Paul46 Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Do you guys somehow calculate of guess the trajectory of your boilies fired with a catapult? I have been fishing a spot in the deeper part of the lake around 12-15ft at 40yards using 15mm boilies . I have been having success with a small mesh bag and a handful of catapulted boilies over the top but I often wonder how the trajectory of the bait changes when it hits the water . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Interesting question and I can only guess but my assumption would be that the impact on the water would take a lot of the angle out of the bait and it would fall fairly straight from where it landed as long as they go up then down I guess if you fired it straight down at the marker it may go further underwater, just do what I do and don't be too accurate then you will have a spread around 😁 Another factor would be topspin or back spin, I am pretty sure a throwing stick will give you back spin which would mean your bait virtually stops dead on impact but unsure if a boilie spins out of a Pult 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framey Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Undertow would have an influence as well but if we worry about this kind of thing we wouldn’t catch anything at all elmoputney and yonny 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Paul46 said: I often wonder how the trajectory of the bait changes when it hits the water . You're over-thinking it imo buddy. Just fire them where your spot is👍 1 hour ago, elmoputney said: my assumption would be that the impact on the water would take a lot of the angle out of the bait and it would fall fairly straight from where it landed I've worked on this principle for nearly 25 years and it's worked pretty well. oscsha, kevtaylor and elmoputney 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harpz_31 Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 if you think that a bullet slows almost to a stop over a few feet on impact with water (films were you see people being shot while under water are BS so dont say you saw it on saving private ryanso it must be true) a boilie will drop straight down from the point it entered the water (undertow besides) yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul46 Posted March 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 I know I am overthinking things but just thought I would ask for the sake of asking really , thanks anyway chaps yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 Just now, Paul46 said: I know I am overthinking things but just thought I would ask for the sake of asking really , thanks anyway chaps Now you know so it's OK, doesn't hurt to ask if you aren't sure, I am also a terrible over thinker, I was really bad for most of last year tbh 😁 This year I have a plan and I will make it work 😁👍 yonny and crusian 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framey Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, elmoputney said: Now you know so it's OK, doesn't hurt to ask if you aren't sure, I am also a terrible over thinker, I was really bad for most of last year tbh 😁 This year I have a plan and I will make it work 😁👍 I would think Elmo can’t sleep at night the amount of over thinking he does lol, fish are funny creatures they are rarely where we think they should be and when we find them it’s usually why are they there my theory is 1 find them first 2 give them something they may like to eat 3 use a sharp enough hook 4 everything else really doesn’t matter to much whether that be rigs what your gear looks like on the bank or if you only go once a year or every day Edited March 5, 2020 by framey yonny, crusian and emmcee 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 5, 2020 Report Share Posted March 5, 2020 13 minutes ago, framey said: I would think Elmo can’t sleep at night the amount of over thinking he does lol, fish are funny creatures they are rarely where we think they should be and when we find them it’s usually why are they there my theory is 1 find them first 2 give them something they may like to eat 3 use a sharp enough hook 4 everything else really doesn’t matter to much whether that be rigs what your gear looks like on the bank or if you only go once a year or every day That's a bit of a chicken /egg scenario I can't decide if it's lack of sleep that causes the overthinking, or the overthinking that causes the lack of sleep, going to have to Mull that one over for a while 😁 yonny 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul46 Posted March 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2020 Well I had one last night over a handful of catapulted boilies , hopefully have another tonight . cheers elmoputney, finchey and B B 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finchey Posted March 7, 2020 Report Share Posted March 7, 2020 On 06/03/2020 at 16:48, Paul46 said: Well I had one last night over a handful of catapulted boilies , hopefully have another tonight . cheers Well done any photo's for us to look at paul? 🙂👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted March 8, 2020 Report Share Posted March 8, 2020 On 05/03/2020 at 15:56, elmoputney said: That's a bit of a chicken /egg scenario I can't decide if it's lack of sleep that causes the overthinking, or the overthinking that causes the lack of sleep, going to have to Mull that one over for a while 😁 Aristotle , Confucius , Elmo , all great thinkers . 😁 yonny and elmoputney 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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