So yesterday, I went out to the local soccer field to practice. I found myself walking out almost every time to get my sinker out of the grass. Today I cut an X in a tennis ball and shoved the sinker inside. I caught a Black Lab twice and a Dalmatian once. They both put up a great fight.
Thank you for breaking down every little thing you do . i'm somewhat new at surf fishing (2 years) and when trying to help me with casting no one has ever mentioning tightening the drag to max, but it makes sense because i can definitely feel the line slipping when i start to cast. can't wait to try it!
Been casting in a very similar fashion but what you mentioned about adjusting the drag to the level you mentioned was something new for me. Will definitely try it out next time I go fishing, thanks mate
Natural coach, certainly would be surprised if this gentleman had not coached sports previously. His tempo on casting was just at the perfect speed for me so I did not have to constantly go back in video. Being in the North East, another month or so and stripers will arrive on Cape Cod and I will practice what he preached.
Awesome video. Thanks for this I learnt a lot. Just bought myself a new 12ft rod and this video has given me some great insight into casting. I have slowly moved from 7ft - 10ft and now trying out a 12ft. Keep up the great content.
Hi there buddy! Try to cast the same way as in the video but with your hands outstretched and after you let go of the line keep your rod at an 45 degree angle . You will see major improvements in distance! Also your reel size its an important factor when it comes to cast long distances. I would say for your rod a 7000 reel would work perfect togheter. After all these are just some tips, if you wanna count them fine if not still fine. Push with your right and pull with your left. Keep working and keep posting cause i love your videos. Grettings from Romania!!!
What a great video. Just started surf casting on Long Island NY this past Fall. Picked up a 10’ Penn Battalion and a Penn Slammer 6500 DX. Going to use your tips to improve my casting,
Another new fishermen on Long Island!(isn’t it funny how we say “on” instead of “in”, that’s how I know someone is from there lol) how has your journey been? I just started trying salt water last week and I’m so overwhelmed compared to fresh water
@@G2COASTAL I enjoy it when other anglers share their good advice to novices like myself, meet a few helpful men when out learning what to be doing. Thanks again.
Just watched your '100 yard' surf casting video and enjoyed it. You covered alot of ground. Hard to do in a quick lesson. You probably have many years of power casting. So do I. My comments come from 2 tips I have learned and use. 1) The 10 to 1 rule/ ratio. For a 2 oz. Pyramid use 20 lb. line (mono or braid). For 3 oz. lead us 30 lb. line and on and on. When putting the muscles into it a 'SNAP OFF' can be the most dangerous thing around surf casting. Maybe some viewers aren't ready for 'shock leader class' but I always use the 10 to 1 rule. Last but not least' finally. On the ready...set.... go on the cast. I use the ready...set...check the weigh, little pendulum swing away from you......go. Starts the rod loading up even before your swing. With all that being said you probably can out cast me on my best day which was like 30 years ago.
Great video! Another alternative that most of us Cape Cod Canal fisherman use for finger protection is hockey tape or medical tape. Cheap and effective. Also thinner braid will improve distance but if you are fishing rocky areas I suggest thicker braid.
Back in the 80’s I saw a casting demonstration from the world casting champion! He was from South Africa! He used a 12 foot custom rod with a big reel filled to max ! He used a 40 lb shock leader and a 3 Oz weight! He used a push away pendulum motion that allows him to twist the rod completely behind him and then he swings the rod all the way around his back in a side arm motion! His video showed them at Cape Hatteras and he threw the line down the beach ! They had to drive down to the weight! He was averaging 150 to 175 yards! Honest ! Oh and he had a rubber covering on his index finger that held the line ! Wish I could remember his name!
Great video & tips for all of us. It's good you mentioned rod height & person's height. Like all things you do improve with practice following your tips. What's your thoughts on casting cannon triggers bait launchers, etc. A friend recommended it to me. Thanks
Didn't know about tightening the drag. Thanks.. When speaking about line; I'll spool 125 yds. of braid on a new reel, then cut it and rejoin w/ double Uni knot, then add another 125 yds. When it needs replacing, I cut the line at the Uni knot and add 125 yds. of new line. It saves on time and money.. plus it keeps the spool full of new line.
