Spot burning and surf etiquette

[SeaWolf]

[QUOTE=JohnR]Join a club!!!!!! Joining a good fishing club, be it a Weekapaug, MSBA, RISAA, Newport, CT, Salties, or Gansett. You will learn etiquette better and quicker, have an eye opening to what goes on behind the scenes. Gain comraderie, insight, and might get a couple people to point you in the right direction.QUOTE]

johnr, excellent point, but to go one step further, GET INVOLVED IN THAT CLUB! anyone can join a club and be a "member". sure, you learn some things from other anglers, but there's more to it than that. many clubs have committees and are always looking for new blood, ideas, and especially help! so, again, get involved! those of you in risaa, did you know risaa has about 2 dozen committees?

all of us fall under one label, "fisherman". (this can be used in your article makomike). whether you are a wetsuiter, kayaker, fly fisherman, guide, captain, "weekend warrior", scupper on wet rocks, whatever, those people and groups that fight against "us" look at us as one label, fishermen. numbers speak volumes, but money can beat numbers. clubs need your volunteerism. so, dont just join, get involved!

i'll try and add more later, busy now. this subject could easily be broken up into several part in different months. or, one summary.

[Surfrat666]

1) The first people to a spot establish the front line...if you want to wetsuit the outer rocks, better get there before anyone else.

2) If someone is unhooking a fish, do not step into their spot while they're out of the water...may seem obvious, but I've seen it time and time again.

3) DON'T kick fish back into the water...I hate seeing that

4) Match the technique...If everyone on a strong rip is throwing bucktails, showing up to throw eels or a slow retrieve swimmer (or worse yet a chunk) is guaranteed to get you tangled with everyone and pi$$ people off.

5) Take out everything you bring with you and it never hurts to pick up an extra piece of garbage on the way back to the truck...if everyone did this, there wouldn't be anything on the beach.

6) Take a kid fishing

Tight lines

[crash]

1. If I bring you fishing, don't set up right next to me, I like my elbow room. Viloate my space and you will go swimming.
2. Hook the fish, not me. If you do hook me I get to keep the plug. And you will go swimming.
3. If you go with me in my boat, bring lunch, or you will go swimming.

[Pete_G]

In regards to: "1) The first people to a spot establish the front line...if you want to wetsuit the outer rocks, better get there before anyone else."

The one time this doesn't count is when someone shows up at a spot while I'm suiting up with my rod leaning against my truck, eyeballs me, grab's his surf rod, doesn't even put on waders, and runs to the point to beat me there. I really should have just walked right on past his tennis shoe on black rocks wearing ass.

That really ticked me off and most days I would have walked on by. Luckily he disapeared 10 minutes later when the sun set and I went on out to where I wanted to be, but it still irritated me.

[Nebe]

just fish... dont litter and be respectful. its that simple.

oh and stay out of RI