Surfcasting defined....

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

Well, in my humble opinion, you need "surf" to make it surfcasting and sand sliding and eroding from under your feet with the wash trying to suck you back down the shingle in white water up to your chest while at the same moment your heaving a bait ( readlug, rigged eel, live eel, metal, or jig)that must be manipulated in some fashion by your hands which are wrapped around a rod 9 to 10-1/2 feet long.

Ok Flap,

So what you are saying here is if we were fishing, say, Race Pt. with a 25KT southwest breeze, balls deep in the "surf", and skipping plugs over the tops of the waves we're surf fishing. Let's say the "surf" fishing sucks and we decide to head around to the back with eels. There's no real "surf" now, because the sou'west has flattened out the water. As I reach my feces encrusted hand into the eel bag, Numbskull suddenly appears from the dunes stark naked with an animal under each arm and shouts out, "What the %$%$%$%$ are you guys doing?"
What's your answer going to be?

[numbskull]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Ok Flap,

As I reach my feces encrusted hand into the eel bag, Numbskull suddenly appears from the dunes stark naked with an animal under each arm and shouts out, "What the %$%$%$%$ are you guys doing?"

Obviously I need an eel for lubrication, that fcking smelly jelly we put on plugs just doesn't do the job.

[fishaholic18]

Must be winter there...

[Flaptail]

At 25 sw at the Race the wind would be on your port quarter and still producing "surf" but go just around to 2nd rip and then you would be in the calm, no surf stuff.

Then you would be bait fishing with a live eel or more correctly shore fishing.Everryone knows the true surfcasting (w/plugs) doesn't happen until you get south of High head in Truro anyway! RP is a lee shore most times!

Numby, I know it was a joke, so wasn't mine!

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

At 25 sw at the Race the wind would be on your port quarter and still producing "surf" but go just around to 2nd rip and then you would be in the calm, no surf stuff.

Then you would be bait fishing with a live eel or more correctly shore fishing.Everryone knows the true surfcasting (w/plugs) doesn't happen until you get south of High head in Truro anyway! RP is a lee shore most times

If it was a NE wind though, you'd be surf fishing the back and shore fishing the race.
Its also possible you could be surf fishing the race one minute and shore fishing it shortly after.
The really serious question is though, would the fish count?

On another note, if you were fishing cutty from the rocks in a wetsuit and a fish struck your offering while you were simultaneously being lifted off your rock by a rogue wave, would you be surf casting or skishing?

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

On another note, if you were fishing cutty from the rocks in a wetsuit and a fish struck your offering while you were simultaneously being lifted off your rock by a rogue wave, would you be surf casting or skishing?

You'd be crapping your your wetsuit

[Rockport24]

that article was awesome, I want to go skishing now!
I guess a van stall would be standard equipment though and I don't gots one!

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

If it was a NE wind though, you'd be surf fishing the back and shore fishing the race.
Its also possible you could be surf fishing the race one minute and shore fishing it shortly after.
The really serious question is though, would the fish count?

On another note, if you were fishing cutty from the rocks in a wetsuit and a fish struck your offering while you were simultaneously being lifted off your rock by a rogue wave, would you be surf casting or skishing?

Body surfing as you aren't wearing flippers!

[Jenn]

Oh my! my head hurts now....


Surf fishing definatelty requires that your feet are on some sort of land be it sand or rock. If your in a boat you are BOAT FISHING....duh!!!!