We get really calm waters a lot of days along the Alabama Gulf Coast. Some days if Im fishing really close to the beach I’ll a use a 9ft rod with a 1oz weight. Thanks for watching!
@@G2COASTAL I just find it interesting how it's done elsewhere, hopefully some day I'll get to wet a line on the other side of the Atlantic. Thanks for the videos, I can't imagine the patience it takes to record, edit and share them
@@Jason-im3pz its crazy how different we do it here on the Gulf Coast compared to the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. I have friends on the Atlantic Coast who can’t believe we use such light gear here. I really appreciate you watching because it is a lot of time and effort put into each video and sometimes they flop and nobody watches, but it is what it is.
@@G2COASTAL I like to use a tapered, Shock Leader combat some of that pressure on the line and cut's myself? TEXAS STYLE FISHING BABY 🇨🇱 You need to come fish Red-fishing with us @ Surf Side Jettie's ✌🏾Awesome Video Bro .!!
Thanks for the video I just picked up a 9 foot penn wrath combo gonna be putting this into practice its definitely alot more rod than the 7 footers I'm used to slinging baits with
that was simple and honest and actually does work like that. I do surfcasting for 10 years and let me add one thing. It Is more about the precision that about the distance. Is more about the precision point where you will cast and where the fish is actually and actively looking for food then casting at the most distance we can. I confess that 90% of the fish I catch was caught between 15 m and 80 meters distance. Sorry about use the metric system as this is what we use in Portugal 😏
Decided to go with a 11 foot rod, I am not new to fishing but bit new to surf fishing. I have a 7 foot pole at the moment but decided a 11 foot may cast out better with a 4500-5000 spinning reel.
Great video. Like someone said earlier- check out the rod "lure" weight ratings. I can cast a 3oz sinker with bloodworms far as heck. Now if Im using a whole surf clam or a big chunk of bunker- my casting distance is incredibly reduced. Single dropper loop rigs tend to get out waay farther than a fishfinder rig.
The weight you throw is determined by the rating of the rod! They will say the casting weight on the rod, typicly on a beach caster say 4-8 oz! Remembering the weight of the rig and bait , stay inside the recommended weights and you will work the rod as much as possible.
A cheap alternative to the casting-glove is a 3 inch piece of bicycle inner tube. Any local bike shop has a few blown tubes in the trash. One of them is a lifetime supply.
Awesome sub My thought is not effecting or infecting the rig with tire/foreign smell. Could effect hits if you mix it up? Just separate smells/handling equip landing one.
AND thanks for the tip on horizontal and pull when you chuck rod. Could have used that in Australia 25 year ago as green horn Canadian surf caster (guess still am) that was a 16 foot one piece with Alvey baker light reel from a pond shop was budget tourist. Lots of small brown shark in the north but one at 6 feet. F'd me up. 75ish minutes later, measure, release...
We used to use 12ft rods 20 years ago in UK 🇬🇧. Newer technology means we can now use very light but powerful carbon composite rods of up to 15ft now to allow effortless casting of over 100 yards easy. Light low diameter mono with shock leaders of at least 10lb per ounce of sinker . Our tides are mental so usually 5-6oz grip leads and 70lb leader. Am sure the continental rods we use would be more than suitable for your fishing.
I find the reel to butt distance more useful for picking a rod than the rod length itself. I can open a 12ft to a distance of 98m. 15.5ft gets me a further 4m. Same reel changed over. Both with no. 3 bombs and both rods matching cast weights. Smaller butt on 15.5ft. So why not use the smaller one? Bigger one just holds line proud of breaking waves. Great video. Not everyone mentions leverage. Another thing i do is use flouro instead of braid. I also wax the lip on the reel and the eyes on the rod. Car wax seems to work best. Rub on and off. Smooth as silk. Flouro just a head wrecker for knots so i also just use a single hook mono rig. Im a headcase for distance. No idea why. lol. 25lb flouro and 15lb mono rig.
