How to find your own spots

[Maloney]

I must be old school. I do what #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& does. It's the adventure of keeping it simple and wild. Nothing against high tech modern tools, but I wouldn't go hiking with a cell phone and hand-held gps either.

[Tagger]

look for moving water,,,inlets,,,points near inlets better,,points close to channels near inlets better,better,,rocky points close to channel near inlets better,better,better,

[BigFish]

Step1: Take rod in hand.

Step 2: Sling plug bag over shoulder or clip eel bag to belt.

Step 3: Place yourself in front of a body of salt water....an ocean, sea, inlet, estuary, breachway, canal or beach will do!

Step 4: Cast offering sea-ward.

Step 5: Retrieve

Step 6: Repeat steps 4 and 5 until fish strikes.

Step 7: Set and do battle.

Step 8: Beach and/or boat said fish. (If fish landed, this would indicate you are in a "spot"!)

Step 9: Repeat steps 4 thru 8 for many hours until satisfied.

Step 10: Leave and do not burn spot. Give generalities only and lie about perspective state/town if you feel the need. All internet discussion of said event should be kept in the form of a pm and only given out on a "need to know" basis.

You have now completed the "BigFish Spot Finding Course". May you enjoy many years of landing fish.

[piemma]

[BigFish]

Piemma....will I be required to be blind folded when we go fishing?

[bassmaster]

You want toi find fish Buy a map book and scout in winter, when fishing is slow try a new area, it works
some places that look very fishy need time put in like 1 whole season, then You will find when and what stage of the tide the fish are chowing.
it all ends up as time in and if You have the gift of being above the cut wich takes hard work.

[Gotofish]

The first thing I do when looking for a new spot is look to see if it's mentioned in the Projo-either this week's or last. If it is, then I know the spot is worthy, if not, then I go to one of the spots that is mentioned.

Then, I will register to a bunch of different fishing websites under different names and ask about the spot. Most of the time, people are really nice and will share a lot of info with you through the "PM". If I get enough good info here, especially about most productive tides, wind, notable structure ect., I then go to the bait shop nearest the spot I intend to fish. If I don't know the area well enough to know where the closest shop is, I ask when I'm online. Like I said, the internet people are really nice....

What I'll usually do is look around the shop, grab a nice lure and strike up conversation with the guy that works there. Since I can already describe some of the spots in generalities because of the prior recon, the guys tend to be a bit for generous with fine tuning all of the other info with some specific suggestions. Usually, talk will shift to whats working and I'll browse around under the pretext of picking up a couple extra "things". When the guy isn't looking, I put the stuff down and leave because they mark it up too much. I mean, if I can get it at Bass Pro and Cabela's for cheaper, why not? If I'm not confident with the info given, I repeat at a different shop.

Then I go. Most of the time I'll grab a coffee to stay alert and ditch the empty either on the way down or when I get there. Usually when I get there though because the tide will carry the cup somewhere else so I don't have to look at it. Same with the beef jerky wrappers.

Simple as that.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Piemma....will I be required to be blind folded when we go fishing?

Na. I'm just staying quiet for awhile. We will be fine. I'm on a business trip in the "Sunshine State". Won't be back till Friday.