On your typical fishing outing, how long do you typically fish? I'm thinking boat fishing might be longer than shore fishing.

3-5 hours...typically!

2-3 hours from the shore. If the fish are around and my timing is good it shouldn't take longer than that to secure a good skunking...

If I have the free time 6-8 hours is about the norm. I’ll often due shorter trips but only if forced to due to other obligations.

Because I have a bit of a drive, I don't bother if I can't stay at least 3 hours or so. Typical shore trip for me is 4-6 hours.

it ALL depends,,,,,,,,,,,,,

tournament, or knot?
6 hours a night unless i find the BITE~~~
non-tourney; 3-5 hours two to four udl's

solo, or in a group?
as much as is warranted per spot~~~
group; go with the flow

fishing window, unlimited weekender?
2-4 hrs if the missus needs me to be coherent after dawn~~~
w/ender; let the tides dictate the where and the duration
typically~~~fish hard and fish long to catch COWS!!!!
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Anywhere from 45 minutes to 6+ hours.

I'd say 3-5 hours typically, but since I live close to the water, I find myself taking more and more quick trips of like 1-2 hours.

1-4 hours are typical of my trips.

4-6 hours for me......then the back starts screaming

during the week 2-3 hours.

if im doing an all nighter - usually fish an entire tide.

mostly 1-2 hrs lately as that's all I can sneak away for, if I'm with other people then I go with the flow, of course if I'm into fish there's no leaving until the bite stops

I'm about to spend my annual 2 weeks in Maine. I generally fish 3-5 hours per day. 2 or 3 of those days I'll be out on a friends boat....we spend the whole day each time....8-9 hours. (Last trip, a few weeks ago, we were out 11 and a half hours)

I'm about to spend my annual 2 weeks in Maine. I generally fish 3-5 hours per day. 2 or 3 of those days I'll be out on a friends boat....we spend the whole day each time....8-9 hours. (Last trip, a few weeks ago, we were out 11 and a half hours)

Please keep us S-B-ers informed here if you happen onto a few fish, Joe.

Aerial maps, GPS, parking locations, and we want it all in real time...:laugha:

2 to 4 hrs every morning

Because I have a bit of a drive, I don't bother if I can't stay at least 3 hours or so. Typical shore trip for me is 4-6 hours.

Similar here since I trailer a boat to-and-from I want to make my time worth it, however 8+ hours is not unheard of.

I'm about to spend my annual 2 weeks in Maine. I generally fish 3-5 hours per day. 2 or 3 of those days I'll be out on a friends boat....we spend the whole day each time....8-9 hours. (Last trip, a few weeks ago, we were out 11 and a half hours)

One of three things are going on here:
1. A lot of drinking
2. A lot of catch and release
3. A lot of not finding fish.
How the hell can you stay out for 11 1/2 hours and be fishing 3 days a week. Man, you must have the best job in the world!:confused:

Because its a bit of a drive the minimum will be 4 hours. Most weekend excursions are 6-15 hours. The only trips that are shorter are after a crappy thursday at work, 1.5 hours each way and fish for about 2 hours.

4-6 hrs hour drive each way plus boat clean up makes an added 3 hrs to my fishing day.

scout an hour or 2. If i find good fish, i stay longer and stay til I stop catching fish, regardless of how long.

too long usually. Never been good at know when enough is enough.
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There is no such thing as too long...enough is never enough...fish are hitting...we're staying....slow day...we're still staying!

I get 1-4.This year so far I have been on 1-3 hour tours.A couple kayak hauls almost hit 4 hours.The areas I fish are not spring spots so it starts off very slow.As the season progresses I fish until I am almost single.

usually my surf fishing shore trips are all nighters..but if im not doing an all nighter typically just 3-6 hours...i dont rlly know i loose track of time out there lol

I actually just got in from a commando trip. Left my house at 12:30, started fishing in Gansett about 1:30 and got back to my office 15 minutes ago. Fairly typical trip for me with 2 hours of total driving and roughly 2.5 hours of fishing. 4.5-5 hours total...gonna be a long day though..:sleeps:

When the beaches open up for drive on I will take long weekends and fish up to 16 hour days (not all hard fishing, only do that at night). Right now, about six hours a day 3 days a week.:wavey:

drive time round trip about and hour give or take.fish from shore about 2 hours then have to get out because of tide.

I fish approimately4-5 hours

Please keep us S-B-ers informed here if you happen onto a few fish, Joe.

Aerial maps, GPS, parking locations, and we want it all in real time...:laugha:

LOL. I'll get the hatcam ready.

One of three things are going on here:
1. A lot of drinking
2. A lot of catch and release
3. A lot of not finding fish.
How the hell can you stay out for 11 1/2 hours and be fishing 3 days a week. Man, you must have the best job in the world!:confused:

My last trip, a few weeks ago, we stayed out 11 1/2 hours. It was on a weekend. We spent the first couple hours catching Macks and pollack on subikis for bait. Would of wrapped up a few hours earlier except for my 16 year old son who refuses to quit (which I admire.). No drinking, plenty afterwards (not my son). All catch and release. 10 or 12 fish boated up to 14 lbs. I know that's not good for such a long trip.

an hour or 2 before and after work...but i live close to the water...

