{"id":18362,"date":"2014-01-13T03:10:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T02:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/?p=18362"},"modified":"2014-01-15T10:25:37","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T09:25:37","slug":"how-often-should-i-re-cast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglinglines.com\/blog\/how-often-should-i-re-cast\/","title":{"rendered":"How often should I re-cast?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A simple question to all the Bloggers: How often should you re-cast a rod\/bait in a day?<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/i>I have no hard and fast rules on this one but generally speaking like to leave my swim as undisturbed as possible and pay far more attention to the time I re-cast.<\/p>\n

Now I am a firm believer that recasting gets carp moving \u2013 usually away from the area being cast into. I try and make a point of casting when others aren\u2019t and casting at the least productive time of the day.\u00a0On most waters I have fished over the years most anglers appear to be doing their recasting up to a couple of hours after first light and a couple of hours before last light or even right on first and last light.<\/p>\n

If most are casting then I will leave my rigs in place and simply shake off any sediment which may have built up on the line whilst at the same time slackening the lines a little if the bobbins have crept up with drift. I love it when I can be on a lake where most follow suit and cast at similar times. The fish get moving again and invariably end up in an area where there aren\u2019t any leads going in \u2013 i.e. my swim.\u00a0This is a terrific way of getting other anglers to help your own fishing.<\/p>\n

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This picture became the Quest Baits Logo<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

These days I tend to re-cast around the lunch time period if the water doesn\u2019t usually produce then preferring to leave my baits and rigs in place from the previous lunch. If I was happy with the cast the previous day why should I be un-happy about that same cast the following day?\u00a0As I said I would much rather leave everything in place undisturbed when fishing over bait.<\/p>\n

When single hook bait fishing or with bags and stringers I tend to cast more often but this is very much down to how it \u2018feels\u2019 on the day.<\/p>\n

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This 30lb plus Mangrove common came to a bait that had been on for 36 hours.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

There is a situation I often remind myself of which I must admit creates havoc with my brain. Years ago whilst eyeball to eyeball stalking on a pressured water I was amazed to see the carp come in and suss the hook bait then never go anywhere near it or re-examine it again. This was on a water with absolute gin clarity. I could easily see my free lined bait down the shelf.<\/p>\n

If I lifted the bait out and lowered it back in again even if only a few inches away from the previous position the fish would come and re-inspect it and so-on. Never would they re-check a bait once one of them had sussed it out which also proved to me that they communicate with each other a lot more than we perhaps realise.<\/p>\n

This phenomena is always at the back of my mind and is the one thing I often have doubts about when leaving baits out for quite long periods. Having said that though I still prefer to leave the baits where they are once I have managed to get them where I want them.<\/p>\n

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Launching one out at Margot<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

The only time I break my own rules these days is if I am absolutely positive the carp have visited the area several times without tricking one. In this case I will re-cast but always with a different rig or hook bait presentation. I see little point in re-casting something they have already refused.<\/p>\n

I would be interested to hear the views of others on this one.<\/p>\n

Best fishes
\nShaun Harrison<\/p>\n

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