I love the surf. All things being equal ("all things" meaning bait and fish in the vicinity) there is no doubt that I would rather be standing on the rocks or the sand, partially submerged, catching fish. At my present state of my surf fishing apprenticeship, size is still secondary (although I have dreams of getting lucky and going LARGE one of these nights). I am trying to learn to fish a new plug or two every season. THAT BEING SAID, it's time like these that I go back to one of my self arguements: "boat is great, can go to the fish instead of waiting for them to come to you." (guy on the other shoulder says) "to much work, you never have much time to fish, you live 5 minutes from 3 or 4 beautiful stretches of shore, who cares if you catch, GAS$$$$$, ETC..." Sure would be nice to fire up a motor with the local knowledge needed to avoid the IDIOTS I see out there, (even from shore,) and go find bait, and fish. (and clams and squid and bugs and all the bounty of the sea... God I love living near the ocean) but my ultimate plan is to develop my proficiency at all the classic and modern plugs and build a repertoire of local SPOTS that I can flip through after checking the tide and weather reports to maximize my fishing opportunities and efficiency. So to finally answer the original question, nothing over 15 pounds for me from shore so far this year... and I'm not in RI (but close enough). Let you know if that changes tonight. Headed out the door right now.
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