Do you do most of your striper fishing from the shore - boat - freshwater - saltwater - river - marsh - or lake? I thought it would be fun to poll you guys.
Growing up on Cape Cod, I used to surfcasted all the time until I could afford a reliable boat! Now living near the Cheasapeake it is mostly boat for me these days. I do surf cast when I get back to the cape a few times per year. Nothing beats sitting on a beach or jetty on a warm summers night with a full moon and the right tide.
do 90% of my fishing from a boat! trolling, live lining, and eeling for stripers. it just doesnt seem to get any better then that! going today so i can get my new 200 yamaha broke in for the season.
Things certainly do bump into you and will spook you. getting a hit on a calm foggy night can even surprise you. When you get a good fish on they tow you around. This where the term skishing- Skiing + Fishing = Skishing, comes from. Blues are not a problem except for cutting you off or cutting your eel in half. You do get a very different perspective out there at night, especially when you are face to face with a bass. The wosrt is a sand shark, they are worse than blues cause the wrap around your line andtangle it all to hell. Then with you try to grab them, they wrap themselves around your arm and are very strong. In the water you can't brace yourself against anything and have no leverage. Retying and casting take some getting used to as well. Its challenging. You keep your eels in ziplock bags and hoookem right through the bag and rip em out. If you can float on your back in a pool and drink a beer while holding a 10' rod without spilling any and w/o drinking any water then you can probably rety in the ocean at night. When you want to keep a fish, you attach it to the stringer on your belt. The bass swims around and pokes you in the ass and the back of the legs while you drift. Now you are really a chum pot.
from a boat ....up lake .....Binocks up and watching for the gulls to do their biological tornado ......speed in flipin tops ...then follow up with bucktails and a white mister twister when they dive.
At least ........That's the way it used to be in the 70s and I'd very much like to get back there.
I do most of my fishing from Shore but i do occasionly go out on a boay or a charter.Yesterday i fished the Watch Hill shore line.5 shoolies and one in the 25 inch range
Hello to all:icon_salute2:
Saltwater mostly from boat with good friend John Shaw "Lunkerdo"
I've been known to icefish for stripers
The first members name that jumped out at me was Roccus from other forums in the pass. He has help me in the past with answers, and i thank you for thatthumbsup.gif "You sir know your shit" Dont know if i can bring anything to this site? But i think i'm going too learn something here!
Hello to all:icon_salute2:
Saltwater mostly from boat with good friend John Shaw "Lunkerdo"
I've been known to icefish for stripers
The first members name that jumped out at me was Roccus from other forums in the pass. He has help me in the past with answers, and i thank you for thatthumbsup.gif "You sir know your shit" Dont know if i can bring anything to this site? But i think i'm going too learn something here!
love the beach, during the day,but better at night. have done mostly deadstick. getting more into plugs and eels now. i hope eveyone has their best year ever.tight lines.:redbiggrin:
I'm new to the whole fishing thing! However all of my fishing has been done from the shore (mostly bluefish no stripers yet) I'm waiting I am from staten island and from what I gathered I have to wait until next month
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