just some points of information and to clarify..............
i have spent many hours on charters (private and group),
i've logged numerous trips tonging grouper on buddies boats, and
landing snook in the back country of SW FL on friends flats boats,
i've landed trophy tarpon off of Useppa Island, FL from "the fighting chair",
and have caught many sm, lm, and fresh water striped bass from bass and john boats in OK...................
with the 110# Tarpon, the boat set the hook and helped to position
me properly for the fight; which, incidently was a double header with
my brother and me ~~what a BLAST, that was!!! prolly very different
with big stripers and since i've yet to hook one from a boat, i'll grant you that point.
with regards to likwids dismantling of my physics lesson.........
dooood, lighten it up a bit ~the majority of that was tongue in cheek.
however, i will counter with the point that this thread was about the ease of FISHING and not about catching. and if you think that it's not easier to fire up the engines and motor from "reachable" blitz to "reachable' blitz, then perhaps yer not motoring right, since anyone with half a noggin knows you don't just motor on top of a blitz, but you should work the edges of them, eh? and how many times from the shore has The BLITZ been out of reach for you? hence, the mere fact that you CAN get to the blitz means that boating is not only easier, it's more effective in this regard, wouldn't you say?
when the weather goes to crap, i stay out in it. it is some of my favorite fishing, to a degree. to clarify, i was referrring to "good" conditions in a comparison of the two disciplines. since when is rockhopping (in equally good conditions) not harder than positioning yerself right where your GPS, sonar, and fish finder tells you to set-up ~*while standing there in yer deck shoes/flip-flops and shorts?*
most of my spots are, on average, a 3/4 mile hike (one way) to get to the casting area. then it's time to work the shore for a mile or two, to MAYBE find the BITE, then it's back to the nissan.........and that's just one spot, bro! incidently, i very rarely fish beaches ~only once or twice a season~ depending on who i'm with.
and to answer your slap about menhaden; i have found pogies close to shore and snag them all the time,
but how far do you reckon they are away from the ultimate spot i'll be fishing on any given night? do you actually believe that a bait bucket is better than a live well? and that was my point, in its entirity!
with boats, you have the decided advantage of keeping yer pogies ALIVE, for HOURS at a time, and more power to ya!! LIVE wells are great! i'm working on rigging my fishmoblie with one as we speak, *it's the recirculation of the saltwater that keeps giving me fits
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when i said they would run to OBX that was a complete exagerration for emphasis, m'man. i realize that the big gurls sound ~been there, done that, and lost plenty to my googanity from the rocks.............haven't lost any big fish from a boat though. do ya suppose that's because it's easier to position yerself on a boat's deck
rather than chasing her over goat-like promentories?
luv yer take on this discussion, likwid, and i always value yer opinion.
just do not agree with ya on this one.........for MANY reasons. any thoughts on my earlier questions about why boat comm's FAR outnumber shore comm's, and the same goes for shore guides being MUCH less in number than boat guides?? an interesting debate, nonetheless, and someday we'll have to tip sum brews over the subject.........after sticking sum Large "somewhere" along The Striper Coast
