I recently went out and was throwing 1/8 oz roadrunners. I could only cast them about 15 yards at the most. Will they hit the 1/4 oz OK?
Just wanting to be able to cast further
I recently went out and was throwing 1/8 oz roadrunners. I could only cast them about 15 yards at the most. Will they hit the 1/4 oz OK?
Just wanting to be able to cast further
You should be able to launch a 1/8. I cast 1/32 without issue. Might need to lighten up on the line.
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I don't think the weight of the Road Runner is your main problem. I cast 1/16oz jigs & Road Runners nearly that far, on average.
But, to answer your question ... consider that a 4" Crappie is quite able to take in a 1/4oz Road Runner ... so, yeah, you get it in front of them and they'll hit it.
I just bought some 1/6 rooster tails and I was curious on this as well. I figure that 10+”” inch crappie will eat #6 crappie minnows and bass minnows all day long so I don’t see why they wouldn’t eat a 2”” inch long rooster tail
Agreed. Something's wrong with the setup. I can cast 1/64 oz 15 yards.Quote:
Originally Posted by Locator79
I agree that setup should let you cast further
Check out this thread:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Max 1981
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/begin...-casting-jigs/
You should be able to cast 1/32 & 1/16 oz. jigs (any kind) at much greater distances that what you are experiencing. What rod, reel & line size are you using? I don't think you really need to go up the 1/4 oz., but there's no really problem if you want to. Crappie will gobble them up!
Sometimes the bigger heads turn them off. I generally always throw 1/32 oz and 1/16 oz rarely throwing anything bigger. I think of the 15 or so crappie 2 1/2 lbs or bigger I have caught on roadrunner heads more than half have come on the 1/32 oz.
I use mostly 6lb Trilene easy cast on a couple rods and power pro 10 or 20 lb on a couple others. The braid will cast a little further than the mono. And occasionally use some Blakemores reel magic on the line or pure silicon. 6 to 7 ft light action rod and a 1500 series reel ( the smallest or next to smallest in most reels) . Usually Shimano or Daiwa. KEEP YOUR TWIST OUT. The Daiwa with the Ballistic spool cast good. A couple models of Shimano wrap the line a little different and they cast good too. The reel even though its small in body size you don't want too small of spool.Small reel with a good size spool.
Solid body jigs with a spear tail will throw the farthest. Less wind resistance.When you really need to reach out.
I have also caught a lot of 3 to 6lb bass on those 1/32 oz. heads and some 8 to 10 lb catfish.
You go fish a couple years with different sizes and alternate between the small and large. Then come tell us what you found. I already know the answer.
I've caught plenty on bass gear, 17lb line and 3/8oz spiller bait with #4 1/2 willow blade, so they can gobble up the big stuff. 16th oz with 6lb line on 7ft spinning rod with a pflueger president is what I use and it cast much further than I need it too.
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I have 15 lb power pro spooled up with an 8 lb fluoro leader. What should I be using?
You should be able to cast a 1/8 bait into the next zip code with that. There's gotta be something else wrong: rod, reel, casting technique, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Max 1981
Tell us the entire outfit you're using.
My rod is a 7 ft. Lew's Wally Marshall Pro Lite and a Shimano Nexave 1000 spinning reel.
That's a very small spool, which doesn't help with casting distance. Still, I would expect you to cast farther than 45' with that outfit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Max 1981
Is the spool completely filled? Or is there a big gap between the line and the lip of the spool?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Max 1981
I figured a 2500 would be too big. Should I down size my braided line? If so, what size?
The spool is filled
What weight and action is that rod? You should be able to sling that across the river. I use 15lb power pro on my saltwater rods and can pitch an unweighted live shrimp about 30 yards with a small shrimp. What knot are you using foe leader to braid? If winding knot into guides that can slow it down a bit without correct knot. FG knot is the smallest I have found and flies through guides.
Not too big.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Max 1981
You could, but I don't think the line is the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mad Max 1981
Just a thought: you're not running the line through the hook keeper, are you? You wouldn't be the first.
Medium lite action rod. I use the uni to uni for leader knot. It doesn't get hung up in the guides.
No sir, the line is not through the hook keeper.
hmmm that pole don't like you. It=f you can get past 15 yards with another one, it's the pole, if you cant the answers wont be tackle related. :biggrin
Get a nine foot rod, and you should be able to cast a lot further...