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Show k'W BY BOB BREWSTER -553. Outdoor Editor, Jtmant Outboardt B LET BAD CASTS LIE! Casting for fish is like being a pitcher in the last game of a tied world series. Every throw has to be right. No matter what species you seek bass, trout, pike walleye wall-eye or crappie every cast should be made as if it were the winning pitch. Anglers who recognize this fact are often frustrated by the antics of those fishermen who don't appreciate the fine art of casting. But, according to the fishing authorities at Mercury outboards, bad casting cast-ing habits are easy to over, come. Long casts are seldom necessary neces-sary or desirable. For one thing, the longer the cast the less chance of hitting your intended in-tended mark. By motoring quietly to within easy casting distance and not dropping the tackle box in the boat you'll not scare any fish. In other words, be quiet and get up close. Your casts will have a better chance of landing where you intend them to go. Overcasting the mark is another an-other common fault which can be corrected. When working a shore line, if the lure goes beyond be-yond the intended site, it may become entangled and you'll scare any fish around trying to get it loose. Depth perception is an individual indi-vidual matter, and each fisherman fisher-man has his own formula for determining distance. A common com-mon method is to examine nearby objects and judge the distance by their relative size. This is then translated into the degree of arm power put into a cast. The result hopefully hope-fully is a perfct cast. The third casting rule is simple. When you make a bad cast, let it lie! The Mercury lads advise that you don't tear the water to a froth by immediately im-mediately jerking the lure back to the boat. Fish it back. Who knows, it might be the best cast you've made all day. |