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Well I picked up my first baitcaster over the weekend.

I just came back from the local area school parking lot and my best was about 50 feet (25 Mr. T. Steps), both settings on max.

I'm using a left handed low profile reel on a 6'6" medium heavy rod with 17 lb line with a 1/2 oz lure/jig tied to the end of it.

My question is how far can you veterans and professionals cast, assuming no wind?

I'm curious to know what to expect once I get better and more comfortable.

Thanks in advance.

Mr. T.

me casting vari a lot.

frome 25 feet to 100 more feet and a lot more wit a lot off weight.depending what i am casting wit.or even 0 feet wen i do a bird nees in my reel.....


its hard to compare...have to have the same rods.same lines.same lures(same weight)..and the same guy to compare casting.

but 50 feet is good.but you can easyly go behond that more in the 80 feet or so..but again depend all the equipement...reel/line weight and so on.

love this tread.

if you dont mind...a little tread on casthing.dod one before..but you just open my mind again..

a lot of variables to determine distance but with a heavy spoon can cast a mile (er, 75 ft?) . Baitcasters are great, esp when you get over the learning curve and can avoid over runs.

my distance wasn't there, 0- 25

I use baitcasters for a variety of species....Bass fishing I can cast 100 ft +.

With the curado and a muskie lures I'm at 200 ft or more.

Learn to fine tune em and they work like a dream.

Mr. T,

Sounds like this setup would work well for spinnerbaits and buzzbaits around heavy cover (75 feet is not out of the question, but short accurate casts often pay dividends here). If its got a nice fast action it probably does good duty for walking the dog with big topwaters as well (100 footers should be no problem with a big spook). Additionally, probably a nice outfit to pitch jigs and tubes (30 feet will be about all you'll need).

If you want to get more distance, try using a lighter line. Unless seriously thick cover or the need to set very large hooks is an issue. Premium lines are thinner for their rating than economy lines. Limp lines cast farther and better than stiff lines like XT or fluorocarbon.

Back off on your magnets and brakes, gradually at first, and you'll see major increases in distance.

Learning to pitch underhand for accuracy is a great way to teach yourself the proper way to thumb the spool. Once you've got thumbing down, you'll only have to crank up the knobs when the wind blows.

Good luck T

Matt

I would have to agree with Matt Clay, with the right set up, you can reach a casting distance of 200+ feet. Try a 8' St. Croix with a fast tip, Avid series or better and a quality baitcaster. I have a Curado (which i regret buying a low pro), but i can cast to wherever i need to with it.

I wish I would have stuck with a traditional, oh well, you win some you loose some, I wont buy another though.

Mike

Congrats on your first baitcaster. It won't be long before a "bird's nest" becomes known as "professional overrun".

Once you get the hang of sidearm and quasi-underhand casting, you will find that casting into the wind is not really all that horrible if you tighten the magnets an extra titch. You will also find that you do not really need to cast all that hard to get good distances. Many of your P.O.'s will be a result of trying to cast too hard.

I use baitcasters 99.99% of the time and the only time I care about distance is when covering water with spinnerbaits and topwaters looking for toothy critters. The rest of the time my casts are under 50ft and probably closer to 25ft. The distance you get with a baitcaster is fun but the accuracy you get will put more big fish in the boat.

Great Question Mr. T. In fact I think I'll add it to our opinion search.

Thanks for the submission.

Here a few articles that might help you out a bit.

http://www.ultimatebass.com/content/view/173/45/

http://www.ultimatebass.com/content/view/173/45/

MattSymons wrote:Learning to pitch underhand for accuracy is a great way to teach yourself the proper way to thumb the spool. Once you've got thumbing down, you'll only have to crank up the knobs when the wind blows.

I think this is what I need to work on. I can cast well and avoid nests 99% of the time, but when I try to finness a lure into a spot, I get professional overrun!

I voted for 75-100ft, but I'm pretty sure I break 100ft fairly regularly when I try. I'm also pretty sure I don't come anywhere near 75ft when I'm not paying attention! #$%?&*!!!

75 to 100 sometimes more

I'm still in the 50 feet range. but only because I'm throwing light lures out. When I was using the casting plug at the beginning of the year, I was casting well over 100 feet.

dan thanks for that link!i recently got a lefty citica, mounted on a medium quantum affinity.could not get over the dreaded birds nest!respooled with 10 lb test same results.after reading that article and opening the side plate i found all 6 pins pushed in , prolly resulting in no braking at all!pulled 4 out as suggested works like a dream!o ya i can now get 100 feet with a floating rap.

Its sounds good to me...
Really Really Nice post