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Originally Posted by JohnnySaxatilis
especially in heavy onshore wind situations. Like west dennis last year during the insane bluefish action. 30+mph winds I was one of the only ppl hooking up every cast while everyone else was watching in horror. Course its a clown show down there and I had lefthook pilgrim LOL but just another example of distance matters
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This happens frequently on the Race. 10 yards could be the difference between hooking up every cast and hooking up every 3-4 casts.
Makai has a perfect setup and technique to easily get out 15-25yrds further than all the rest of us. During those strong 25-30kt blows, he's usually hooks up twice as much. We've noticed that hookup rates sometimes trickle off based on casting distance. The guy who can cast next furthest hooks up 2nd most and so on.
I've even found it in my own casts at times. During times when distance matters, I've noticed a stark contrast between casts that whistle out there and casts where the plug tumbles and falls short.
Confirmation bias maybe, but 90% of what we talk about here could be called that as well.