I 100% support a shorter rod if it can reach where you need to be. I tell people all the time if I could use a 7ft rod thats all I’d use. I’ll definitely try the wax hack!
Awesome tutorial. Really appreciate it. I have a number of surf rods ranging from 10 to 15 foot. Haven’t had much opportunity to cast them. Hopefully I’ll get some practice this season if the weather and my lower back cooperates. 👍🏾💯
At 49, I had a muscle related back issue. Dr. told me to lay on the floor and use my stomach muscles to force my lower back against the floor, until the gap in by lower back is gone, hold for a 20 count... 20 reps everyday. Like anything worth doing, it requires discipline, three weeks later and the lower back problems were gone forever.. I'm now 69.
I've noticed getting a somewhat of a running start helps a lot. However, it can be a bit hard when your on a slated platform. On the beach, get a running start.
I'm a 5'5 160 pound chick. I've always loved fishing but really starting going fishing these past couple years. Also don't have many chances to go having a 4 year old lol but this vid is really helpful. I use a 8 foot right now and can cast a decent length but feel like I should be going more. Was thinking about trying a ten foot rod out. I do the drag technique and line the reel like you do. Put the motion part I feel would help me a lot. I don't put the pole parallel. So definitely going to try that. And I've been using 4 ounce pyramid so I'm going to see if the 3 ounce helps me out. Thanks for the advice
Great Video! I have yet to cast for the first time. I have acquired a conventional Penn Long Beach Reel and purchased a telescopic 6' suitcase rod since I travel and currently down in Puerto Vallarta. I feel sure a lot of your info will help me even with a conventional reel. Will let you know how it turns out next week when the rod arrives from Amazon. Muchas Gracias!
In the uk you have to use a shock leader of 70lb line to stop your lead breaking off during the cast as most times you need 5 or 6 oz leads when the sea is pulling hard If you get the chance you must do some beach fishing over here
We are spoiled in Alabama because we can get by with very little sinker weight. Along the East and West coasts they typically have to beef up their gear due to much stronger seas. I would love to get over to the UK and fish but I don’t know if that will happen, I’ll keep dreaming about though!
@@G2COASTAL I fish the North Sea and the tide is pulling hard you have to cast up the beach so gripper lead holds in the sand at a place called Scarborough the tide runs at 6 metres and pull your lead back under your feet
@@notmissingout9369 now thats some tidal movement! We have a couple passes where the water leaves inland that get some pretty strong flows but not that strong.
Great vid. I lived in spain for a while and they use very long rods with special reels which i cant remember the name off but the poibt is. They chucked their bat really far while i couldnt with my 8 foot rod, but at the end if the day i cought more fish. The key was hook type. They used J hooks and i circle hooks. Its very hard to the a hook with a 15 foot rod sitting in a sand spike. All i had to do when the bite came was to reel in while the rod was in the spike.😂 Its a interesting way they fish so if you have time do a YT search on pesca de playa españa.
Drag is still functional with the bail open. Easy way to understand what I mean is lighten your drag and put a light weight on and just go throw a slow casting motion with the bail open but don’t release the line and you’ll feel the drag slip. Go slow and lightweight so you don’t cut yourself with the braid testing this out.
No need to adjust the drag when throwing lures. Tightening the drag all the way down just keeps it from slipping when throwing 3oz or heavier sinkers and will also keep you from getting cut by the braid when using heavier sinkers.
I don't get the part where he puts the drag all the way down, what kind of difference does it do when the bail is open anyways while casting? Does the spool start to turn and thus ruining the loops coming off? He did talk about it but I'm dumb so I just don't fully understand it
I went surf fishing for the first time and was using bigger Penn setups. I couldn't get 50 feet out and all kept going far to the right at 45 degree angle or more. What did I do wrong?
Probably releasing the line too early. When you release the line try to point to where you want the line to go. It takes some practice to get the feel down for it.
