Beach casting

[lurcherboy]

I met a bloke in a large field tonight while I was exercising the hounds practising his beach casting. Stopped to have a chinwag with him for five minutes and asked how far was he able to punch one. He said he was having trouble getting over 220 mtrs

 

It turned out he had done 230 + mtrs recently at a competition in Kent.

 

I was always well chuffed if I could do an accurate 100 mtr cast when on the carp

 

His name was Stephen morris, anyone heard of him before?

 

 

 

LB

[mag-man]

Field and beach casting is one of my other passions, 100 meters with a carp rod is good,

 

remember casters though use upto 175 gms of lead, first thing I do with my reels is chuck out the bearings and replace them with sports bearings, throw away the brake blocks, lube the bearings with rocket fuel, even the cast.........did you see him casting a pendulumn?

 

you can throw your bait as far as you want, but somtimes you throwing over the fish's head, in the summer i put a macky in the surf or 30 yds out, only in the winter for cod would i really chuck it out about 180-200m's.

[Dunkield]

I think I may apply for Inspector Morses old job.

 

LB,

 

Sounds he was on the level mate, he is no slouch with a fly rod either:

 

http://uksf.sea-angler.org/hotpress.html

 

This was in 2003, scroll down to the last few results tables:

 

http://uksf.sea-angler.org/bfcc/bfccresults.html

[Cranfield]

I believe there is a difference between tournament casting and beach casting, when actually fishing.

 

If I go into the meadow at the back of my cottage to practise with my beachcasters (like I do), I can achieve much longer distances than I estimate I can from the beach.

 

This is due to lots of factors, including stable stance on hard ground, no concerns for public safety/crack offs (although I always use a shock leader) and no hooks, bait, rig bits, to create resistance.

 

Also, at a casting tournament I watched on the Isle of Sheppy many years ago, they were using shock leaders and 6lb reel line.

Nobody uses 6lb reel line when beach fishing, unless they are very light spinning.

 

On a rough day on the beach, I am probably lucky to hit 100 yards.

On the same day in the meadow, I would be expecting 150yards+.

 

I also agree with mag-man that its easy to overcast the fish, especially on the storm beaches along the Kent coast, where the water is quite deep close in.

 

I did see Leslie Moncrieff cast 180 paces along Dungeness beach, whilst kneeling down, back in the '70's.

He was well over 6ft tall, so when on his knees , he was almost average height.

[pavman]

LB, I used to be an istructor for sea angler mag, my best back cast was 225 and at the time the UK record was 248 held by gary satchel, big ****** from northants,

 

Things have moved on and I would not live with the big boys these days that for sure, mind you can still get the lead out a fair poke, my lad, pav can really stick one out, mind you he is a big ****** as well

[Dunkield]

I guess like fly casting they use all sorts of trick gear for competitions, but for normal fishing and casting do you beachcasting boys use the braided lines these days or still use mono?

 

The reason I ask, was I was given a couple hundered yards of braid for pike fishing and I kept hitting trees and the opposite bank even when casting quite carefully which was a bit as it just whips off the spool.

[Dave-G]

most distance casting will result in bait being thrown off the hook. I used to use a 12' carbon beachcaster - mostly for bass. fortunatly we dont need very deep water for them and it's easy to use the incoming tide for a tad more if you want it. Years since I went though

[ChrisNicholls]

I thought they had to all use the same diameter running line now, usually .35

[Ferret Master]

It depends how smooth the cast is. We tie the sand eels on and thread the rag on down the hook.

 

FM

[mag-man]

For field casting comp's your main line must be .35 (about 15lb) and your shock .75 (about 80lb) (for 150gms), must be fluro line,

 

 

Stuart, you can't use braid in a multi reel, is fine for a fixed spool though, unless on a boat where you aint casting.

 

The field rods are a lot heavier, when I use mine on the beach for fishing, and am retrieving, It kills my fore arms. Also the tips are too stiff to give any bite indication. Don't get me wrong, you can still use it 100% for beach and field

[Lord Geordie]

most distance casting will result in bait being thrown off the hook. I used to use a 12' carbon beachcaster - mostly for bass. fortunatly we dont need very deep water for them and it's easy to use the incoming tide for a tad more if you want it. Years since I went though

 

 

Dave

 

We use a small hook clamp that holds the hook to the line till it hits the water and it stops exploding bait

 

I am still pretty new to Pendulum from the beach and can whack mine out a fair way now even with an old Paul Kerry carbon rod and a Steadfast Multiplier BUT the level wind causes sever drag

 

LG

[Whitebridges]

I used to do a bit of casting and love my beach fishing. I had eleven codling this week at Trimmimgham, although they were on the small side with three takers about 2lb each. I used to do a bit of casting best 217 yards, but you have to be dedicated and it's a sport in itself, i'd rather fish.We are now starting sole fishing in earnest and will probably have a go somewhere this weekend. Last year we caught then less than 15 yards from the beach so nothing more than an underarm lob is needed. If we get any sole i'll post a few pictures.

 

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