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plankton · 07-04-2007, 03:42 PM

well, last night was somewhat groundbreaking for me. i caught my first striper surfcasting at night, it was the largest one i've gotten from land, and it was my first fish on a needle! it wasn't huge, barely a keeper here in mass waters, but a personal best from the surf. i'm normally a boat guy, fishing from my tin skiff, but last year i started getting into suffcasting and i love it, a whole different vibe than on the boat. unfortunately, after unhooking the fish, which took longer then i would have liked, i was in a rush to get it back in the water, and i dropped my pliers on the beach. i revived the fish and it swam away and i went right back to fishing hoping there was a school passing by. as it turned out that was the only fish of the night. but about twenty minutes later i realized i'd never picked up the pliers, made a thorough search with the headlamp but came up empty. at least they were cheapies, $12.50 at the rissa show. so all in all, not a bad night. looking forward to many more!

07-04-2007, 03:42 PM	#1
plankton Australian Ambassador iTrader: (0) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bikini Bottom Posts: 250	night of firsts well, last night was somewhat groundbreaking for me. i caught my first striper surfcasting at night, it was the largest one i've gotten from land, and it was my first fish on a needle! it wasn't huge, barely a keeper here in mass waters, but a personal best from the surf. i'm normally a boat guy, fishing from my tin skiff, but last year i started getting into suffcasting and i love it, a whole different vibe than on the boat. unfortunately, after unhooking the fish, which took longer then i would have liked, i was in a rush to get it back in the water, and i dropped my pliers on the beach. i revived the fish and it swam away and i went right back to fishing hoping there was a school passing by. as it turned out that was the only fish of the night. but about twenty minutes later i realized i'd never picked up the pliers, made a thorough search with the headlamp but came up empty. at least they were cheapies, $12.50 at the rissa show. so all in all, not a bad night. looking forward to many more!