I hope everyone's been out there getting some good fish lately as it seems they are most definitely around. I love how the season always begins and ends with the best fish.
Anyway...with the fiance away on business this weekend, the moon being a mere sliver in the sky, and it being the first week in October, I'm looking to fish all Jonny Hardcore style.
Before I head out, I had a few questions, and I figure yah'l could help me out with one point or another.
1. - To fish the ditch do you need to be able to hurl 4 oz. of lead clear across the canal and retrieve it without losing it? Will I lose every jig in my bag if I try and fish it? Should I just take a twenty dollar bill throw it in the canal instead of the jigs and start chunking? Does chunking work in the ditch?
2. - Why do I suck at fishing eels? I do just fine with plugs, but can barely manage a fish with eels. I want to fish them. I like the idea of fishing them. However, I usually finish the night empty handed with a sore back from casting the slimy freaks all night.
3. - I'd like to venture out to the backside beaches. Which one's have structure this year as my Nauset sticker only admits me to a big flat sand parking lot.
4. - Where does BM live? I'd like to steal all his pikies and needlefish....
5. - My regular fishing partners are all busy this weekend. If anyone would like to meet up and fish these backside beaches with me, that would be cool too.
6. - Why does my car smell different (ie. bad) now that I've been fishing a whole lot lately?
7. - Is it difficult to deal with braided line on a spinning reel? I've never used it, and it makes more sense to me.
8. - I'm looking to pick up a conventional reel. Do they take a long time to get used to and cast productively? That "backlash" thing sounds like a real pain. Albeit, I don't even know what that "backlash" thing is, but it still sounds like a real pain.
I appreciate any and all help. Feel free to PM me with advice and your secrets spots.
Keepin' it reel...
Andrew