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Originally Posted by RussH
Those weights, I know people very successfully fish them from party boats. I see it done all the time by a couple sharpies who can catch a limit in a bathtub. I just don't know how they do it. I never get to fish less than 3oz when I go on a party boat. Either the drift is too fast, I'm on the wrong side of the drift, etc. I may pick up a much lighter combo with 10pound braid JUST to try and learn, but for me when I try to cast lighter "most" times outside of the bays I end up scoping out too much line to hold bottom.
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That's how I fish, always cast up drift. Even with 30 lb braid in 85 feet of water in the Hamptons and a somewhat fast drift I can hold bottom fine with a 2 ounce jighead. It requires work but the reward is worth it. I'm now switching to 20 lb braid this year. Use either 20-30 lb braid and start casting up, I don't think 10 is worth the possible breakoffs too light in my opinion. In the stern or first few spots in the bow you can always cast up no matter what, just gotta watch those around you and where their lines are. In the bow if the drift is moving in the opposite direction cast up ahead of the anchor/pulpit area without tangling those possibly in front of you. Most captains switch which side has the drift on every drift, so you'll have it directly in front of you to cast up and then an alternate angle.
The part that I have bolded is where you're going wrong. Once you start scoping out line or once you start to get under the boat a bit that's when you should cast out again, this is where it starts to become "work" on certain days. Even though your line isn't in the water as often casting out puts you further away from other presentations and gives the jig better action overall, you'll catch a lot more this way.
