Surf Fishing
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:57 am
difference between surf fishing and baiting. they are both the same principle, just one (baiting) smaller scale, and (surf casting) bigger scale, bigger gears.
with your current small scale set up, you can achieve a good distance cast, the bait never drop and most successfully lands you a fish. (even just that once) congratulations, your basics work. now you can multiply it by a different, and larger figure.
an example.
your current fish rod 6ft, you multiply it with a figure 1.6 you get close to 10.
your current reel 2500, multiply it with 1.6 you get close to 4000
your line poundage say 10lbs, multiply it with 1.6 you get 16
a usual 4000 reel max drag is capable of 7kg. 7 kilogram = 15.432 358 353 lb, lbs so your 16lbs line should suffice. but you do not do surf cast fishing with ordinary spinning reel and max drag it. if a 'great white comes' pulling, the next thing an angler would know is his or her tackle is already in the water. (great white for better analogy, hey, never say never) so how to overcome this problem?
buy a surf cast reel, or a spinning reel with bite and go release mechanism.
shimano: baitrunner and daiwa: regal bri plus
this feature allows anglers to relac one corner, while their fish rod is standing and the bait is doing what it do best in the water.
after cast, engage the lever. it frees the spool with a low amount of drag and a bonus screaming. all anglers love that sound. why? because it's fish on!
if a fish comes pulling, it will start taking line, and your fish rod would still be pivoting there safely. because your spool is almost free of drag.
go on down north, sincere. they are carrying the shimano baitrunner.
i would not suggest a baitcast reel for a beginner, but someday everyone might wish to start somewhere. here's why not.
it has a brake feature on the drum. it controls your line streaming everytime you cast. and most importantly, it brakes the drum the moment your line contacts the water. there is an amount of resistance when your sinker is in the air (weaker), compare to the sinker in the water (stronger). simple, imagine yourself flying, and swimming. which exercise requires more strength?
i don't have the formula for this
if the brakes is not adjusted, the drum will just keep spinning after cast, line is no longer streaming as fast as it enters water.
analogy, runner sprinting at the rear (drum), runner infront slows down (line streaming in the air slows down upon contact with water) = both runners will lang gar (drum will turn into a mess)
so your next gears you might want to experiment these numbers?
http://saltfishing.about.com/od/surffis ... 40521c.htm
i leave the rig and rod part to someone else to explain further.
with your current small scale set up, you can achieve a good distance cast, the bait never drop and most successfully lands you a fish. (even just that once) congratulations, your basics work. now you can multiply it by a different, and larger figure.
an example.
your current fish rod 6ft, you multiply it with a figure 1.6 you get close to 10.
your current reel 2500, multiply it with 1.6 you get close to 4000
your line poundage say 10lbs, multiply it with 1.6 you get 16
a usual 4000 reel max drag is capable of 7kg. 7 kilogram = 15.432 358 353 lb, lbs so your 16lbs line should suffice. but you do not do surf cast fishing with ordinary spinning reel and max drag it. if a 'great white comes' pulling, the next thing an angler would know is his or her tackle is already in the water. (great white for better analogy, hey, never say never) so how to overcome this problem?
buy a surf cast reel, or a spinning reel with bite and go release mechanism.
shimano: baitrunner and daiwa: regal bri plus
this feature allows anglers to relac one corner, while their fish rod is standing and the bait is doing what it do best in the water.
after cast, engage the lever. it frees the spool with a low amount of drag and a bonus screaming. all anglers love that sound. why? because it's fish on!
if a fish comes pulling, it will start taking line, and your fish rod would still be pivoting there safely. because your spool is almost free of drag.
go on down north, sincere. they are carrying the shimano baitrunner.
i would not suggest a baitcast reel for a beginner, but someday everyone might wish to start somewhere. here's why not.
it has a brake feature on the drum. it controls your line streaming everytime you cast. and most importantly, it brakes the drum the moment your line contacts the water. there is an amount of resistance when your sinker is in the air (weaker), compare to the sinker in the water (stronger). simple, imagine yourself flying, and swimming. which exercise requires more strength?
i don't have the formula for this
if the brakes is not adjusted, the drum will just keep spinning after cast, line is no longer streaming as fast as it enters water.
analogy, runner sprinting at the rear (drum), runner infront slows down (line streaming in the air slows down upon contact with water) = both runners will lang gar (drum will turn into a mess)
so your next gears you might want to experiment these numbers?
http://saltfishing.about.com/od/surffis ... 40521c.htm
i leave the rig and rod part to someone else to explain further.