I guess we're lucky here - 150 yards and you're casting over most of the fish
. Most of my work with live eels is at ranges less than 100 feet with plugs out to 200... While this doesn't apply everywhere, around here the saying goes "more fish are cast over than cast to" (drilled into me by a wiseman
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What length pole, what weight rating, & what reel are you using? Most of the cape work is done with 9-11 foot rods and reels with about 150 yds of 20# test mono... Some people even run lighter gear to get fish on lighter lures...
Show 'em your stick BM...