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Thanks for the replies. I have an idea how it could be - spent some time fishing for stripers directly below a large dam for stripers where the current was going pretty good. I was a total rookie then, and apprached it with far too light equipment. Part of that was listening to others, and the other part was my fly fishing pre-occupation at the time. In spite of myself, we used to catch mid-twenty pounders on a semi-regular basis. As I mentioned in the second post - I am in a rut and am fishing schoolie spots at non-opportune times.
I know you guys are not being boastful, or touting your own horn, you just have a lot of experience and knowledge and know what you are doing. That is part of the reason I love reading these boards. I want to put the info that I piece together from these boards, along with some time out on the water to get to appraoch where you and a lot of the other folks are. I am just needing to put some time in and advance my learning curve. I used to have a buddy that was exclusively into flyfishing and he taught me soooo much - that I will always be indebted to him for what he taught me. Unfortunately for me - he moved out to Idaho and I lost touch with him. He was a great angler and a even better person. I don't have someone to compare notes, techniques, push me and I am trying to put the pieces together with the surf rod now. I used to be almost a flyrod purist for a number of years, but I really have been digging the plugs and plastics the last two years and find it just as challenging and tremendous fun. I probably never will come near some of the regulars here, but man it is fun trying. Heck, I am looking for a motor for an old Sears lathe I have to start turning plugs, and I haven't done a bot of yard work in 2 months...lol.
I am going to be stocking up on some jigs and get the old ambassador 7000c3 loaded up with some braid to head back out there and hopefully get into a fish that doubles over the old fiberglass rod and get the heart pumping.
Appreciate all the replies.
Pete
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