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Hey everyone. I have a couple quesions that I hope someone can answer. I recently started surf fishing in NJ and have run into a couple snags. I was using 40 pound test off a 12 foot rod and my casts were horrible. If I were to drop to a 20-25 pound test, would that help improve my casting distance? Also, I was using 6 ounce pyramid simmers since I heard they hold the bottom best, but everytime I've gone and every cast, my weight and bait end up 75-100 yards upshore. Any ideas on how to fix this? It wouldn't be an issue, but I have surfers and bathers near me. Thanks for any help.
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the one tip that ive used to increase distance ith your castin technique is to bring your roto the side as far as you can and thn bring the butt of the rod too your stomach with a sharp snap, this way your transferring all your power into that cast. also with your real degrease the reel and apply high end oil and grease and apply it.also you can change the drag washers to carbon fiber ones. you should also change the stock bearing to Swiss ones as it will add alot more to your cast. if you want to i think you can get a balancing kit with weights too balance out your rod to dive you more distance also the type of weight depends on the conditions of the water, if the water was rough that is probably why it had moved. good luck and good fishing
"ROTO" = rod lol sorry for the mistake
fish early morning and late eves when traffic is not a problem. Surf fishing is a tough undertaking. 6 oz. sounds like a lot of weight to me but i've never been a very good surf-fisherman
I use 17-pound for surfcasting, but Gulf Coast beaches are not rocky. I use 4oz pyramid weights, and they usually dig into the soft sand pretty well. Look for weights with "sand wires" cast into them if you can't get the lighter weights to hold bottom. Finally, Google the words "pendulum cast" for some techniques to obtain stunning distance.
Lighter line will improve casting distance in any scenario.
Not sure what you are after in the surf but I also usually use 17 pound line with 2 oz to 4 ounce pyrimid sinkers. They usually hold the bottom just fine. If you need to use 60lb line or higher, you should get a surf casting reel with no line guide. You can use bigger sinkers with that rig too and with the right tuning, you can cast it 150 yards... you can't do that with heavy line and a spinning reel or a casting reel with a line guide.
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the one tip that ive used to increase distance ith your castin technique is to bring your roto the side as far as you can and thn bring the butt of the rod too your stomach with a sharp snap, this way your transferring all your power into that cast. also with your real degrease the reel and apply high end oil and grease and apply it.also you can change the drag washers to carbon fiber ones. you should also change the stock bearing to Swiss ones as it will add alot more to your cast. if you want to i think you can get a balancing kit with weights too balance out your rod to dive you more distance also the type of weight depends on the conditions of the water, if the water was rough that is probably why it had moved. good luck and good fishing
"ROTO" = rod lol sorry for the mistake
fish early morning and late eves when traffic is not a problem. Surf fishing is a tough undertaking. 6 oz. sounds like a lot of weight to me but i've never been a very good surf-fisherman
I use 17-pound for surfcasting, but Gulf Coast beaches are not rocky. I use 4oz pyramid weights, and they usually dig into the soft sand pretty well. Look for weights with "sand wires" cast into them if you can't get the lighter weights to hold bottom. Finally, Google the words "pendulum cast" for some techniques to obtain stunning distance.
Lighter line will improve casting distance in any scenario.
Not sure what you are after in the surf but I also usually use 17 pound line with 2 oz to 4 ounce pyrimid sinkers. They usually hold the bottom just fine. If you need to use 60lb line or higher, you should get a surf casting reel with no line guide. You can use bigger sinkers with that rig too and with the right tuning, you can cast it 150 yards... you can't do that with heavy line and a spinning reel or a casting reel with a line guide.
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