If you knew of a spot that would definitely give up a 50lb striper in the next 10 years, would you fish that one & only spot every night, and foresake all others? :spin:

If you knew of a spot that would definitely give up a 50lb striper in the next 10 years, would you fish that one & only spot every night, and foresake all others? :spin:

Yup, If I could get a 50 guarnteed? that MUST be one Hell of a spot.

No, because I know of and fish several places that will do that. I will not marry any one place when it comes to fishing. I know those fish are there at one point or another but there's no guarentee they'll be there when I am. But I do focus on spots that produce large.

Yeah, after rethinking this... I'd get too bored at the same spot for 10 years. You can bet your @$$ I'd be there when the time was right though.

If you knew of a spot that would definitely give up a 50lb striper in the next 10 years, would you fish that one & only spot every night, and foresake all others? :spin:

If I could afford to get there every night?
Yes.

But I do focus on spots that produce large.
ITS, whats the difference? Your still fishing for large, just hedging which spot has the best chance of giving one up

Yeah, after rethinking this... I'd get too bored at the same spot for 10 years. You can bet your @$$ I'd be there when the time was right though.
Hypotheticly saying, fishing this spot will give up a 50 sooner or later, maybe tomorrow, maybe 10 yrs from now. Would you fish it every night?

And just because its the new moon in June doesnt mean the 50+ will be there, what if you miss it on one of the other 30 nights a month?

PS>The hypothetical spot holds other bass as well

Hypotheticly saying, fishing this spot will give up a 50 sooner or later, maybe tomorrow, maybe 10 yrs from now. Would you fish it every night?

And just because its the new moon in June doesnt mean the 50+ will be there, what if you miss it on one of the other 30 nights a month?

PS>The hypothetical spot holds other bass as well

Well, I guess if this is a fantasy land where I could fish it everynight, and it holds allot of big fish, and it wasn't in downtown Bridgeport, etc,

Sure, why not? If I was consisitantly catching large, why not? Also It needs to be a gaurentee I'll catch a 50, not just that ones swimming around (I'm sure that's happened to me already).

Now would I trade years of skunks for 1 50? No way.

This brings up another issue. If it's guaranteed, what's the point of fishing for it? The reason a big fish is desired is because it is rare. Once it's guaranteed it is no longer desireable for me.
If I wanted guaranteed fish I'd go to the fish market.

ITS, whats the difference? Your still fishing for large, just hedging which spot has the best chance of giving one up

Well part of it has to do with one of your previous threads "those who get 30 lb plus fish yearly" or to that effect. Having an idea where these fish are at a particular time and based on when I'm fishing what are the conditions and factors (many of them covered in that thread)that will make one spot more favorable than another.

This brings up another issue. If it's guaranteed, what's the point of fishing for it? The reason a big fish is desired is because it is rare. Once it's guaranteed it is no longer desireable for me.
If I wanted guaranteed fish I'd go to the fish market.


good point. Damn I'm a waffler...:behead:

This brings up another issue. If it's guaranteed, what's the point of fishing for it? The reason a big fish is desired is because it is rare. Once it's guaranteed it is no longer desireable for me.
If I wanted guaranteed fish I'd go to the fish market.

Well its not necessarily guaranteed, you just need to know when and how to fish the spot. :D

Hmmm..
How about, a spot that is guaranteed to hold 50lb fish at some point during the season. A specific 20' by 20' hole, that has given up LARGE consistantly every season over the past 20 years. All you have to do is be there when she is.
How hard would you fish in a year?

Krispy, Im no sharpie, but I know of a few spots like that. I fish them hard and spend a lot of time there, but its all matter of timing. :huh:

My favorite spots didn't get to be my favorite spots by producing small fish.

If any spot was garunteed to hold one 50 a season, I would fish it pretty damn hard.
It would have to hold a bunch of other bass though, or I would decrease my efforts drastically if I kept getting skunked.

A Long time DZism:

"Every spot has its day - it's up to you to figure out when that day is and be there."


