[Rockport24]

you guys all sound like very experienced stripermen, and by the sound of this thread it seems like you all agree that surfcasting for stripers is on the decline overall. Is this true and if so why do you guys think that is? Are there just less stripers around now than say, 5-10 years ago?

Fishing from shore is slow for me, but that is because I am a beginner and I have a lot of work to do. But I grew up always going to the beach with my parents so I feel at home on the beach and that is why surfcasting just appealed to me, we never had a boat so boats are foreign to me and I am not 100% comfortable on a boat, that is not to say I would not get a boat and learn the ropes if I had the money, and you do need the money for a boat, some of you guys mentioned small 19' boats, you could buy all the best surfcasting equipment, Van Stall, all that stuff and still come in cheaper than a boat!