Surfcasting

[SurfAngler]

...Where and when surfcasting was born ?

[Gunpowder]

... is borned??? mind if i ask for a rephrasing of the question?

[SurfAngler]

Sorry !!!

[spence]

Gunpowder...

You need a lesson in Italian.

1) Ciao bella

2) Feerrrrrrariiii

3) La dolce vita

Now that that's complete. I think he was asking how surfcasting started?

-spence

[SurfAngler]

4) Ducati

[spence]

SurfAngler,

Don't you know? Every American already has a Ducati

-spence

[chris L]

Originally Posted by spence

Gunpowder...

You need a lesson in Italian.

1) Ciao bella

2) Feerrrrrrariiii

3) La dolce vita

Now that that's complete. I think he was asking how surfcasting started?

-spence

you forgot fragile'


now its complete

[Gunpowder]

i feel soo stupid right now... thank god its friday....

[SurfAngler]

Ok guys !!!
But for my question ??
UP ! UP !
Thank you mates

[SurfAngler]

Florida ? or UK coasts ??

[onecastmike2003]

RI coast dude.... we are the best surfcasters....

[SurfAngler]

RI ??
Where is it ?

[RickBomba]

Oh jeesus, OCM, leave the Italian guy alone!
I do, however, like the fast and stoner reply!
OK time to go to the gym,
Later,
Rick

[RickBomba]

Hey, you crazy Italian bastage,
Google search "New England Stripers" and buy the book.
The last section talks about how surf fishing and surf clubs developed.
OK, time for the gym,
Lata,
Rick

[JohnR]

I'd say surfcasting was invented l o n g time ago to feed one's family. When did it edge into sport in addition to feeding a family? And when did it become more expensive to go surfcasting than to feed your family??

[spence]

And SurfAngler,

THANK YOU for giving us Monica Bellucci



-spence

[joe the plumber]

Originally Posted by JohnR

I'd say surfcasting was invented l o n g time ago to feed one's family. When did it edge into sport in addition to feeding a family? And when did it become more expensive to go surfcasting than to feed your family??

For all intent and purposes,native americans were probably the first surf fisherman but as John states they were most certainly not fishing for sport.It became a form of recreation about the end of the civil war.Thats when the New England bass clubs started but only the elite fished.Common men were catching Channel bass in the surf down south and in Texas.This is all around 1860-70.The US Government also appointed its first Fish Commissioner around this time.

[Raven]

Originally Posted by SurfAngler

RI ??
Where is it ?

[SurfAngler]

here too.

[moogie]

For all purposes, surfcasting became popular in the Northeast with the opening of the Cuttyhunk Striped Bass Club in 1864.

A bunch of wealthy men from Boston, New York and Philadelphia pooled their money and bought the island and turned it into a striped bass mecca for anglers.
They built these huge piers that went way out into the water and hired the local kids to get them lobsters at 25 cents per bushel.
The anglers would break off the lobster tails and impale them on a hook and toss them out into the water while the kids would ladle out chum for the anglers.
They caught a monstrous amount of 50-60 pound fish over the years but by 1921, the club had shut down.
The trophy fish were gone.
I have documentation from the late 1600's, about men "surfcasting"
using hand lines with a tin on the end of their line or a hand carved lure on the end of the liine as well.
It sems that the men would coil a good length of line at their feet and then start to swing the line around like a cowboy getting ready to lasso a steer.
When they developed enough energy, they would let it fly and then retrieve it hand over hand.
The fishing was better then.
A bit of striped bass trivia if I may. . .
In 1735, the town of Marshfield Massachusetts passed a law banning the netting of striped bass in the winter. Our founding fathers noticed a drastic decline in the striper population back then.
Moogie.