What is your comfort level....

[nightprowler]

depends on who i am with and where i am fishing. when im alone I don't push as hard as when im with others. I fish mostly rocky shores, like squibby and the north shore of the vineyard, so i like to wade out and hop onto a rock. i get uncomfortable when i feel like the waves have control of me. I dont mind getting knocked off a rock if i know whats around me. i can always hop back on....
thank god for dry tops though.

[t.orlando]

I let Redlite go first, then see if he gets destroyed before venturing out. Can't swim too good so I am pretty timid about going way out. Plus I think getting way the F out there is overrated at most places. Also dos not take much for a wave to go over my head

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by t.orlando

I let Redlite go first, then see if he gets destroyed before venturing out. Can't swim too good so I am pretty timid about going way out. Plus I think getting way the F out there is overrated at most places. Also dos not take much for a wave to go over my head

Exactly..
when I fish with JoeP (who is 8ft tall)... I have to be careful when following him if I'm not in my wetsuit!

[spence]

I usually just stand 20 feet behind RIROCKHOUND. It's much safer and I can easily cast over his head

-spence

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by spence

I usually just stand 20 feet behind RIROCKHOUND. It's much safer and I can easily cast over his head

-spence

When you don't have a birdsnest!

[Finaddict]

It's hard to say exactly as it all depends upon the location ... as last year, I ventured out on rocks and had the tide come up and found myself trying to venture back with breaking whitewash all around me, made it tough and took a dip into the drink on three different occassions - sand banks in fast moving rivers also is a concern, as you don't want it to cave in and find yourself in a fast current with waders, etc. A regular sand beach is a lot more comfortable conditions when fishing in the dark though ... as I move carefully in the rocks ... just don't want to get dragged in.

My sister used to live on the coast of Maine near Pemaquid Point, she said tourists every year stand too close and get washed off the rocks by big waves - not sure if that was exactly true, but the water dropped down to more than 80 feet by those rocks, so it was deep water and not a place that I would put myself at risk ...

[piemma]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Exactly..
when I fish with JoeP (who is 8ft tall)... I have to be careful when following him if I'm not in my wetsuit!

I agree. Joe goes where no man has gone before. I've seen him standing in water at Narrow River that is over my head.

When I was younger I had very few limits as to where and when I would fish. As I got older my limits became more defined.

20 years ago there was a rock at Watch Hill we called Widows Rock (for obvious reasons). I'd fish that in a 25 SW at high tide without reservations. Now I won't fish it flat calm at low tide.

[JoeP]

Originally Posted by RIROCKHOUND

Exactly..
when I fish with JoeP (who is 8ft tall)... I have to be careful when following him if I'm not in my wetsuit!

Yeah but when you're in your wetsuit you definitely are more comfortable being soaked in water that deep with a big surf on than I am.

[jim sylvester]

I had no fear until my son was born

then my perspective changed on how productive that one rock is 30 yards out

Comfort level now depends on tide and how big the water is

A couple of sleeper rogues this past year sent me for a ride off a perch

false sunrise in gansett with decksweeper, and another unknown south of us, surf picked me up and I was swimming back to the rock...never saw it coming

wading belt is a must, with or without a surf top!!!!

Neck deep to get to a new rock on calm nights, high tide sure turned out to be quite productive, right decksweeper

[vanstaal]

well having the holy hell scared out of me this Sept I kinda rethink everything before was what ever it took to get er done was the key
I am more selective of the spot and the wave hight around knee high is good that was really too close for me. God bless the wader belt I really think it saved my life