Ron Arra distance casting for Weekapaug SurfCasters

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This a a trap many fisherman fall into.Distance isnt everything.eels do not cast that far at all but, there is no need to cast them 200yds.Most fish are cast over than cast too,thats a fact.Casting far looks pretty but does not equell success.

Is this the same #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& who I see at Squibbie every few autumns who swims out a few hundred yards to fling an eel to land large fish?

Your point on hooksets is well taken, I guess you just have to be more careful if you're gunning for distance DURING THE DAY.

With fresh and sharp trebles, I haven't had any difficulties getting solid hooksets on fish taken on surface poppers from over 300 feet, but the nice thing was (come to think of it) I was fishing on the backside of a jetty with the current going AWAY from me, so there was always good amount of tension in the line. One for the notebooks.