Best casting accuracy

[C.Rig21]

What professional angler is considered to have the best casting accuracy? 

[Bazoo]

Interesting. I am not a pro, but I do practice for accuracy, both when fishing and in the yard. When I'm on, I am pretty good. When I'm tired or irritated, less good for sure.

[C.Rig21]

7 minutes ago, Bazoo said:

Interesting. I am not a pro, but I do practice for accuracy, both when fishing and in the yard. When I'm on, I am pretty good. When I'm tired or irritated, less good for sure.

I'm looking for YouTube videos on how to improve accuracy so thought I'd find out if someone was considered the best.

[Bazoo]

I improve by practicing... a lot. I often will set up a target in the yard and cast to it for a few minutes several times a day. I have a certain old spinnerbait that I use for the occasion. I practice everything, flipping, shooting, pitching, overhand, sidearm, circle. I don't practice it all at once, but whatever I want to work on at the moment.

[AlabamaSpothunter]

One of the defining qualities of a true elite level pro angler is casting accuracy......all of them are jedi masters for the most part.   When you spend that much time on the water, it's hard not to become a master at casting.

 

That said, I'd look to older pro anglers vs. the new young guys.  While both are extraordinary casters, the old guys know how to skip, flip, punch, etc.   The new guys simply know how to pinpoint traditional casts to a blob on a FFS graph.  

 

Power fishing experts would be my first choice for a teacher.....somebody like Greg Hackney or John Cox.  

[Team9nine]

In the "old school" world, Craig Powers was considered one of, if not the best, when it came to casting accuracy. You can find quite a few articles on that subject with him if you do some searching. May be a video or two out there, also. More recently, the names I see mentioned most often in this regard are Jacob Wheeler and Andy Montgomery (skipping - docks, etc.). Pretty easy to find video on both of them. Several other really good skip/casters out there including Gerald Swindle, among others. Again, those videos easily available through searching. 

[Woody B]

42 minutes ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

One of the defining qualities of a true elite level pro angler is casting accuracy......all of them are jedi masters for the most part. 

 

 

Decades ago I used to work on vehicles for Bass fishing hall of fame member Guy Eaker.    He'd put out a bunch of coffee cups and walk around casting a spinnerbait into the cups while we were working on his vehicles.  I'd be willing to bet pretty much all of the pros can hit a coffee cup sized target at any reasonable distance.  

[MediumMouthBass]

I dont know much about pro bass fishing or those who do it, aside from those who have reels, rods, and lures named after them.

 

What i noticed for getting better accuracy is this, look where you want your bait to land.

Your coordination and body will follow and do the rest automatically.

Just like driving.

 

2nd thing is this, and this has greatly made a difference, (for baitcasting) right after making the cast ill i will turn my hands/wrists to take the reel and spool from facing straight up and turn it so the spool is angled to the side. And keep it there till the bait hits the water.

This simple turn/angle of the reel and rod has given me better accuracy than any video, teaching, or tip i have gotten. Its hard to describe so it might be a bit confusing the way i wrote it, but i fish and cast right next to alot of trees in the water, so if im off by even 1 inch the baits gone. (i still get stuck in the trees from time to time, but its been reduced significantly since i started doing this)

 

The 2 above things have saved me alot of money on line and lures.

Practicing in an open area with a bucket does great too.

[fin]

If you find a good video, please share. I imagine you can find some good tips, but I think this is one of those things that you can't really learn from a video like you can learn from someone in person.

[WRB]

Back in the day we had Sportsman Shows that featured exhibition casters with various types of rods and reels. These men and women were amazing skilled casters performing tricks beyond imagination with precision accuracy.

Jason Lucas was not only fishing editor for Sports Afield magazine, expert bass angler and author Jay was a professional exhibition caster.

Todays pro bass anglers are skilled casters but not in the class of exhibition casters.

Watch Dean Rojas casting frogs very skilled caster.

Tom

[casts_by_fly]

Watch “Flip pong” on either wheeler’s or DC’s YouTube. I’m not saying it’s the best accuracy but it’s the most fun you can have while practicing…. I’m up for a game if I had three buddies who fished locally. Or one. 