The tide. Top of the incoming to the bottom, usually.:kewl:

the worst is when fishing the Elizabeths with Jim. Leave his house at midnite, on the water at 1:30, fish till 3 or 4 pm. By this time we both look like Marty Feldman on a bender. Then reverse the process, back at my house by 7 pm. Screws me up for 2 days. :spin:

4 - 6 - 8 depends on what life has in store for me on that given day.

Tough question to answer for someone with various responsibilities. Before the marriage, mortgage, baby, home-owning responsibilities, etc/yada/yada shtufff.....It wouldn't be abnormal to pull double shifts, 16+ hrs chasing different species across both states, while grabbing a bite to eat or dropping off fish in between, so I guess technically, I couldn't count the drive time from place to place. .......:(:(...Aaaaaah, the good ole days.

Strangely enough, even though I used to fish A LOT, I could never say I fished everyday. I'm still not sure how some people can ........or claim to. :huh:....I'm jealous I guess, but I wouldn't want to do it for a living, that I'm SURE of.

...before I get hopped on.... I didn't always set my focus on stripers, I would target anything that got close enough to shore,...from the early morning Scup/Tautog bite...endless hours jigging up Macks of different flavors...atlantic, spanish, tinkers to footlongs (when you could actually catch a good amount from shore), squid, butterfish, tommy cod...jiggin or live-baiting for Fluke, minnow trap was always in the trunk, after a LONG day or night in Newport, ...a visit to the Melville pier was a must.....as well as a stop by the Manchester bridge in Tiv. (as we called it) for some snappers, that was always a GREAT time...:D BlooCrabbin was in the mix obviously....the list goes on and on. I absolutely lived to fish.

People would ask me what the holes in some of the fish were ..:laughs:.., I would live bait a lot......once the fish went limp, back in the bucket for someone's frying pan. aaaaaaaaaaaaah, the white bucket days,,,, how I miss them.

Thanks for letting me re-live some memories.

last year was 4-5 hours.

this year just getting out is a major morale boost. all night would be nice, but i don't think that's realistic for me anymore. i got a few spots where i think there's a 2 hour window of good fishing. i'll shoot for that. between travel and fishing, it's a 4-5 hour event.

:claps::claps::claps: - I applaud you guys & gals that have such long commutes in order to reach the salt. I've always considered myself Blessed to live 5 minutes away from the salt, and only minutes from either R.I. or the Big "D" area, (1/2 hr to Npt...40min to the "D"), yes..it's nice being in the middle with a respectable river only a rock throw away from my own house...

I remember being in Ohio on business recently and upon speaking to the locals, I was saddened to learn that some have never been to a body of saltwater, never mind fishing in it. I guess you can't miss what you don't know....:huh:

...before I get hopped on.... I didn't always set my focus on stripers, I would target anything that got close enough to shore,...from the early morning Scup/Tautog bite...endless hours jigging up Macks of different flavors...atlantic, spanish, tinkers to footlongs (when you could actually catch a good amount from shore), squid, butterfish, tommy cod...jiggin or live-baiting for Fluke, minnow trap was always in the trunk, after a LONG day or night in Newport, ...a visit to the Melville pier was a must.....as well as a stop by the Manchester bridge in Tiv. (as we called it) for some snappers, that was always a GREAT time...:D BlooCrabbin was in the mix obviously....the list goes on and on. I absolutely lived to fish.

People would ask me what the holes in some of the fish were ..:laughs:.., I would live bait a lot......once the fish went limp, back in the bucket for someone's frying pan. aaaaaaaaaaaaah, the white bucket days,,,, how I miss them.

Thanks for letting me re-live some memories.

Wow.Sounds like you have really lived the coast life and know the waters like the back of your hand. I really could have seen growing up like that, but the paths went a different way. It sounds great.

It's never long enough.

I generally get in a half hour on weekdays before work, manage about 45 minutes on lunch break, and if my girls don't have a softball practice or game, about an hour at night. Saturdays and sundays, trips are longer, typically 2-5 hours. Doesn't seem to matter how long I spend, the results are still almost nothing. :D

Wow.Sounds like you have really lived the coast life and know the waters like the back of your hand. I really could have seen growing up like that, but the paths went a different way. It sounds great.

I wouldn't go as far as saying I know them "like the back of my hand", ...but I used to get around ;)
It's sad at how much access I've seen taken away. Anyone who's fished Newport long enough can remember quite a few areas that are now completely inaccessible from shore...water line or not, you just can't get to em' anymore. The "Drive" used to have a LOT more access, few will remember.....

I must say though, yes...it was GREAT.

When I fish my home area it's only a 10-minute ride so most of my trips are 4-hours, two hours either side of the tide.

When the fishing is good or traveling to fish 8-10 hours is the norm.

I used to fish for 2-3 days straight now I hit the wall at 18-20 hours and usually fish 9-10hrs. in order to catch two slack tides.