DZ

I fish very hard regardless and I feel many at this site do. You have to fish real hard and put in considerable time to really learn spots and what makes them produce. Keeping a log (something I'm not very good at) is a great way to document and refer back to info learned. Also helps to know several spots intimately like this, it'd really suck when you got to your 20' x 20' honey hole and someone beat you to it and you didn't have a plan B. Fortunately we're in a great area with many good spots in close proximity to each other. But I still like being a plan A guy.

I dont know DZ, Im not gonna pick a likely day and hope the 50 is a gonna be there. Ill just fish it hard on anything but the worst conditions.
Kripysm - "FU" :D

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no

Kripysm - "FU"

Krispy,
How am I supposed to take the above response? You kidding around?

DZ

not me... i like to target big fish, but 50 is only a #...if i catch a 49 will i be pissed?? not really. I would rather have a schmorgasborg of 30's all season long in different places, than fishing one all season long with little to show for it. Just my opinion :huh:

not me... i like to target big fish, but 50 is only a #...if i catch a 49 will i be pissed?? not really. I would rather have a schmorgasborg of 30's all season long in different places, than fishing one all season long with little to show for it. Just my opinion :huh:

This is how I feel to, there are plenty of spots that will give up 50's I like to move around

Kripysm - "FU"

Krispy,
How am I supposed to take the above response? You kidding around?

DZ

Dennis, I'm pretty sure the Krispy was just stating FU is one of his Krispy ism's.He's a fart smeller, er i mean a smart feller.

I know of a spot that has given up 2-50 lb fish an my friends 60 lber.In the last three yrs.It's not a easy place to fish.more than a few things have to go right to land one of that size.Live bait is king there.i just can't do it like i used to.fishing a few hrs there is like torture I end up staying all night.tough working the next day.If someone calls me soft I will punch em.Seriously though i just don't like to fish that way anymore.so i guess i prefer to catch smaller fish.I do fish a spot in close proximty to that spot and i have landed some good fish there but the odds are not the same.I also have a few other techniques an times in my logs that have been torturing me for the past few yrs.
I had a conversation with some expert canal men I believe that from the 3rd or 4th week of may till mid oct there is a fifty to be caught in the canal.It's not quite 20 x 20 but i believe..

no

I'd get bored before Mrs. 50 showed I bet.

besides, I'm shooting for a 60 atleast

Id get bored too....how I feel lately is that I dont care if I get a fifty....Id rather a bunch of mediums....

50 is just a number.
im not looking for a number, just the most and biggest fish i can get. i wouldnt do that...

holycrap nebe...just read what you said..i like you.

K, we fish spots that fit your description. I know personally of 50#+ from most of them. My guess would be the bearded man falls on one around mid September this fall. a fifty on his fifty... :spin:

I fish at a spot that has given up a few 50's in it's time and every year gives up large fish.I don't fish it only hoping I'll get a 50,but because it fishes good.It is consistent,theres no crowds,and it is a challenging spot to fish, as a matter of a fact I don't think I would even be able to land a fish that big in this bone yard.I do fish there alot but I would never put all my eggs in one basket.

Well, I guess if this is a fantasy land where I could fish it everynight, and it holds allot of big fish, and it wasn't in downtown Bridgeport,.Whats wrong with the port Thats where I caught my first striper,one time a guy threated me for throwing back schoolies.man I don't miss fishing there.

YES. Pm me the spot.:cputin: sure I'll fish it all the time.

I fish several locations that will produce several fifties over the next ten years, these same locales will also produce even more nights of nothin, nada, zip, zero, el-skunko... and if ya miss that one night.. well, you all know the rest of the story....

but,....
they will also provide enjoyable nights of catching fish, some large, some small, and even if the fish aren't there, they will also provide evenings of solitude, soul cleansing, and head clearing........ evenings of companionship with good friends and good times, and many memories.....

there are NO Guaruntees... it's fishing!

If you knew of a spot that would definitely give up a 50lb striper in the next 10 years, would you fish that one & only spot every night, and foresake all others? :spin:


10 years is a long time...

I like change, so my answer is NO. Somenights I like to hear the roar of the surf beating the sand, somenights I like to hear the rolling of the rocks as the wave recedes back into the ocean...not to mention that I would like to think that I already fish more than 1 spot that may produce a 50lb. class fish. So on one of those nights that I didn't catch the 50 at the guaranteed spot, I'd be saying to myself...

