Who would you fish with?
 

If you could go back in time who would you most like to fish with? who are the surf ledgends that have influenced you the most?

For me it is Tim Coleman, who I owe much of what I know






There are many more surf ledgends , name your favorite and who if you could team up with them would be your choice!

Of all of these I have fished many times with Tim Coleman and he is a great guy, tim still fishes today as much as ever. Tim has a 60 and 3 50s from block island.

Second Question!

If you were hot and heavy fishing in the late 70s and 80s where would you rather be at that time

1)Block Island

2) Cape Cod

My choice hands down! Block Island, that place was smokin them and it was never talked about!

Arnold Laine, or #^&#^&#^&#^&ie Samms, or better yet, both... if your ever up at Nelsons, look at all the old black and whites... looked like those 2 had it down.

late 70's early 80's... Cape, if it was Monomoy :D especially late summer/fall of 81.... :D

Stan Gibbs for sure. Also Charlie Cinto :kewl:
I'd love to have been on the beach with Tony Stetzko the night he caught Bertha.
It would be great to fish with all of those guys.


2. Block Island for sure.

None of the above.

Chet and the islanders. ;)

Pete Zaface
I love NY waters

Been there, done that ;) The only problem with fishing with Charlie is that you'd spend too much time ROTFLYAO. :rotf3: :rotf2:

My choice would be the Mad Russian, Sergey de Somov. He racked up eye-popping catches everywhere from Sandy Hook to the Cape, and almost everywhere in between. Won the MV Derby 2 or 3 times, always with fish over 50.

The Block would be more my style. Big water, rocks, tough fish in tough terrain. Especially when I was in my 20s. Nowadays, I'd probably rather be a sand sissy :ss:

Stan Gibbs hands down....Flaptail #2...when we going? :happy:

there's two here in town..one boat ,one beach...that could and would fish the paint's off of most....when the fish weren't on the bite these two would still fill the truck and boat every trip out.But they arn't chest beater's so you wouldn't know them even if I typed their names.

You callin steve campo old :hihi:

the cape for sure..

Campo, just to see all his plugs. :shocked:

u mean had :angel:

I want to fish with Capesams! :heybaby:

I have to plead ignorance to most of the names on the list. With that being said, I'd pick Steve McKenna. He's always more than helpful everytime I see him and I'm sure I'd learn leaps and bounds about RI Fishing.

Not sure how many BI Guys you all know but another great out there was Mat Squilante who has since gave up fishing, he smoked the doors off the bass, he was one of the first out there with charlie dodge that found out just how good the block is. Even though I am not 20 anymore I still love rocky beaches, that type of structure gets my blood going, nothing like seeing the water make up near a nice boulder, you just know there is a bass there! the block is gorgeous bass water for sure. There were many new york guys out there who smoked the fish in 80s also, I am sure DZ Can pass on some more names

Steve was out on the Block in heyday and was as good as anyone else! Steve is right up there with any surf ledgend. He is a great fisherman. I dont mention him much because I fish with him all the time so for me , he is just one of the guys, by the way, steve and I will be on the Block july 6th for the new moon! Cant wait.

JohnR...On his boat.... :uhuh:
Hi John. :wavey:

Charlie Murat, Dave Hammock, The Pergo brothers. George Heavey, #^&#^&#^&#^&y Conoyer and the others from the old Murats in No. Smithfield RI. They fished the Backbeach the right way back in the 70s. I fished with most of them and those guys could fish. 2 or 3 days straight with no sleep. Boy we did a number. :bc:

Daignault made himself a legend with photos and good story telling, plus his kids caught most of his fish for him :hihi:

I chose tim coleman. He sounds extremely humble.

anybody from this site...I'm getting tired of fishing alone.

I would love to fish with the cape beach guys.....capesams, flap, BF, BM, RM....ect..ect

You know, George Calzone's name should be on the list. i fished with George and he was 80 then. I think he is in his mid to high 80s now and still fishing the Back. Got a 63 lber to his credit.

yes lots of names could not ad them all! how about Al Pellini he got a 60 out on block also

Pie?
 

George Carlezon (sounds like carlson) ? P-town George... yeah, he knows his stuff for sure.

Cool thread. ever since I read his book striper surf I would have to go with Frank D., but if I'm on the vineyard I would have to throw Jim, alias the Sandman, onto the list.

I think if I were fishing w/ frank I'd want to be doing it from a beach chair with open ears he can spinn a good story :gu:

How come Charlie Moore isn't on the list? :laughs:

Campo. I've got a few of his plugs

Block all day.

Block, you and Steve. John could tag along as well :bl2:

I would fish with some reallly hot younger babes
but since thats not on my wife agenda . I would like to fish with arnold lane , andy lemar , kib bramhall or jack yee

I would have to say Janet Messineo and it would definately have to be the Cape.

I fish with an invisable freind, no more then one dude... sorry.

Fish sticks
 

Flaptail and BM :kewl:

Alive tody...My friends Steve Morris & a guy named TK

From the past...I agree with MikeP. on the MAd Russian but then again I think the Derby is just plain old religion

Ted
 

Patrick,

I would have to say Ted Williams and my Dad. Both are heros, Ted being a Marine Corp fighter pilot who loved his country and unfortunately the man who taught me how to fish can not go up a few stairs. This is due to years of cigarette smoking and now he is paying the price. If I could have just one day on the water with him again, I would cherish it forever.

Along w/ Relentless I would choose Teddy ballgame and also his fishing pal Curt Gowdy. ;)

Jerry sylvester would be my 2nd choice :D

I voted for Woolner but I really rather fish with Roy Leyva.
:D :D :D

i voted steve van stall and #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&. with steve, i thought that i might get a good exercise. as for #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, maybe watching him might improve my eeling skills.

however, i would like to fish with crazy alberto and BM. he is a diehard.

i would like to fish down the cape and rocky shore on RI.

the gals that make the PENN ads :kewl: thats one time I would'nt care if I caught anything and a close second would be John R and clamman but they would have to be together :smokin:

The Mad Russian
 

I'm a young guy but I have read lots about the good old days when monster bass were caught every day.

Sergey de Somov: is mentioned in "Reading the Water" by Robert Post. He was one of the best bass fisherman ever. He won the MV derby three consectutive years in a row between 1963-1965 with 52, 54,and 49 lbs bass he won again in 1969 with a 51 lb bass.

No one ever really got to fish with him. He was rumored to use lobster tails amoungst other things. He also would pick up his tackle and leave in the middle of a blitz if another fisherman was around. I'm certain he could have taught me a thing or two about pulling slobs from the surf.

http://www.mvderby.com/history/halloffame.html

I wish I had a mentor, because my Enthusiasm and drive is there, but I do spend many a night getting skunked and wandering beaches quessing rather than knowing where to go

I have never fished Block island (hope to get down this fall) but I'm going to nominate The isle of Martha's Vineyard in this debate but I'm openly biased.

I fished with Coleman in the Keys - he's a quiet "actions speak louder than words" kinda guy.

Fished with Milt Rosko last summer on an overnight cod trip - he's truely a statesman of the sport.

I wanna fish with Jimmy Buffet on the Monomoy Flats with Flap, Slip and Dipship :D

I would most like to fish with old friends who for one reason oranother 9usually family) have no time to fish anymore or who i have lost track of over the years. I really couldn't care less about fishing with celebrities but if i had to pick some people , it would be stetzko and chirappo.