[QUOTE=Ed B;500398]Hey, that might make you a boat fisherman.
Yikes! You’re right Ed. From now on I’m flying to Block (not).
To actually help answer J’s question: There have been very few instances in my surfcasting life where great boat fishing has equated to just as good surf fishing. More often than not it is just the opposite.
To site just a few examples: I’ve been on Block where the boat guys have done a good number all around the island and the surf gang has fished a virtual wasteland at the same time. Another time at Montauk (Shagwong) I fished from a boat (I know, I know, Blasphemy) and took big bass on every pass just a hundred or so yards off the beach. An hour later I hit that same beach expecting that the surf guys were mauling the bass - 50 guys and not a single bass taken from that beach. Special sets of circumstances make up great surfcasting – they don’t occur very often and that makes you appreciate them more. My surfcasting size and catch rate hasn’t been that great this season (until last night). But I’m still having a great time “practicing”. Our fish will come.