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Simple
Casting Methods
Shore fishing is a basic, inexpensive sport that is
fun and produces food for the table. You do not need
costly electronics. Requirements include standard rods
and reels, a handful of spoons or jigs, a good net,
a comfortable chair, and the essentials for catching
fish: hooks, sinkers, line, bait.
Most shore anglers either spincast 2/5-oz. to 1-oz.
spoons and spinners or stillfish off bottom with night
crawlers, worms, leeches, wigglers, larvae such as waxworms
or mousies, spawn bags, single salmon eggs, minnows,
or cut bait such as frozen smelt or alewives.
Spincasters wade into the surf or river or position
themselves along the breakwaters, fishing piers, and
platforms. They use the fancast method, making perhaps
15 to 20 casts in a left-to-right or right-to-left sequence
until all reachable water has been covered. They vary
the speed of retrieve and the color, shape, and size
of lures until a fish strikes.
Open- or closed-faced spinning reels or baitcasting
reels work well. They mate to one- or two-piece medium-action
rods from 5 to 8 feet long and featuring a pistol grip
or 8-inch straight butt section for one-handed casting.
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