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05-02-2008, 07:19 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Stamford,CT
Posts: 115
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A question for the beach casters
This is just a curious thought......
How many of you beach casters would give up fishing from the shore to always fish from a boat from then on?
This of course is you DON'T have a boat also!
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Mako 22ft
200 Evinrude
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05-02-2008, 07:26 PM
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wishin' i was fishin'
Join Date: May 2001
Location: toooo far from the beach !!
Posts: 211
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never !!
just don't enjoy fishin' from a boat ...
i drive 4 hours just to fish from the beach ..
i can be at the susky flats in 1 ...
no offense intended , imho boat fishing sucks
derf
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05-02-2008, 07:30 PM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
Posts: 6,682
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Are we talking a 46 foot Merritt here?
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05-02-2008, 07:57 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Stamford,CT
Posts: 115
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No. A boat that you would normally use say in the 16- 23 ft range.
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Mako 22ft
200 Evinrude
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05-02-2008, 09:08 PM
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BigFish Bait Co.
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Hanover
Posts: 23,392
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Never! Not ever! Nope!  |
Almost time to get our fish on!!! 
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05-02-2008, 09:24 PM
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Middleboro MA
Posts: 17,125
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Nope, not me
I enjoy fishing with my feet on the ground way too much to give it up just for boat fishing even though I do a fair amount of boat fishing each year inshore. Besides, ya can't fish in the canal from a boat, only from shore.
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05-02-2008, 09:53 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: NY
Posts: 1,073
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no chance
boats are for those that cant catch fish from shore  |
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05-03-2008, 06:15 AM
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#8
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Marblehead, MA
Posts: 865
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Never, ever- and I own a boat and a kayak.
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05-03-2008, 06:37 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
Posts: 3,368
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Once my kids get older I'll be investing in another vessel if the kids are interested in fishing. Right now I can't justify one due to lack of time and other conflicts. Surf fishing works best for me now, but I've vacillated in the past between boat and surf. Will probably be the same in the future.
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It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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05-03-2008, 07:19 AM
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Seldom Seen
Join Date: May 2001
Posts: 10,543
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saltyric
Never, ever- and I own a boat and a kayak.
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Same here. One has to be able to change gears with changing conditions. And if time is a factor, like early morning before work, I'm going to be maximizing fishing time by fishing the beach. Access, weather, and time of year are all factors that may dictate shore over boat too.
(I have to laugh at the idea that a boat makes catching 20# class fish "easy"..... A boat does not make it a guaranteed, no brainer everytime out.) |
“Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms.” – James Madison.
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05-03-2008, 07:28 AM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
Posts: 13,425
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I get so bored riding around in a boat. I would'nt mind having one to fish in the daytime but it would have to be at a dock and a few minutes from fishing and I would have to move to the coast to make it worthwhile
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05-03-2008, 07:36 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Northport,NY
Posts: 172
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Nightfighter, I screwed that up. I meant when compared to bringing it in onto the beach or rocks.
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05-03-2008, 07:58 AM
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Uncle Remus
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Lakeville Ma.
Posts: 14,773
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at this point in my life I prefer the boat much more
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"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
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05-03-2008, 08:29 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
Posts: 35,270
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Always? Never. But no need to either. There are things boat fishing brings to the table which are fantastic and exhilarating and fun, and there are things in surfcasting boating could never replace. Enjoy both
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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
Striped Bass Fishing - All Stripers
Kobayashi Maru Election - there is no way to win.
Apocalypse is Coming:
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05-03-2008, 08:42 AM
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Is the tide right???
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Marshfield, Ma
Posts: 76
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I love fishing from shore and I figure half the time the guys on the boats are casting as close to shore as they can and the guys on shore are casting as far away from shore as possible.
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05-03-2008, 10:25 AM
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end of the fence guy
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: tiverton ri
Posts: 749
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no
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boat fish dont count
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05-03-2008, 10:53 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: long island
Posts: 33
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i would never trade the surf for a boat.
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05-03-2008, 10:23 AM
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Count on it, I'm going!
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 217
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Nope. But I use the boat to get to some great ultra restricted CT spots though  |
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05-03-2008, 12:09 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 16
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Another nice side of shore casting is that a boat can be to confining. Especially if there is only one person on the boat catching, and your not the person. That is another joy of shore casting the pleasure of walking as far as you want or don't want.
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05-03-2008, 01:16 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 128
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 Shore, Shore, Love the nights. That cow just rolls in with the waves and land on the beach next toyou with That "BigFish" hanging out of his mouth oh ya!!!! |
We interupt this marriage to bring you fishing season!!!
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05-03-2008, 02:05 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 3,650
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Every time I've accepted an invitation to fish from a boat, I found myself dreading it on the day of the trip. The only reason I've gone boat fishing is to not hurt the people's feelings who were kind enough to invite me.
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05-05-2008, 07:51 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Southern NH
Posts: 3,781
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Possibly: it would have to be an awesome houseboat that you could easily move about and that had complete surrounding decks with some built in live wells.
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Good health and family
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05-04-2008, 03:58 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: ct
Posts: 37
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I love the beach fishing to much to trade for boat fishing
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05-04-2008, 10:41 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: New Ipswich, N.H.
Posts: 116
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love them both, sometimes fishing from shore with the current taking your and everyone's line to the same place is frustrating.
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Larry the cable guy.
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05-04-2008, 10:58 AM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
Posts: 9,511
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Never, ever, ever!
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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05-05-2008, 12:25 AM
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surfwalker
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Cape Cod
Posts: 388
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I'll have my Whaler Montauk and my Fortier 26 in the water during this year. The Whaler is my private taxi to MV. The Fortier is for picnics at Tarpoleon Cove and social fishing obligations for friends and family. But the fishing I do for me...is on the beach. I've got my stickers glued to the fenders.
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05-05-2008, 02:10 AM
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I Had A BLAST!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: I'm from Manhattan, Live in CT., but my heart is in SoCo!
Posts: 1,132
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I wouldn't. I grew up fishing on a boat, and I enjoyed that. Now I surfcast, and I enjoy that more.  |
Be encouraging, not discouraging
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05-05-2008, 05:48 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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i'll do both
but with SURF casting ......... 
since i don't presently own or can afford a new pair of waders and some other items like a dry top for example...
it's more economical and practical for me to be a guest on a friend's boat for the time being.
and
because of my darned ankle i normally have to sit... eventually, but if i'm out in the water with waders on *thats totally different) then i can stand for longer periods because i can make use ( of the freedom) of the buoyancy factor of the water -> thus reducing my "weight-bearing" weight by almost half.
that being said...
with shore fishing there's something magical
or spiritual about being one with the waves and the sea standing at it's edge.
your feeling the rush of the surf and at the same time the shore line in itself, "is" the structure fish are holding to. There's plenty of bait and usually you'll have allot of great company.
with boat fishing....there's a little sense of adventure to it and that's because of the mystery of going out into much deeper waters. (for me anyway)
you can travel to many spots and Then there's the rush
of the moving fast at full throttle, but Once you get out there
and shut off the motor to drift theres a sense of peace,tranquility and purity
..........in that.....being so far from shore. the silence is cool.
Then you'll drift to find the structure the fish are holding to.
I love it all and i memorize every second of it! being that trips are far and few between.  for me...... |
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05-05-2008, 10:11 AM
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nightstalker
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: blackstone, ma
Posts: 516
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NIGHTSTALKER
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05-05-2008, 10:20 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: North Cambridge, MA
Posts: 1,358
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Surf only because I dont own a boat.
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