Ive always had a boat since i was a kid ,and bagged some big fish . a couple of years ago I went surf fishing and landed a 22 lb striper . its alot more fun landing a fish on the beach than the boat for sure .. happy hunting !!!

Done both, but like Slip says.


[QUOTE]= Karl F > " i'm sure somebody here can piss in my shoe for me" :)

Karl, can you say that on this site. :huh: :grins:

There are really not too many guys who can go out at night, in a boat, close to shore on an open-ocean beach - and fish for trophy fish...Those who can are killer anglers, but there are very few of them.

For most boat guys, striper fishing is a day-time pursuit with good numbers of fish and a lot of keepers - but not too many fish over twenty pounds. Surfcasters often migrate toward boats later in life, but few become really skilled boatmen and fewer still top their personal bests from shore...People uderestimate the skills needed to be a confident inshore fisherman from a boat and they simply don't get there unless they start fairly young.

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Bass and blues preferably from shore or yak. Boat for fluke, bones, FAs and others.

I love both but for years now it has been boat all the way. I guess I spent too much time fishing the surf on Cuttyhunk and Nashawena as a yungster . The boat takes me back to the same places but from a much better advantage point and to many more in one nights time. For those of you that said boat during the day time you don't know what you are missing in a boat at night with eels calm waters fish on every few casts and Clammers pants falling down to his ankles every time he gets one half way back to the boat:laughs: It is magic out there at night and all you day guys I thank you for leaving it to Goose and I at night:wiggle: That said I do miss the fires on the beach at the westend around midnight throwing swimmers into the surf as far as you can in hopes that a large lady from the pigs comes in close. And Bill I get that same feeling the wind in your face running across B Bay last light or first light coming back home its something that fills the mind and soul for sure.

good post joe.

This season is my 1st with a skiff so I'll be going out in that and I am excited about it, in fact I'm heading out this afternoon in it. But I did a little wading Fri afternoon and it was great to get out in water all alone and hear nothing but the birds and the waves gently lapping with a beatiful sunset. I never want to give up the surf and shore casting experience and thankfully I'm in an area that overs great opportunity for both.