[crypt]

Years ago I had the pleasure of meeting Jimmy Houston at an outdoor show in central Fl. and got to watch him cast a spinnerbait [what else?] into coffee cups from different distances and was amazed at how accurate he was. Made me go home and work more on my casting. 

[Bazoo]

Wish I could get my buddies together for a little casting practice. Even if it was just a few minutes before a fishing trip.

 

I haven't practiced in the yard much in the last little while, since I have been fishing nearly daily. Which really is a mistake as I often don't cast for precision when fishing. Though of course sometimes I do.

 

One of the things that helps me to be accurate is to watch my lure as it flies. It helps me to judge distance.

 

Inside of 15 yards, I can sink a spinnerbait in a coffee can, not a cup, a can. I can do it probably half the time, and get real close the other half. I have spurts of hitting it 100% of the time for 4-5 in a row.

 

I can hit a 5 gallon bucket at 25 yards, but only 1:3 or 1:4, and get close all the other times.

 

I have noticed that I get relaxed in the yard and start getting "on". Then when fishing, I am a little less relaxed, and my accuracy suffers.

[scaleface]

Steve Rogers has a couple of good Youtube videos. The pitch/skip lesson is a good one.

[Catt]

I have completed in & won a few baitcasting competitions.

 

Flipping-n-pitching into coffee cups is easy. Move out to casting distances of 30+ yds.

 

12" diameter @ 30 yds

18" diameter @ 35 yds

24" diameter @ 40 yds

30" diameter @ 50 yds

 

Add wind, rain, back lashes, brain farts & artificial plants of various heights arranged around the targets.

 

Pitching I'm try to put my lure beyond the brushes.

 

 

 

[casts_by_fly]

3 hours ago, Catt said:

I have completed in & won a few baitcasting competitions.

 

Flipping-n-pitching into coffee cups is easy. Move out to casting distances of 30+ yds.

 

12" diameter @ 30 yds

18" diameter @ 35 yds

24" diameter @ 40 yds

30" diameter @ 50 yds

 

Add wind, rain, back lashes, brain farts & artificial plants of various heights arranged around the targets.

 

Pitching I'm try to put my lure beyond the brushes.

 

 

 

 

now add in some indoor pitching with low ceilings, narrow doors, furniture and a dog you have to keep the lure away from that's always lurking.  

[Catt]

I would go with KVD 

[Bazoo]

I imagine that the pros would have their favorite rigs that they are the most accurate with, and then have some that are less suitable. They probably ain't as good with their heavy Carolina rig rod as their 6'6" M/F rod.

[Reel]

Funny how it is but I'm the most precise with a heavy rod throwing a frog with 50 pound test.  I can put it on a pad most times.  

I like Hackney for precision with a crankbait.

[fin]

Casting into/through a culvert is good exercise. It's a lot more difficult to get distance, because you are limited by the height of the pipe. You have to be accurate to get any distance. Very difficult with a baitcaster.

 

[king fisher]

I never see the pros try to catch the difficult bass in the same places I do.  Like on top of a dock, high up in a tree, 30 feet up on dry land, or on the back of my outboard.  They always seem to cast for the easy bass in the water.

[txchaser]

I watched Rojas throw a frog like a curveball and put it on the backside of a tree.

 

And Alton Jones Sr cast between a guys legs, up over his shoulder, and into a ball cap the guy was holding. Probably not actually useful but certainly impressive. 

 

[bottom_dollar]

Bryan Thrift, not only for his dock skipping skills but also for his ability to line up and hit deep water brush piles on the first try. 

[Choporoz]

On 7/31/2024 at 9:52 AM, casts_by_fly said:

 

now add in some indoor pitching with low ceilings, narrow doors, furniture and a dog you have to keep the lure away from that's always lurking.  

The dog certainly makes for an unpredictable variable.  Once you start feeling a little confident, move into a room with a ceiling fan.

[Columbia Craw]

I don’t know.  Most efficient, is Greg Hackney.