Boat or Surf?

[Raider Ronnie]

Boat when it's blowing 20kts or less.
Surf if more

[quick decision]

I like surf better than boat. Altough I have owned a boat for most of my adult life I feel more connected to the ocean when I surf fish.

[Slipknot]

I have something deep inside of me that draws me to the shoreline to fish at the waters edge, I don't know how to describe it but if I couldn't fish from shore I would have an empty feeling and i am not sure I could deal without surf fishing. Whether it's the canal or a backbay or the sandy beaches or some cobbled shoreline, I just love the challenge of fishing from shore, it just seems more peaceful and relaxing sometimes.
Now that I've said that, I love fishing from my little skiff at times also, it is just another way to put me on fish at times when the beaches are over run with mung,plovers or seals. I can enjoy both but I was born a surfcaster.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

I have something deep inside of me that draws me to the shoreline to fish at the waters edge, I don't know how to describe it

surfhog pleasure stick??

[Squid kids Dad]

surf..much more realxing in my opinion

[BigFish]

Surf! Less to worry about....only thing to concentrate on is fishing!

[capesams]

food for thought..as you get older....sand becomes like mudd....little rocks..turn to mountains..long hikes become short ones..most of everyone here I bet still has lots of juice to cope with the great outside....minds will change as time goes on taking on those what were easy once when time puts 20 more plus years on you.

[Slingah]

I would enjoy a boat if I could afford one....and would still fish from the surf......
someday, a boat it will be....

[fishaholic18]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

I have something deep inside of me that draws me to the shoreline to fish at the waters edge, I don't know how to describe it but if I couldn't fish from shore I would have an empty feeling and i am not sure I could deal without surf fishing. Whether it's the canal or a backbay or the sandy beaches or some cobbled shoreline, I just love the challenge of fishing from shore, it just seems more peaceful and relaxing sometimes.
Now that I've said that, I love fishing from my little skiff at times also, it is just another way to put me on fish at times when the beaches are over run with mung,plovers or seals. I can enjoy both but I was born a surfcaster.

Nicely said Bruce, I can appreciate that. Just proves that everyone is different. Do what you enjoy.

Pretty cool that this actually turned out to be a good topic on what can be such a touchy subject.

[keeperreaper]

I love the surf and its intimacies that lie where the surf meets the sand. The boat is deadly effective when a knowledgeable fisherman is at the helm. Money being no object I wouldn't change a thing about the way I fish. Sometimes surf alot of times the boat.

[justplugit]

Originally Posted by Slipknot

I don't know how to describe it but if I couldn't fish from shore I would have an empty feeling and i am not sure I could deal without surf fishing.

Done both, but like Slip says.


[QUOTE]= Karl F > " i'm sure somebody here can piss in my shoe for me"

Karl, can you say that on this site.

[Joe]

There are really not too many guys who can go out at night, in a boat, close to shore on an open-ocean beach - and fish for trophy fish...Those who can are killer anglers, but there are very few of them.

For most boat guys, striper fishing is a day-time pursuit with good numbers of fish and a lot of keepers - but not too many fish over twenty pounds. Surfcasters often migrate toward boats later in life, but few become really skilled boatmen and fewer still top their personal bests from shore...People uderestimate the skills needed to be a confident inshore fisherman from a boat and they simply don't get there unless they start fairly young.

[shadow]

Originally Posted by Joe

There are really not too many guys who can go out at night, in a boat, close to shore on an open-ocean beach - and fish for trophy fish...Those who can are killer anglers, but there are very few of them.

For most boat guys, striper fishing is a day-time pursuit with good numbers of fish and a lot of keepers - but not too many fish over twenty pounds. Surfcasters often migrate toward boats later in life, but few become really skilled boatmen and fewer still top their personal bests from shore...People uderestimate the skills needed to be a confident inshore fisherman from a boat and they simply don't get there unless they start fairly young.

good post joe.