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[QUOTE=Pete_G;446905]Being bashed ON the rocks is what scares me. If I'm on rocks where there's more rocks behind me, anything above the knees sends me running.
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I was slammed this yr.On a T jetty in NJ.Big ground swell.Bailin nice fish..I was in a trance looking at a wall of water.
I remember thinkin to myself wow thats a big wave..
It blasted me like a 300 lb lineman an thru me back 10 ft back on the rock on my back..
I didn't have a scrape.or a bruise..Got up my friend asked me if i was alright.Looked like he had seen a ghost..The big guy was watchin over me that day..
As time goes on the legs don't have as much will to do some of the things i used to.Or at least as many of the things i used to..
Standin on a barof bowling ball rocks over my waiste in Montauk as 3-6'6" guys keep pushing out is not really as much fun as it used to be.especially when its cold an they are not biting..
There seems to be a risk reward factor I still will be willing to breach when the all is right..
I also Have way less fear at night.I look at some of the things I have done in the daylight an I scratch my head....
I had scary crossing one night to a island when there was alot more current than expected..We pushed the envelope try to get to this spot early.we had on our wetsuits but the 150 yd crossing was not going as planned..I ended up usin my pole to push me the last 30 yds..
One of my friends broke away an was only a few yds from no return..
We got up on the beach relieved an went an caught some fish..
Now a days I weigh the comfort level against the productivity.
Still getting overly abused by the waves gets old fast an keepin one eye on the water.an one eye on what I'm doing hurts my head..
So i find myself fishing spots like the oldtimers section in the canal..It's as close to Tom Mc Cann fishing as u can get..
When the surf calls I can still here it..
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