Boat fishing is easier

[Gunpowder]

Boat fishing is great, and I love to do it, but for some reason I just associate boat fishing with commercial fishing... I have some family that commercial fish and obviously that is the most productive way, so ever since I have been out with them, I have always seen boat fishing as a possible way of making money off the fish you catch compared to surf casting which is not only harder, but far less productive... just my thoughts

[JohnR]

Just a different way to fish. Both shore and boat are rewarding and both rewarding in same & different ways...

What cracks me up is the legions of people that say they wouldn't get caught dead in a boat are grinning ear to ear a few years later in their boat

Me, I love both.

[Joe]

Fishing during daylight hours inside the bay, yes - it appears much easier. Not too many boat guys have the skills to fish the open ocean at night though.
Before the pogies came back like they have now, and people were tube-and-worming it, I think the better surfcasters caught more consistantly large fish than the average boaters - but not the better boat guys.

[Clogston29]

Boat fishing is easier in general - its less physically demanding and you will catch more and bigger fish on average (given a similar level of talent). However, being a good or great boat fisherman is no less impressive or less difficult than being a good or great surfcaster. Both take the same amount of dedication, time and hard work - the definition of success is just different. A great boat fisherman is going to outperform a great surfcaster by a large margin in terms of size and quantities of fish but you just can't compare relative catches. A surfcaster can really only be measured against other surfcasters as a boat fisherman can only be measured against other boat fisherman. Alot of surf guys seam to give good boat fisherman less credit than they deserve. Alot of boat guys look down on surf guys because their production doesn't compare.