Oct. OTW - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

Karl F · 09-19-2005, 02:55 PM

Got Spots?

complete with park here, stand here, and cast here..
great for the Mc'Fishermen....
Rhody Guys, I feel your pain.

doyle007 · 09-19-2005, 03:11 PM

wow, is the article that detailed? i don't get that magazine, and they don't sell it anywhere near me here in southern NJ, but i'd be bent if they did an article that is super specific. one of the two major saltwater fly fishing magazines just had an article about the western coast of CT that was super detailed. it's one thing for a publication to point out how and why, but exactly where is another issue altogether.

by the way, once i get a copy of October's OTW, who wants to join me in RI?

chris L · 09-19-2005, 03:14 PM

thats what happens with all the internet experts out there . all of a sudden they have writing skills . So they give up the info that someone else told them . Its not all the writers just some of them .

I like the writers that give how to info .

Slipknot · 09-19-2005, 03:23 PM

Chris, it wasn't an internet writer

I could not belive what I was reading either, and it wasn't just RI

If a spot is common knowledge, that is one thing mentioning it but to take ya by the hand and explain what to throw, when and where, that's a bit much

Skitterpop · 09-19-2005, 03:33 PM

has changed.............

zacs · 09-19-2005, 03:45 PM

OH well..

tattoobob · 09-19-2005, 04:01 PM

The past year and a half I have noticed the OTW has been doing this
to many out of the way spots. It just isn't right let these newbies find
there own spots, do the leg work

snake slinger · 09-19-2005, 04:06 PM

i havent seen it yet who wrote the article?

zacs · 09-19-2005, 04:27 PM

Steve McKenna

Nebe · 09-19-2005, 04:55 PM

oh boy...

ThrowingTimber · 09-19-2005, 04:59 PM

I dont subscribe, can someone relay the info. on ri via pm.

BigFish · 09-19-2005, 05:01 PM

Ron Powers from OTW does it month in and month out....burning all the south shore spots...he is a jackass!

Lays out the entire where to park...where to go, where not to go....how you shouldn't be there but do this anyway!!!

afterhours · 09-19-2005, 05:18 PM

somebody has to talk to that boy

Nebe · 09-19-2005, 05:21 PM

BigFish · 09-19-2005, 05:23 PM

So which writer is the "Hero"?????

PNG · 09-19-2005, 06:07 PM

WoW - what is that guy thinking

The only thing missing are the 8x10 color glossy photo's, hand drawn will just have to do.

Why did he do it?

Speculations;

Axe to grind with someone or thing?
Doesnt realize what he did?
Doesnt care?
Why did the editor let that get out?

Better install a deli counter number machine... "Spot open for number 74, anyone got 74?"

choggieman · 09-19-2005, 07:09 PM

I wonder if he is listing all the places he used to fish and omitting the spots he fishes now. I saw a post once by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&, steves fishing buddy, that was spot specific and his reason was that he could be specific because he doesn't fish there anymore..........

Diggin Jiggin · 09-19-2005, 07:29 PM

I got mine today and was floored by it. I even showed my wife, I just could not believe what I was reading.

Anyone try and find the good color sluggo's after the last OTW article on them

I guess they are like any other business, and need to sell magazines to a large demographic. Lets face it, most of the guys that fish aren't all that serious or comitted, and this will appeal to them in a big bad way.

Reminds me of the pre-tied striper bait hooks I got for xmas one year from a well meaning relative who knew I liked to fish. Hey it says striper on it, that must be what he needs.

Next thing you know those spots are gonna look like the east end of the canal on a saturday night.

Time to break out the lantern boys, it's getting dark..

Pete_G · 09-19-2005, 07:53 PM

The new OTW hasn't shown up in the shop yet.

And I'm scared to even look in it when it does.

BigFish · 09-19-2005, 07:54 PM

No one wants to let us who don't have our copies yet know who the fool is?

MAC · 09-19-2005, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigFish

No one wants to let us who don't have our copies yet know who the fool is?

Did you read the whole thread?

Slipknot · 09-19-2005, 07:59 PM

bigfish, read the thread again, it's here

cheferson · 09-19-2005, 08:00 PM

Look up a few posts Bigfish

MAC · 09-19-2005, 08:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slipknot

bigfish, read the thread again, it's here

No wonder Larry has so many posts

BigFish · 09-19-2005, 08:03 PM

Got it...sorry missed that post! Thanks...what a cheesehead Steve McKenna is!

Slipknot · 09-19-2005, 08:21 PM

quoted by nebe: well i had a freind read it to me over the phone.. im not pissed at all.

those spots are 'has been' spots. kinda like some of the old spots you read about on the cape that no longer produce like they used to.

if anything i am glad, as it will send the googans in the wrong direction.

Steve is no fool.. i fish with him occasionally and while i am surprised at this, i'm not going to loose sleep over it.
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come on nebe, when's the last time you fished at the knob?
I understand what you are saying though.
It's still surprising to see it all laid out you have to admit.
alot of people are gonna be pissed off, what about trash and parking issues that can happen when crowds show up because of this?

Nebe · 09-19-2005, 08:25 PM

good point, i should say that the 2 spots close to me have been slow producers for the past 2 seasons.

I guess the key to the game is to stay off the map and avoid any areas where people already fish.. 'make your own spots'.. kind of like bassmaster's 'make your own reports'

i will have to read it in person though.

Karl F · 09-19-2005, 08:58 PM

Most places he mentioned are well known, by name, the thing that got me, was the detail, and the hand drawn maps with the X's,. and the park here, stand here, cast here, 5 spots to better your chances at a forty this fall

....
is he trying to divert a crowd, if these spots are passe as ebay, er, nebe (

)
said?
A generic mention of a place, fine, but 8x10's with circles and arrows, and a paragraph on the back explaining the circles and arrows

.. c'mon (apologies to Arlo Guthrie for stealing his line)
One thing to steer someone in the right direction,but, this was waaaay too explicit, and like Slip said, do these area's need more pressure, traffic, litter, and increase folks ire over overcrowding, and what goes with that?....

Redsoxticket · 09-19-2005, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nebe

well i had a freind read it to me over the phone.. im not pissed at all.

those spots are 'has been' spots. kinda like some of the old spots you read about on the cape that no longer produce like they used to.

if anything i am glad, as it will send the googans in the wrong direction.

Steve is no fool.. i fish with him occasionally and while i am surprised at this, i'm not going to loose sleep over it.

I agree w/ Nebe on his statement above.

I went to Steve's seminar on that was held at the Jamestown Striper Club. There were about twenty people that attended with me being the only one from S-B. There was a similiar seminar at the West Valley Inn the previous nite that I did not attend but there were 300 people.

I have yet to read the article but it must be the same information he described at the seminar.

I am applying this knowledge to better understand how to fish other locations that I'm presently aware of and those that I yet to explore.

Steve is a cool guy. There are worst things in life to bicker about then castrate a sharpie that is trying to better others lifes if they can make the connection.

jkswimmer · 09-19-2005, 09:13 PM

At one of these spots there has been talk on this site, of parking problems already.