A Fishermans Ocean

[LinesidesontheFly]

I found this book a couple years back at Borders. It is written by David A. Ross, Ph.D. a scientist emeritis at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
The books turn Marine Science into clear , easy to read, information as it relate to Stripers.
It covers inshore, nearshore, and offshore environments. Currents, tides and rips. Fish behavior, senses and biology. Weather and moon phases.
I think I am a better fisherman now because of this book and many others. You might want to give it a try.

[goosefish]

I agree--the book is worth reading. Ross tries to take the dryness out of marine science, and for the most part does. His chapters on general oceanography, and fish biology are better than his chapters on how to fish.

[beachwalker]

Good resource. A bit heavy reading but information if one can dicepher it

[LinesidesontheFly]

I have a number of places I fish for Stripers. The books greatest benefit to me has been an aid in narrowing down the choices. Generally speaking I am better able pick the place I will fish at on a particular day all things considered.
Then again my best day ch#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&g clams in the surf last season occured at 10:00 a.m. in September at dead low tide. The sun was high in the sky and it was hot as hell. Go figure? Four fish between 35"-41". I fully expected to get skunked.
I firmly believe what an old timer told me once. " Nothing is etched in stone. The best time to fish is when you can. If the fish were that predictable it would be called catching not fishing."

[goosefish]

The striped bass may not be the greatest gamester of the sea--though there are many on this site who believe they are--but they are unpredictable, and they play the hard to get game well. I learn about the bass when I fail to catch the bass, and it's in this failing that keeps me going night after night. The more the angler knows about the fish, the tides, lunar phases, sea states, bait movement, turbidity, the better are his chances--and for many of us it makes the pursit all the more enjoyable

[Nebe]

The thing is though, As we learn more and more about bass, and we can become more adept at cathing them, Is it still as fun as struggeling to catch a keeper a day?? I just see these boat guys with thier GPS, fishfinders, and wire line and think where is the sport in that??? The thrill is in the hunt, but going out on a boat, marking fish on a fishfinder and yanking on in after another isn't very sporty to me....
Kinda off subject, but I had to vent.
Learning how bass think and where they go at certian times, and then chasing them on foot is a whole different story

[JohnR]

Originally posted by Eben
The thing is though, As we learn more and more about bass, and we can become more adept at cathing them, Is it still as fun as struggeling to catch a keeper a day?? I just see these boat guys with thier GPS, fishfinders, and wire line and think where is the sport in that??? The thrill is in the hunt, but going out on a boat, marking fish on a fishfinder and yanking on in after another isn't very sporty to me....

That is where we as anglers need to switch things up to maintain the challenge. OK - you know you can got to spot A and have a 70% shot at a rat to mid keeper, "counting" an eel, now you need to switch it up and discover some new water with, say, a needlefish. Or working places that give up less fish for bigger. Or foll 'em with a fly rod. Make the approach the challenge too

[LinesidesontheFly]

Fly fishing the surf at night is the one place that I have personally had very little success. I still swear by the low light hours around dawn and dusk.

[goosefish]

A big part of the fun in boat fishing is really knowing how to use the fish-finding electronics. Too many don't really understand how to read a fish-finder, loran, GPS, radar. They get by with what they know, but don't go that extra step. Another thing a boat fisherman does is religiously records in a book--spots, rocks, ledges, and he knows how to set up on these spots, not wasting a bunch of time in anchoring or drifting. As for wire, again not all the wire liners understand really what is going on back there. Boat speed vs. current speed, the ratio of wire out to depth and hull speed through the water. Roughly 8:1.
And the boat guys that I know love boat fishing, take it seriously, catch good fish--but I do love when they get skunked and i don't.
Too, I think all of us on this site, a day on the water is a day on the water, enjoy it while its here.
I'II take a spot on the rocks anyday, but an invite to go boat fishing, drift around for fluke, tog, or wire a bass, I still find hard to resist.

[Clammer]

Eben S))))))))))0000000000 what your saying is you don,t want any boat trips++++++++++++++++

[fishweewee]

Originally posted by Clammer
Eben S))))))))))0000000000 what your saying is you don,t want any boat trips++++++++++++++++

Mike, it don't count if it's from a boat. Unless it's a bloofish.

[Clammer]

Had a fish on yesterday ========but lost it
does it count =it was from shore??????????

[Rappin Mikey]

Yeah but have you ever fished from the limb of a tree with a thirty pack??

[Nebe]

Originally posted by Clammer
Eben S))))))))))0000000000 what your saying is you don,t want any boat trips++++++++++++++++

um... uh..... duh....


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