with a 7 oz lead I was lucky to get 60-70 yards. Is there a knack to it ?

It was like the lead was hitting a wall when the force of the cast leveled out with the force of the incoming gusts.

More practice needed clearly.

 

[g-force]

Cast low and hit it hard!

Gary

 

[big phil 123]

60 to 80 yds in this wind is not a bad Chuck fishing into a head wind you need to find a low distance Mark for best results mate deep water or gulleys

 

[magpies]

Ta lads. learning all the time. You know what. It could be argued I learn more from the bad days than the good!

 

[Stewart 1971]

It's these conditions where a good casting technique really pays off. Yes it's nice on a calm day to blast a bait to the horizon but the ability to also get a bait out 80 yards in rotten weather can make the difference between catching fish or not.

I remember a couple of years ago fishing Horden in a north easter one afternoon, I was able to put 175 plus bait out to about past the surf to 80 odd yards and had three nice codling while all around me were struggling to hit 50 yards and hold bottom (and blanked).

 

[cod magnet]

keep you left arm lower than normal if your right handed , and it should create a flatter arc

 

[Bushwhacker]

Also use smaller baits.
Just because the sea is big doesn,t mean the fish can,t find a single worm.
Too many anglers miss more fish by using too big a bait.....

 

[big phil 123]

It's these conditions where a good casting technique really pays off. Yes it's nice on a calm day to blast a bait to the horizon but the ability to also get a bait out 80 yards in rotten weather can make the difference between catching fish or not.

I remember a couple of years ago fishing Horden in a north easter one afternoon, I was able to put 175 plus bait out to about past the surf to 80 odd yards and had three nice codling while all around me were struggling to hit 50 yards and hold bottom (and blanked).

I was down horden hitting about the same distance pleased as punch north easterly wind. Gary blanchard came down next to me asked how it was going put his trace on put a 200 gram lead couple off blacks and sent it a unreal distance never seen nothing like it

 

[Stewart 1971]

I was down horden hitting about the same distance pleased as punch north easterly wind. Gary blanchard came down next to me asked how it was going put his trace on put a 200 gram lead couple off blacks and sent it a unreal distance never seen nothing like it

Fished next to Blanchie a couple of times down there, the bloke can certainly put a bait out a long long way

 

[Motorhead]

Also use smaller baits.
Just because the sea is big doesn,t mean the fish can,t find a single worm.
Too many anglers miss more fish by using too big a bait.....

Spot on....

 

[clarky]

You want to try casting next to him on the field it's embarrassing for me that is lol