sharpie= one who has left[for the most part] family/friend's/work and most other normal activities behind to fish.
sharpie= one who uses and generally sticks to tried and true method's not screwing around trying to put a new twist on something...ain't broke don't fix it type of thing.
sharpie= one who has taken the time to study his home ground's, bar's/hole's/tide's/bait.
sharpie- one who remember's what worked in one place and doesn't work the same in another and is prepared to switch bait's and method's.
sharpie= one that has put their time in which here again means they fish 65 percent more than the adv. joe who looks at them thinking boy is he good.duh!
there is in some an underlaying nack, but for the most part, sharpies have ALOT of time in fishing. this is where the knowledge comes from.PLUS! I think you;ll find some of that was handed down from older fisherman that have passed info. along. And one must not also forget that the sharpie's of the pass had many more fish[large] to pick from as there weren't that many fisherman chasing them as there are today......making them look real good to new comer's of today.
stick to basic color's on plug's/bait.
don't forget eelskin's on..lead or swimmer's or needle's.
sandeel's...eel's...
fish on the flat sand [shallow water]in between hole's at low tide on a beach at nite,don't pass up skinny water.
try reeling eel's in like a mother instead of the slow as she goes method..once in awhile that's what it take's to turn on sleeping fish.
don't be afraid to fish daylite hour's by sharp drop off's.
fish place's where the comm. clammer's just left after the tide has come in.
fish in and around docks where comm. fishing boats unload.
put dropper's in front of your eel/plug's.
use tin at nite with tube's[white] when the surf is high and blowin stink.
I gotta go walk the dog.....learn from the past to fish for tommorrow.
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