Since we need to be at least paired off for the tourney to document our catches, I thought I'd start a thread to discuss each others fishing habits and prefrences so that we could team up with like minded fishers. At this point, I'm 90% sure I'll be there.
I'll start so as to give you an idea of what I'm talking about. I am usually an open beach type guy, don't have much experience at the canal other than a few times at Scusset Beach. I use spinning gear, have a 9 foot medium action Penn Slammer with a Baitrunner 4500 for throwing bait, a 8 foot medium action Ugly Stick with a 3500 Baitrunner for jigs and plugs. I also, for backup, have a cheap 7 foot China made pole that I bought in Hatteras on the fly with an old Diawa reel for throwing metal at Spanish Mackeral, which I can use for lures or chunks if need be.
I don't have korkers (which, from what I hear, aren't so great for the canal anyway), have waist high felt soled neoprene waders (waist high, yeah right, they come halfway up my belly!). I travel relatively light, with all my tackle (plugs, jigs, rigged hooks for bait, pliers and mini-knife) aroung my waist. If throwing bait, I bring along a bucket for the bait, sand spikes, a cutting board, baitknife, sinkers, and a can or two of beverages (Tomato juice is a MUST, just a superstition thing
). A small Maglite hangs around my neck. Nothing that can't be carried a fair distance without being cumbersome.
My lure selection includes a needlefish, a pencil popper, a bottle plug, various bombers, a few different sized megabait plugs and jigs, a few bucktails, leadheads and plastics, a couple diamond jigs, a bunch of StingSilvers that I use mostly in Hatteras, and a few others I can't think of right now.
As for bait, I've gone to high-lo rigs for the past couple years. I've been known to throw pogies, mackeral, herring, squid, seaworms, clams, and if I get in a pinch getting bait, butterfish and/or porgey.
On the beach, my MO is to usually get some bait out and then throw some lures till my arms get tired, take a rest and watch or hold the bait rod, and then go back to throwing lures, and so on. I am usually good for four hours or so, but on special occasions such as this tourney or when I go to Jersey for a fishing weekend, I'll do 6 to 8 hours at a time.
I guess that sums it up. Hopefully this can help us pair off in ways that will not only put like people together, but also help us learn new ideas and techniques from each other.
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