In Europe we use the same technique for casting carp rods (12') . I did not understand why tightening the drag when the bail arm is up, there is nothing moving in the reel. In heavy feeder fishing which in terms of the rig is similar, we use so-called shock leader which goes twice the length of the rod, from the hook to the reel. This prevents line snapping in power casting. I don't know if this could be applied to the surf fishing. Anyways thank you for sharing your knowledge.
The drag is always active even when the bail is open or closed because the drag is independent and isn’t connected to the bail arm. If the drag is set light and you cast a heavy weight you’ll feel the line slip across your finger and I learned the hard way I got a nice deep cut from the braid slipping across my finger. And yes several people use shock leaders for surf fishing here I just don’t need one for my style of fishing. Thanks for watching!!!
Nice reel, gotta love Penn. Have you tried their SF VI Long Cast reel, yet? I got one last year and I love it. Larger diameter, shallow spool. Line screams off it, and less drag on averag from the lip. Takes less to fill up compared to same size reels too.
Thank you. That was very educational. Where do you buy that glove. I have never seen one in Texas. Of course they are big on bait casters here but I like spinning reels.
As someone who is newer to surf fishing, i highly recommend a glove. Any glove at first will be good. I got a fishing glove, just like cloth and rubber coating. Before i used the glove, I had an extremely great cast but completely slit my index finger. I mean, it was so bad, it bled all night, and i honestly should have gone to the ER to get stitches or something. Moral of the story; wear protection😂
My bomber set-up is a 10ft conventional with 4oz Sputnik + bait. Once I get into the 11-13ft it's just too long for me.. like you said, it's all about what fits the person using it....
The reason why you feel like the larger rod is too big for you is because the reel seat is in the wrong position for your body. If the rod was built for your body, then you could throw a 12' rod no problem.
Thanks for the great video. I like the push/pull technique you mentioned. I have a question though. How does drag on/off come into play when the bail is open anyway? Doesn't the bail being open basically equate to there being zero drag set? Thanks
Thanks for watching! The drag still functions even with an open bail because its completely independent from the bail. Next time you have a rod in your hand loop your finger around the line like you’re getting ready to cast, open the bail, and with your other hand pull your line and you’ll see the drag is still functioning and allows line out. Your finger basically become the bail during the cast if that makes sense. Hope that clears it up a bit for you.
@@G2COASTAL And if your drag is loose the line can slip while casting before you let your finger off the line and cut you to the bone...... that's why you tighten the drag to avoid that happening..... cheers
This fella has some solid details. , & the "pointing" helps you realize the release point. but, if you're coming with a finger condom on a soak shift, you're going to get ripped by the fellas.
this is good but nobody is talking about the finger holding the line. It does not look like you are pressing the line to the rod. How are you keeping it from slipping out?
I do not hold the line against the rod, it feels weird to me. I place the line in the middle of the tip of my pointer finger and the pressure from the sinker and motion of the cast puts enough force on the line that it will stay pinned to your finger.
Nice explanation but maybe have a look at the South African sage assasin Hxl low mount surf casting rods , the low mount means it changes your casting style but it seriously works , I use 33lb Japanese super light casting braid probably the same thickness as normal 20lb braid , the hz has a casting cannon trigger to hold the line prior to release and the rod I use is rated for a 6 ounce sinker and 1 or 2 ounce bait , the rod is 15 foot long and without pendulum casting will easily punch a bait out 130 to 150 meters and even punch out 100 meters into a 25 knot headwind , the sinker and bait will be streamlined using a impact clip rig where the bait sits behing the 6 ounce sinker and not parachute behind the weight this is serious casting equipment
Looking at a 12’ to go from my 10’ heavy. What rod specs would you recommend for optimal casting at that length? Medium / medium heavy? Moderate Fast? Etc… generally throwing a 2-3oz rig cast and retrieve for Stipers in MD
If you’re mostly throwing 2-3oz a medium rod will probably suit your needs but if you need to bump up to 4-5oz at times make sure your rod is rated for those weights. As far as action goes Ive always been a fan of fast action rods especially when throwing lures. Better sensitivity and not “soft” feeling like a slow action rod.
