Beach vs. Boat

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

As to respecting a beach fish over a boat fish, I don't know. I mean standing in the elemental fury of the surf and playing a big fish is the one way we would all like to claim our fifty but standing on a heaving deck in a hal glae at Sow and Pigs in the middle of the night when the skipper makes it a point to tell you what to do if the boat flips, well that has some merit too. I think a fifty either way are on the same plane as far that is concerned although it took me many years to reach that conclusion and cast away prejudices of one fishing method over another. Where I cast the island shores I do not rely on electronics, actually more on things I gained from shore fishing. Things like moving water, structure etc.

well said and i agree. What i had in mind about boatfishing is trolling around a wireline and a parachute jig with a fishfinder on and seeing the fish on the screen before they bite- There are many levels of each field- You could stand on the tip of a saltpond jetty and chum up a 50, or you could farm the holes along the beach throwing needles. its all apples and oranges.

clammer- you surf cast from your boat- those fish count