If you could time travel

[Slipknot]

I'd go to Marthas Vineyard back on the night 10x10 = Kenny Schwam drown and fish right next to him and his customer and haul his ass in to shore before he drowned

RIP Ken

[ROCKFISH]

Back to that day in June of 07. Who knew he'd be gone and buried by labor day. R.I.P. my son.

[FishNH]

1988 Montauk when I caught my personal best 46.5 lbs. lost 2 bigger fish that day due to inferior gear. always promised myself "never again"

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Id go back to the 60's-70's to go fishing with my grandfather. When i was a kid he was in his 80's and his fishin days were behind him, but i heard many stories while sittin on the dock crabbing.

[Hooper]

My grandfather on my Mother's side of the family died in 1963, 8 years before I was born. I never got to meet him but he was quiet a special guy from what I was told and my Mother really loved him and missed him something terrible when he was gone.

I want go back to around the 1950's because I want to meet my grandfather. maybe we would fish together.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Hooper

I want go back to around the 1950's because I want to meet my grandfather. maybe we would fish together.

I was fortunate enough to be able to do that Hoop, but sure would like to do it again.

[tattoobob]

I would like to be out at Block Island back in the 80's when those 50 and 60 pounders were going crazy on san eels

I think it was november 86 but we'll have to ask DZ, Tim Coleman, or Steve Mckenna

[leo33]

mid to late 80's.my pre teen to early teens.not a care in the world.no bills no responsibility's. just my fishing buddy, our gear,bikes,and a pond or shore and summer was bliss.

[Kierran]

Block Island, November 1987.

I was pushing five and catching bluegills, while guys were catching 60's from the dirt.

[jimmy z]

!940's, Montauk.

[gone fishin]

On Nauset in the early 50's when we left the beach only to sell at Chatham and replace our provisions.

[hyefisherman2]

cape cod canal mayhem week this past june....i missed it cause of darn school!

[big jay]

1960 - I'd go Giant fishing with my Grandfather on Nebraska Shoal.

[Raider Ronnie]

This is an easy one for me.
Wouldn't matter where or when.
I would go fishing with my grandfather (Leo)

[Adam_777]

I would have made sure my parents weren't in the same zipcode 9 months prior to my Birthdate.

[Hooper]

Originally Posted by Adam_777

I would have made sure my parents weren't in the same zipcode 9 months prior to my Birthdate.

[UserRemoved1]

VOTE HERE

http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripert...046#post620046

[BassDawg]

it is a toss up between Nebe, tlap, and reelecstasy for me,

*neither one of which needs more needles*

ahhhhhh, but the KID could prolly use some.............

sorry Ebenovski, and the lapman ~~~i'll start this thing
by voting for the KID's first Vineyard keeper.

reelecstasy gets my VOTE

[ProfessorM]

Last few weeks and fish with Redlite

[UserRemoved1]

Ok since there were'nt any votes besides BW we'll do it the old fashioned way. 49 posts I counted and plugged in 1-49 into the random number generator and I got #16

TOBY LAPINSKI wins.

Please email me your address you got a sweet needle coming your way.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Karl F

fall run, late october 81, monomoy, live eels... i know 5 guys that went over there that one special night, all came back with 60's... that week, from there was amazing, there were multiple 60's and 50's caught... and a week or so later.. some guy in town hauled in a 73 offa Nauset... back then... i was prolly slingin booze on one side of the bar, or the other...

Yeah, that was epic. The Columbus Day blitz.
I'd go back to 94, 95. The Back was monster. We had so many nights with literally 20 to 30, 30# to 40# fish. No 50s but just a consistent pick of 30s and 40s. From the Second Rip to High Head it was huge. We'd start at the Race and work West as the tide fell. The sand eels were 6 to 8" long and eels and needles did a number. We kept it quiet so you don't see a lot written about it. Most of the guys were commercial so they didn't brag.

[mayday1019]

I mainly fish from the shore, between Hull and Scituate. The area is full of cliffs and rocks. When I fish there I can't help but think of how many people have not only fished those same spots for thousands of years, but how many people have just sat on the same cliffs watching in awe of the stunning sunrises and sunsets.

I picture generations of native americans for thousands of years, sitting on those same rocks, gazing out into the unknown, surrounded by the wilderness (which is now covered in roads, lights and homes).

I picture the wives and mothers of many of our ancestors staring out into the ocean waiting for their loved ones to return home from their most recent journey.

If I could travel back in time, I would travel between the 1500's and late 1800's and just sit at my UDL which many before me have called their own- and watch. Watch how they fished. See how they, like me sat in awe as a massive weatherfront approached. See how they, like me try like hell to heave the next cast just a bit futher, trying to reach the the pods of bass and blues blitzing on the surface.

My UDL has seen many changes through the years. But I am sure I would be surprised at how eerily similar we all have been, through the years at that exact same spot.

Gotta love fishing from the surf.