Rate Yourself As A Fisherman! - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

numbskull · 08-18-2013, 09:38 AM

Unfortunately, the fish do the actual voting.

BigFish · 08-18-2013, 09:49 AM

I will go first! I have to say I am a pretty average fisherman! I do enjoy my share of success but it is about the entire experience for me just being on the water and enjoying it all whether I catch fish or not! My knowledge of surf fishing and my skills are good, I have done the chunking thing (bores me) and I spent alot of time fishing live eels down the backside (always loved that) but fishing plugs is where I get most of my enjoyment as I make my own and love tempting stripers with wooden lures and I find it the most enjoyable and satisfying method I have found! I just feel as though I am ALL IN fishing with plugs!

From the kayak....same thing.....I know I tend to limit myself by tossing wood all the time and would like to expand my knowledge in this type of fishing by doing more tube and worm fishing (though I find trolling a bit mundane) would also like to do more fluke fishing and target several other bottom fish as well! My numbers are improving from the yak but I want to get better!

Stewie · 08-18-2013, 10:10 AM

If I am in an area with fish, I do well enough. I don't consider myself a great fisherman because I don't do the moon phase. wind direction, approaching storm, where should I be, stuff.

Luckily for me, I have friends who are much more in tune with the "where will they be?"part of the game.

I'm happy to get one small fish a night or even take the skunk.

macojoe · 08-18-2013, 10:21 AM

In my bot I caught my share and much more!! But on shore I have caught crap!! I would love to learn plugs but have never fished from shore much and the things cost so much!
I have always caught most of my own bait so it was not a big deal.
I love Fluke, Sea Bass, Tog, all bottom fishing. OI use to love Stripers back in the day but got tired of the chase all the time, and then fighting the commercial fleet to get a spot on the water, even though I was one of them.
I say I was good in the day, and SUCK now!

FormerUser · 08-18-2013, 10:31 AM

Average at best for me and I'm good with that.I for the most part enjoy myself when I fish and when I catch something decent its a bonus.

I'm 44 and have been fishing since my eyes opened and yet have not landed a bass bigger than 26lbs and the biggest fish I've caught from shore was a 34lb Amberjack,both were absolute thrills for me and I can live with that!

Rockfish9 · 08-19-2013, 08:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by numbskull

Unfortunately, the fish do the actual voting.

yup...

fishbones · 08-19-2013, 08:44 AM

Geez, if 5/0 is below average and ProfessorM is just average, I should just sell all my gear beacause I stink. I grew up boat fishing with my dad and was pretty good at it. Then I started surf fishing about 5 or 6 years ago because I wanted to fish more than just on weekends. I fish when I have the opportunity, which isn't always the best time to be out there. Sometimes I do all right, other times I get skunked, but I almost always enjoy myself.

I'm definitely still learning and still make the occasional stupid mistake (like last night). I've been lucky to fish with some guys who I consider to be in the top 10% of striped bass fishermen in this area, and have been able to learn from them. I hope to be able to move up to novice within a couple more years.