Surfcasting on a budget

[lurch]

Use rubber shad baits as they are cheap and dont waste your money on expensive plugs.

[Diggin Jiggin]

For a lot of years, the only thing in my bag was bombers in black, pearl white and yellow...

[Slipknot]

pitch a tent by the water

[labrax]

I just bought a 12.5' aluminum boat so I can justify owning a big SUV to tow it with, figure I'll save some $ by fishing local bass ponds when gas rises to over $4 a gallon.

Probably seeing if anyone else wanted to share a ride and split gas would save some cash for those of us that need to commute to fish.

I might even take the wife's Maxima - which gets about 6-7 more mpg.

Just saw that the gas commodity traders saw a government forcast showed an even greater imbalance in the gasoline stocks, so they went on a buying spree and the price has gone up again.

[Joe]

Sell the beast and outfit a Prius with a rod rack.

[Backbeach Jake]

Back in the day, when catching meant dinner and a skunk meant no dinner, I bait fished, Worms were dug on the low tide and fished at the next high. Very effective, closest to a sure thing you'll ever see. If not worms, then clams. Also, very effective. Worms seem to be stripers,flounder and cods comfort food, and that bait seems to filter out blues.In fact, I've only seen two blues caught on worms in 40 years of fishing. My equiptment consisted of a clam rake, a sandeel rake, a Berkley honey colored rod and a Mitchell reel that compares to a 704 today. I can't remember the Michell model # but I still have it. I used mono, 20# Ande and tied my own rigs. My clam permit was my biggest expense. I did WAY better then then I do now with all this hi-tech bs.

[JohnR]

Car pool and arrange fishing parters - hmmm, should we have something here like Match Dot Com? Have people submit their video & profiles and we'll have Raven jam the info into his Farmer's Almanac computer and spit out compatibilities?

[Raider Ronnie]

I'm thinking about having a sail mast added to my boat to cut fuel cost with my boat !

[Skitterpop]

Originally Posted by Backbeach Jake

Back in the day, when catching meant dinner and a skunk meant no dinner, I bait fished, Worms were dug on the low tide and fished at the next high. Very effective, closest to a sure thing you'll ever see. If not worms, then clams. Also, very effective. Worms seem to be stripers,flounder and cods comfort food, and that bait seems to filter out blues.In fact, I've only seen two blues caught on worms in 40 years of fishing. My equiptment consisted of a clam rake, a sandeel rake, a Berkley honey colored rod and a Mitchell reel that compares to a 704 today. I can't remember the Michell model # but I still have it. I used mono, 20# Ande and tied my own rigs. My clam permit was my biggest expense.***** I did WAY better then then I do now with all this hi-tech bs.

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hahahahahahah love that line... so true at times Fred

[chris L]

stop driving so far for fish . try local waters I hear there are fish . no more plugs to be bought .

[FishermanTim]

you could always fish locally, and skip any "road trips".
For me, that would mean fewer trips down to the canal, and fewer $$$ being spent there.
Don't be surprised if the rise in the price of gas this year REALLY effects the travel/tourism during the summer.
I know I won't be making as many trips because of the gas crunch.
My only relief would be if my brother wants to drive his Chevy Metro down a few times. That 3 cylinder engine sips gas compared to any other vehicle.

You could also make your own lures, either wood or possibly plastic, but that's for only the most fanatical.

[Swimmer]

Originally Posted by chris L

no more plugs to be bought .

Hey watch it, no more plugs to be bought, the very thought.

[Notaro]

Originally Posted by chris L

stop driving so far for fish . try local waters I hear there are fish . no more plugs to be bought .

umm, that won't stop me for my case... i will be catching bluefishs and feeding them to my dad's restaurant workers and i will make a trip down to the cape probably 3-4 times a week, but in this case, i wont be doing that much because of the summer shcool. as for plugs, im tempted to buy a new one or two.