How many casts will you make to one spot?

[jdw174]

I admit it....I'm guilty of hitting a spot once or twice then moving on, but after watching several different shows this year on the importance of making MULTIPLE casts to one tree/bush/stickup/grass clump I'm going to change the error of my ways.

[SoFlaBassAddict]

I'll make a lot of casts if I'm confident that the area holds fish.  Hitting a spot once or twice is just not an efficient way to cover an area with a lure.

[Fishing Rhino]

Several, and with different baits before I move on.  How many times have you been into fish on every cast, then nothing for two to five casts, then start catching them again?

Imagine if you had gone to that area, made a couple of unproductive casts, and moved on.

You also may need to cast to that spot/area from different angles.

One of the benefits of fishing from a canoe, kayak, or other boat that does not cover a lot of ground quickly is that you learn to work areas more thoroughly, and fish more effectively.

A half mile long pond is huge when you have to paddle or row your boat.

[fishn hard]

I made 31 cast on a tree last year with a spinner bait and on the 31st cast  7pnd large mouth guys that fish with me get a little aggravated cause i work a spot over pretty good 

[BassThumb]

6-10 usually.  Sometimes I'll make more if I'm using a lure that might aggravate a bass and pull them from the cover, like a buzzbait or spook.

[Missouribassman95]

Well considering I can only beat the bank, I make about 10-15 casts trying to fan out and if I feel like there is fish in that spot.

[MNGeorge]

On the river, there are spots that almost always hold a fish, sometimes more than one.  If it's apparent we are the first ones to hit such a spot on a given day, we work it over from several angles and with several different baits until we find the presentation that triggers a bite.

[DpDvr]

I have never counted casts, but I have spent as much as an hour on one spot that I believe may hold fish. I start on top then work my way down with different baits and it has paid off with some very nice fish.

[bassfisherjk]

I make alot of casts to a spot. Sometimes I'll pull a Pop-r over 1st and then hit it with a worm or Brush Hog with great results.

[Blue Streak]

In the good looking spots I cast until I am sure I won't get a hit there, and I will use 4 or 5 baits to cover it all. Sometimes they just need a little coaxing.

[John J.]

In general, if I find a good spot, something that catches my eye and I feel a bass to be on that spot, I will make 10-20 casts to it. If however I am searching, I generally make about 4-5 casts in an area, if I come to a spot or area where it doesn't even look decent, I won't waste my time.

One year I threw a buzzbait over a tree I think like 10 times and on the last cast she nailed it! It was an easy 5 pounder, but she spit the hook  :'(

[WanderLust]

Depends... High value target gets 6-10 casts and sometimes multiple rigs if I know there's something there.

Whatever approach I take I tend to be methodical and fishing all likely angles to an area.

[JigMe]

I will cast to the exact same spot 8-10 times with one lure, then switch to something else and cast to that spot for 8-10 times. Usually I will try 4-5 different lures before I move on, or target something else close by.

[CAdeltaLipRipper]

Same here.Was watching the Bass Pros this morning and Edwin Evers showed a good example by throwing a buzzbait 7 or 8 times repeatedly from different angles on a tree limb in the water and it took all those casts to finally draw a strike from the fish

[Intrepid]

ill make many casts to one spot repeatedly, as i dont have a boat and fish from shore mostly.

went fishing on my small farm pond today. the bluegill still arent out swimming around the bank in mass yet, nor the bass. i had been twice previously this year the week the ice melted off and had caught nothing. started out today working a worm around the pond with no luck. at the advice ive read here about jerk baits being good cold water baits, i tied on my rapala husky jerk. a few casts later, i pause the bait and go to jerk it again and the rod loads up and i set the hook, caught about a 4lb bass. my first of the year and first winter bass ever. next cast i made to the same spot and hooked up with about a 1lb bass. so essentially i made the cast to the same spot twice in a row and got two fish...never got another bite in about an hour more of fishing though...

[Sam]

Drives me nuts but I will stay in a spot and throw and throw and throw.

And then change baits and throw and throw and throw.

So many guys float by areas and make one or two casts and move on.

Big mistake.

But it happens all the time. 

[Bigs]

I keep all my rods strapped down on the deck for this reason. Might make a dozen casts with one, then a dozen with another, etc.. Sometime I'll try 5 or 6 different things. I guess it's ADD fishing  ;D

[Mottfia]

Haha well I feel like the odd ball of the group but I don't make multiple casts to cover unless it's on the pattern or just plain unique. My general strategy focuses on making as many presentations to as much prime cover as possible so more than 90% of my fishing is one cast per cover.

Mottfia

[brophog]

If I knew the answer to this question, I'd know the secret to bass fishing.

[Carrington]

i spent 3 hours today while in a tourny at my spot so id say alot of casts.

[hookingem]

Depends how promising the spot looks!  I'm known to really work a spot hard if I think it holds a fish.

[Hamby]

If i'm at the lake on a weekday and there isn't another boat in sight, i'll make about 10 casts to it, move on and continue fishing for 15-20 minutes. I'll come back and try again, usually with a different lure. If i am sure there's fish there, i'll do this a few times.

[Fish Chris]

If I'm throwing a Hud, or a nightcrawler, 1 cast.

If I'm sight fishing, and it takes 900 casts to one spot, over a period of 6 hours, so be it.

Fish

PS, But to clarify about the Hud.... I say, "1 cast to a spot"..... but I mean, "to an exact spot". In reality, if I sneak up to a point, or hump, or some type of feeding area, I might make 5 to 10 casts, to fan across, and fish the whole area. But almost never will I bother to turn back around and make a cast to one exact spot in that area... unless maybe I had a hit and a miss...

[Catt]

Casts? On structure I know holds fish 30-45 minutes

[CJ]

It really depends on the way I feel about the strike zone or the fish behavior for that day or time.

Reasons I would make the same cast multiple times:

I feel I'm getting reaction bites.

I feel the fish have a short strike zone.

If I'm fishing very dense cover.

If I have found a sweet spot that is loaded!