Is The Shore Fishing So Bad?

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Originally Posted by Flaptail

The best surfcasting water thre ever was was Monomoy Island. The only way to get there was by tin boat which we landed in the surf and pulled up high and dry above the high water line. Then we surfcasted all night from the beach. Never entered our minds to fish fom the boat,never. Stiffy did a 1000 pounds one night and I did just a smidge over 600 but the boat was the means to get us there, that was it. Now a smart surfcaster would see the writing on the wall with beach access. We fish Sandy Neck from the beach when closed to vehicle traffic but we get there by skiff. Don't you see the possibilities?
Think of all that shoreline from Chatham to Race Point that access is not allowed anymore by vehicle and walking is just out of the question because it's too far for my fifty year old legs ( never mind that I carry way too many plugs when I fish).

Surfcasting is the balls but the skiff will allow you more access to out of reach sights. Can't run over plovers in a boat. And I beg to differ with some who think boat fishing is a cake walk. A beach is a mighty steady platform unlike a boat in 3 to 5 footers, I respect good boatmen just as well as good surfcasters and if it gets me fish I am there in a minute. Beats fishing fishless beachfront or hooking fish to feed seals. If you don't adapt you'll die a lonely boring death on the beach. Monomoy was once the best but seals have killed it, and I firmly believe none of us will ever see the surfcasting be what it was just ten years ago, it's catching versus not catching. You can make all the gorgeous plugs you want but if there is nothing in the surf to use them on, what good are they?

I fish to catch fish. I can watch pretty sunrises or sunsets and gawk at stars in the night sky in my backyard. Boats = fish, it's the new way. Join in or loose out.

I hear you barking "Big Dog".. I'm picking up what your laying down ,,, I smell what your stepping in ,,, Its the end of the world as we know it . Is a Googan that buys a boat a Gilligan ? I may be joining you ,, just a couple more years of denial .