use what you enjoy and 'eff what anyone thinks :uhuh:

Im stubborn on locations, I will fish a spot over and over thinking that they eventually have to be there. It wont be my only spot, but I'll always hit it on most nights.
I remember doing that for 3 years, and then venturing to focus on a new area. I'm sure he wont rememebr, but I met Piemma at this new area and he told me that a few weeks earlier, they had been killing them in the exact area I had been fishing previously......I guess thats fishing

I think we need a "family issues" section of the site....

Bill, you can be my Brother in Law if you take me fishing with you! You know where my sister lives....

Family Affair
Sly & The Family Stone

It's a family affair, it's a family affair
It's a family affair, it's a family affair
One child grows up to be
Somebody that just loves to learn
And another child grows up to be
Somebody you'd just love to burn
Mom loves the both of them
You see it's in the blood
Both kids are good to Mom
"Blood's thicker than mud"
It's a family affair, it's a family affair
Newlywed a year ago
But you're still checking each other out
Nobody wants to blow
Nobody wants to be left out
You can't leave, 'cause your heart is there
But you can't stay, 'cause you been somewhere else!

You can't cry, 'cause you'll look broke down
But you're cryin' anyway 'cause you're all broke down!

It's a family affair
It's a family affair

Come on....group hug people!:bgi:


Oooopsss....Bill is that an eel in your pocket or is that a pencil popper in mine?

wow, this has turned out to be quite a thread. #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, please don't go anywhere, I think the majority of us here would like to hear from you more. You seem to always cut through the BS, reminds me of a certain older author that has his own forum on another site.

I also want to point out that if any kind of fishing was easy, then I would have landed 1000 pounds of fish this year, I'm still a newbie, I put in a lot of time, pay attention to all the factors, fish at night, study my spots as they relate to tide, wind, etc, I obsess over things and try different methods, and I still can't seem to catch keepers consistantly. If there was an "easy" method out I sure as hell haven't found it in my short surfcasting career.

"It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard ... is what makes it great." —Jimmy Dugan

Eels, plugs, bunker, chunker - in the end it's about Bass

if your a shore angler you should know to fish eels,live line bait,bait on the bottom, plugs and jigs. all methods work and none of it is guaranteed. why wouldn't you want to be able to adapt to different conditions? Flaptail didn't you write an article years ago that was about being able to fish using different methods? it made sense then and still does. How many times have any of us been to one of our spots and your offering ends up on shore faster than you can flip your bail. do you leave or do you grab darter or bottle plug and see if anyones home. why limit yourself.

"you say that this is a bad place to post, then don't post. I'm not saying I'm going to toss you what I am saying is that if you don't like it leave on your own accord."

That is taken out of context John, thats not what I meant..just said wrong.

I can be petty stubborn as far as technique goes! I have fished eels and loved it! The most enjoyable way to fish to me is with wooden plugs! Its just alot of fun, especially where I make my own I enjoy using them! Seeing fish hammer plugs topwater is the best! Feeling a fish strike a swimmer after dark is also a blast!! If there were guys up and down the beach catching fish on chunks or eels or on tins or on rubber.....I would stick with the method I enjoy and take my chances! I am out there to enjoy myself! I caught all my fish this year on my own wood......except 2 fish on a hopkins, 1 on a Gags needle, 1 on an Afterhours needle!!! I caught more fish this year than any other...granted there was no size to speak of but that is because they were not there! I had tons of fun fishing the way I enjoy fishing....with wood!:kewl:

Also forgot to mention...coaxing fish out of where ever they are with a piece of homemade wood is pretty challenging!

What ever you say! Your to big to argue with!:btu:

There is a method for every madness, and I'll use whatever the method I feel is going to tip the scale in my favor at that time. Live bait, lures, the sissy stick with a clouser, or a 5 ounce bucktail. Its kinda like that theres a time and a place for everything sort of deal.

:laughs: Hugs?:love:

Stick around Bill...we enjoy having you here....you really inspire folks to think out of the box! We all don't have to agree or get along...but we can still have a good time discussing it!:btu:

I agree Larry you are the most stubborn ^(%((#@$#@$@ I have ever met......can you say "Storm shad....bomber"???.....he don't budge....POINT being....do whatever floats your boat...it's fishing fer christ sake.....

I love being stubborn!:hihi:

ya...I like #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&...and all his pics........to each his own....

Someone who knows me very well has told me in the past "Eddy don't get locked in ". I know exactly what he means and I have been guilty of just that . Fishing the same beaches ,, the same way ,, year after year. I've gotten alot better now that I'm aware of it . I'm usauly armed for bear . If I got a schooly rod its winter and I'm testing plugs . You have to change it up ... new things ... I have to jig the canal more .. If the fish are on bait ,, maybe a skin plug is in order. more scouting missions ,, more moving water..

RIJ

Where,s your sister live ?????????????/:heybaby:

Clammer... you crack me up you crazy bastid

S/S

Been around long enough to know // YA can argue about fishing til the end of time . But the best thing on earth are woman , all shapes ,sizes, & colors ;;;
Gotta make sure I don,t have a L O N G [C O L D }} winter :kewl: