3/16oz to light for bait casting?

[Raul]

Well i do have some 1/2 for big 10" worms, but don't you think that that's a bit over kill for what I want to throw?

Dude, sinker weight is a tool  :, what you are going to use dpends on what you want the bait to do and if such is the better suited for the situation, place and location, where you got the idea that 1/2 oz sinkers are only for the big baits ?

Explain over kill?

Kiddo can 't lift his rod.

[Holden]

The bullet weight may only be 3/16ths, but the bait itself is also going to add plenty of heft. You should have zero problems casting this.

I always throw the lightest bullet weight I can get away with. It gives the bait a more natural look on the fall and retrieve.

Amen.

[microsat]

I cast zoom trick worms weightless with a 3/0 ewg on a mh St.Croix casting rod with 15 pound cxx and a daiwa zillion. Tt goes about as far as I can cast it on a medium light spinning real with 8 pound cxx and a diawa spinning real don't remember the model. Thats probably lighter than what you are planning to throw.

May I ask what rod you used for lighter lure? What is its lure weight range marked on the rod?

[Bassboss]

I cast zoom trick worms weightless with a 3/0 ewg on a mh St.Croix casting rod with 15 pound cxx and a daiwa zillion. Tt goes about as far as I can cast it on a medium light spinning real with 8 pound cxx and a diawa spinning real don't remember the model. Thats probably lighter than what you are planning to throw.

May I ask what rod you used for lighter lure? What is its lure weight range marked on the rod?

Quantum Bill dance signature series rod 6'6". It says the max wight is 1/4, but I have cast weightless 6" tiki sticks with a 2/0 Gamakatsu hook.

[Big-O]

I can cast most creature baits with no weight at all only a hook.

Allen

exactly

Big O

[jared...]

you should be ok. just go out in the yard before you go out and make a few practice casts to make sure.

[Raul]

Quantum Bill dance signature series rod 6'6". It says the max wight is 1/4, but I have cast weightless 6" tiki sticks with a 2/0 Gamakatsu hook.

Dude, a 6" tiki stick is by far what you can consider a "light" bait, it weights well over 1/4 oz.

[Bassboss]

Well i do have some 1/2 for big 10" worms, but don't you think that that's a bit over kill for what I want to throw?

Dude, sinker weight is a tool :, what you are going to use dpends on what you want the bait to do and if such is the better suited for the situation, place and location, where you got the idea that 1/2 oz sinkers are only for the big baits ?

I just have better luck that way, it's not just "what I think" it's what I have had success with! I have tried using light and heavy weights with smaller and bigger worms, but I get bigger bites when I use a smaller weight with smaller bait and bigger weights with bigger baits, 1/2 is just what they seem to like with 10" worms.

[Raul]

I just have better luck that way, it's not just "what I think" it's what I have had success with! I have tried using light and heavy weights with smaller and bigger worms, but I get bigger bites when I use a smaller weight with smaller bait and bigger weights with bigger baits, 1/2 is just what they seem to like with 10" worms.

Much to learn you still have.

[Bassboss]

I just have better luck that way, it's not just "what I think" it's what I have had success with! I have tried using light and heavy weights with smaller and bigger worms, but I get bigger bites when I use a smaller weight with smaller bait and bigger weights with bigger baits, 1/2 is just what they seem to like with 10" worms.

Much to learn you still have.

Yes great Jedi master!

[bass wrangler569]

I frequently go as light as 1/8oz so as long as you have your reels adjusted properly you should be fine with 3/16 oz. lures.

[wisturkeyhunter]

I cast zoom trick worms weightless with a 3/0 ewg on a mh St.Croix casting rod with 15 pound cxx and a daiwa zillion. Tt goes about as far as I can cast it on a medium light spinning real with 8 pound cxx and a diawa spinning real don't remember the model. Thats probably lighter than what you are planning to throw.

May I ask what rod you used for lighter lure? What is its lure weight range marked on the rod?

I can cast equally good with my mh avid and my mh legend elite both by St.Croix. Also both 7 foot. I don't know off the top of my head the low end they are rated for but I know the high end is 1 ounce. Think the daiwa zillion has more to do with it than anything.

[kikstand454]

i was thowing a weightless fluke on my diawa 100h on a mh 6.6' shimano rod all day sunday and was casting just fine. also.... threw a 3/16 weighted paddletail (always)for the rest of the day on my quantum kvd and its as natural as breathing.

you can do it!!!!!