I'm not questioning if it works or not - it is unquestionably an effective method of catching. The guys I know who do it are very good.
And it is true- you can get hurt at Watch Hill or at Napatree, I do both spots regularly as well as the Avenues in Narragansett and some other spots that would curl your hair. But comparing rock hoping to swimming off into the night may not be the most accurate analogy.
I'm not the type of person who is closed to the viability of different approaches - I'm finding that there are many ways to practice our sport and that surfcasting is much more of a creative outlet than I originally thought. All I'm saying is if the guys at Montauk had our shoreline they may not have taken to swimming to the offshore rocks for elbow room.
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