"I should have gone to blah, blooh, blah spot instead, I bet they were there tonight..."

...and God only knows, I say that enough already...so my answer is definately NO. :)


All you can do is put yourself in a right place, at a right time...and pray,,,because no-one really knows "THE", right place and time.


..sorry Karl, we must have been posting at de same time

Nope. I hate fishing the same spot all the time. And some spots I hate fishing period, I don't care what's there. You'd never see me fishing the canal, even if 50's were being hooked every other cast.

I like to mix it up, keep it interesting and find where the fish are. Like others have said, I'd rather have consistent fish in the 20's-30's than one 50.

You'd never see me fishing the canal, even if 50's were being hooked every other cast



You'd NEVER hear me say that :eek5:

The Canal is a BIG place, and when fish are feeding on top...they can be taken anywhere in that ditch...and for the bottom seekers, there are some nice alley ways and pockets down there too.. Don't get hung-up on the HR area...way OVER-RATED and POPULATED. If Canal reports had verified 50s on "every other cast", I'd rush down there ASAP! It can be a fun place to catch fish...but,,,,stay away from the crowds, some people don't get the drift ;)

...funny thing is, the Canal is one of those places you could confine yourself to. It has quite a few species that venture in and out and take residence through-out the season...sorry :topic:

My answer is still NO...Krispy :D

I like to try a lot of different places....its part of what I enjoy about fishing. I'm always moving around (a Little harder thanx to the gas prices). If a place was going to cough up a 50 I'd probably swing by it a few extra time a season but I couldn't fish it every night....I like variety.


...and I love the Canal, Going to spend quite a few nights there this year. :D

interesting subject. i hear what you're asking, krispy.

personally, i fish many spots that are known for "giving up" a 50 or having a solid chance at getting that 50. do i fish them, yup. will i fish only one of those spots every night in a given month if i knew that one night it would "give up" a 50? probably not. i will fish the spots where i feel they are just as good to give up that 50, maybe more so at spot "b" or "c" than this spot "a" we might be ficticiously referring to. maybe on that given tide, wind, moon, month, current condions, or whatever, the other spot(s) might be a better percentage for that queen. i won't wait to be "lucky", but put experience in my favor of being where that 50, or large in general, will be.

two more points... 1.) any night i can just get out to fish is a bonus over the last year or so. sometimes i dont care that much about what particular spot i am at, but that i know i have a good chance of having something pulling in stripes on the other end.

2.) many can simply fish one spot and as DZ said, that spot will most likely have "it's day". but, the person that understands how to read a fishing area and understands the current conditions (tide, wind, patterns, etc.) put themselves in the "spot" that might best yield that 50.

Fish , wherever and whenever you can. Be sure to enjoy yourself. Let fate worry about the 50's!

Lots more to fishing than catching that lunker.
Some of my best times fishing were days I got skunked.
So my answer wouldbe no.
While I do fish to catch fish, I fish to enjoy first. Sometimes its the company, surroundings, solitude, relaxation, weather, or just to watch some others having a good time. All depends on mood.
There is something about watching some tourist's kid that is seeing the Atlantic for the first time,,,,, and then catching their first ever schoolie that makes fishing good.
Or an oldtimers stories of times gone by when you could fish anywhere and sell your catch for enough to subsidise a fishing vacation that is good.
Even having a "know-it-all" telling you how they would do something (and realise they were really messed up) that can make me enjoy a good grin.
To fish 1 spot for 10 yrs. as a priority, and possibly miss some of this? Naw, not my idea of why I fish.
To each their own though.

Fish , wherever and whenever you can. Be sure to enjoy yourself. Let fate worry about the 50's!


I agree with saltheart... fish whenever you can...
to put all your eggs in one basket i would say no..there are places that will produce 50's consistently but there are also other spots where you could have a 200+ pound night easily

interesting responses here, I have to agree with you guys that would rather have consistent, good fish, rather than that one 50. After all, 50 IS just a number and that is not what it is all about. I have been having a ball just catching the 14 inch schoolies lately, all I really ask if for a couple of keepers here and there to feed my face!
The famous Thoreau quote applies here: "Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after"

Only 50 I ever got was the 50 lbs. I gained after I quit smokin!