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Originally Posted by Ed B
To actually help answer J’s question: There have been very few instances in my surfcasting life where great boat fishing has equated to just as good surf fishing. More often than not it is just the opposite.
To site just a few examples: I’ve been on Block where the boat guys have done a good number all around the island and the surf gang has fished a virtual wasteland at the same time. Another time at Montauk (Shagwong) I fished from a boat (I know, I know, Blasphemy) and took big bass on every pass just a hundred or so yards off the beach. An hour later I hit that same beach expecting that the surf guys were mauling the bass - 50 guys and not a single bass taken from that beach. Special sets of circumstances make up great surfcasting – they don’t occur very often and that makes you appreciate them more. My surfcasting size and catch rate hasn’t been that great this season (until last night). But I’m still having a great time “practicing”. Our fish will come.
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I've seen the same thing on the cape, and have said this before....when surf and boat fishing were producing disproportionatley to one another, we opted for the more productive method. You have to adapt, or it will become a long season on the sidelines waiting for things to come around. This season seems to be shaping up just like last so far. We had a run of large fish from mid may to early june in the surf, now a lull. I have to believe another batch will be coming at some point if they aren't already here. If it does shape up like last year, the large fish will be sporadic for the surf guys. The "new" boat guys are really the fishermen who are adapting and utilizing the best method for catching large fish right now. That means they are serious about results, regardless of the method. If you plan to stick with strictly surf fishing, you will experience droughts, even when the fishing is good, its just the way it works.
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