What do You Consider a Long Cast?

[IndianaOutdoors]

Sorry to not directly answer your question but when I think of long cast the first thing that comes to mind is a 5in 7/8oz super spook.  I ordered a super spook not realizing how big it was.  At the time all I had was a medium spinning rod.  I tied that super spook on to straight braid and chucked it as hard as I could.  It spooled me and broke off and kept going.  I retrieved it after some searching and have never used it since.

[Pat Brown]

" and it just kept going...." 🥹💸

[Bazoo]

I think 25 yards or more is a long one. 15 yards or so is where my accuracy starts to fall off. When bank fishing, on the lake, I often will lob a distance cast out there with a spinnerbait or crank. 40 yards or more would be what I consider long distance.

 

With a heavy lure in the yard, I've cast 60 yards... but I can't do it consistently without backlashing.

 

I can however, cast a weightless Texas Rigged Zoom Lizard on a baitcaster. With that, or with anything else 1/4 ounceish 25 yards is what I consider a long cast.

 

I practice much more for control and accuracy than distance. Me and the boy, who's 4, often practice casting together. I have an old lawnmower tire we move around the yard and aim for. Him with his little Zebco, and me with a baitcaster with an old spinnerbait on. I practice overhand, side, underhand roll casting, and left handed. Left handed is hard... so is casting to the right when you're right handed.

[gulfcaptain]

So I keep most casts 70ft or less i if i try bombing a bait my accuracyis off. Only time I make long casts involve a 10ft jigstick, 30-40lb line and a surface iron fishing yellowtail at which I can hit the 60yd range (240ft) which is a long cast. Have yet to see anyone ever throw a 1/2oz jig (or almost any bait under an ounce) half the distance of a football field,  even if it is a football jig.

[TnRiver46]

No clue, how do you measure ? 

[A-Jay]

8 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

No clue, how do you measure ? 

Easy.

It's just simple math.

Like weighing 20 lb bags without a scale.

A-Jay

[Johnbt]

Long casts? They're the ones up on the bank or above the bank in a tree.

 

I set up and adjust my rod-reel combos in the back yard at 30 to 45 yards depending on the combo. On the water I let the trolling motor do the hard work, or let the wind blow me in closer.

[RipzLipz]

My parents often used to tell me I couldn’t see past the end of my nose. I feel the joke is on them because my lures go where I want them in the water far more often than getting hung up in the trees along the bank. In your face mom & dad!!!

[king fisher]

5 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

No clue, how do you measure ? 

It is as easy as catching bass on spinnerbaits.

[TnRiver46]

55 minutes ago, king fisher said:

It is as easy as catching bass on spinnerbaits.

I knew it was impossible! And here I was putting a life jacket on my Stanley measuring tape trying to float it 

[thunderblack]

spinning - a mile

baitcaster - 20 ft. 

[Koz]

On 12/6/2023 at 3:18 PM, gimruis said:

I find that when I try to bomb something, a back lash often occurs. 

You need to be like Billy Dee Williams - SMOOOOOOOOOOTH 😀