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06-18-2008, 09:37 PM
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The chances are, the surf heads who haven't converted to boat is one or both of 2 reasons. The first your body hasn't caught up with you, if you fished/worked stupid for many years then sooner or later it will. Second, money. Either you can't afford it, or you have other priorities.
Fact of the matter is, if you've been fishing for a long period of time your skunk/dink outings has surpassed your memorable fish outing 25 to 1 something like that. Fish don't fight any different in a boat the biggest difference is there fat price that not everyone is willing to pay.
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06-19-2008, 04:46 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
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Originally Posted by Goose
The chances are, the surf heads who haven't converted to boat is one or both of 2 reasons. The first your body hasn't caught up with you, if you fished/worked stupid for many years then sooner or later it will. Second, money. Either you can't afford it, or you have other priorities.
Fact of the matter is, if you've been fishing for a long period of time your skunk/dink outings has surpassed your memorable fish outing 25 to 1 something like that. Fish don't fight any different in a boat the biggest difference is there fat price that not everyone is willing to pay.
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LETS GO BRANDON
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06-19-2008, 05:57 AM
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Oblivious // Grunt, Grunt Master
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: over the hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goose
The chances are, the surf heads who haven't converted to boat is one or both of 2 reasons. The first your body hasn't caught up with you, if you fished/worked stupid for many years then sooner or later it will. Second, money. Either you can't afford it, or you have other priorities.
Fact of the matter is, if you've been fishing for a long period of time your skunk/dink outings has surpassed your memorable fish outing 25 to 1 something like that. Fish don't fight any different in a boat the biggest difference is there fat price that not everyone is willing to pay.
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I find myself going the other way. Shore fishing eliminates a whole lot of complexity and lets you test yourself against the fish on the simplest and most intimate of scales. There is a lot to be said for that. |
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06-19-2008, 07:12 AM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Originally Posted by numbskull
I find myself going the other way. Shore fishing eliminates a whole lot of complexity and lets you test yourself against the fish on the simplest and most intimate of scales. There is a lot to be said for that.
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My sentiments exactly. Despite your propensity for wood, I consider you to be of above average intelligence.... |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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06-19-2008, 07:20 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Originally Posted by Back Beach
My sentiments exactly. Despite your propensity for wood, I consider you to be of above average intelligence....
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Don't be fooled so easily. |
Why even try......... 
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06-19-2008, 12:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: North Fork
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I just spit broccoli and cheddar soup on my flat screen!!!LMAO!!!
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Originally Posted by Flaptail
"Throw plugs like we do that will cause them to suffer humility. Pogies make any fisherman look good when bass are around. Bait is easy."
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06-19-2008, 12:24 PM
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It's about respect baby!
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: ri
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Originally Posted by Back Beach
My sentiments exactly. Despite your propensity for wood, I consider you to be of above average intelligence....
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made me choke on my lunch..  |
Domination takes full concentration..
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06-19-2008, 04:40 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Beverly
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I was one of the guys stirring the pot in the other thread so I feel I should give my take even if it might not be popular.
Boat fishing is easier that shore fishing period. There are statistics to back that up too. If you check the daily weigh in for the Derby on the vineyard each fall there are consistently more and bigger fish caught from boats. Last year anything over 20# from shore was big and there were dozens of fish that size weighed in everyday from boats. See for yourself http://www.mvderby.com/
I primarily fish from shore. I don't hate boats in fact I have a 17ft Boston whaler, It's sitting in my driveway and I find that the $ and Maintainence is just not worth the reward. Granted I'm 27 and in good health but like most people my age don't have tons of $. So my opinion will most likely change as time goes on. I can understand why older people or with bad health might prefer it.
In my personal opinion pulling a nice bass up on the sand at dawn is nicer than throwing a gaff in a bass and throwing it in a cooler with 2 cycle exhaust in the air. I'm starting to fish from a kayak this year or at least use a kayak to get to the spots I need too. I think this is a nice happy medium and not to mention better for the environment |
"You should have been here yesterday"
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06-19-2008, 06:08 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Uh, in a spot....
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Squibby, if your motor is properly tuned and cared for ( I have a two cycle) it should not smoke and I catch bass all the time, do not carry a cooler ( I RELEASE THEM ALL) and if I have to gaff a fish it's a lip gaff to hold the fish steady to promptly remove the hook(s) which is way better than slipping your hands into thier gills and is only done with large fish otherwise it's a lip grip with my hands.
At 52 I guess I am a retread though so your right on that point but I do many many nights crawling onto slime covered rocks and standing in surf while the sand washes away around my feet as the suds recede, and most nights on sand are spent walking lonely stretches for miles from high banked parking lots cause the oversand routes are shutdown.
Just a point of contention here is all, carry on.
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Why even try.........
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06-19-2008, 07:37 PM
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D'oh
Join Date: May 2004
Location: RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Squibby17
Boat fishing is easier that shore fishing period. There are statistics to back that up too. If you check the daily weigh in for the Derby on the vineyard each fall there are consistently more and bigger fish caught from boats. Last year anything over 20# from shore was big and there were dozens of fish that size weighed in everyday from boats. See for yourself http://www.mvderby.com/ |
Doesn't prove anything. Maybe boat fishermen are just better...... 
seriously though, a lot of those fish come from charters that are out there all day every day and are very tuned into where the fish are and what to feed them. |
i bent my wookie
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06-19-2008, 09:49 PM
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sick of bluefish
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: TEXAS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Squibby17
In my personal opinion pulling a nice bass up on the sand at dawn is nicer than throwing a gaff in a bass and throwing it in a cooler with 2 cycle exhaust in the air.
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I want to let this thread die, but its statements like this and many others above that get me. If you thinks thats what boat fishing is, man you guys are missing out. To me its.......
A cove all to myself, drifting in perfect silence, watching bass inhale a bunker while it runs for its life...or...
2 am, not a soul on the water, tossing an eel into a rockpile most people can never get to. or....
tossing a pencil along an island wathching bass blow up on it one after another as the sun sets.....
no fumes, no crowds, no people, ..... no $hit  |
making s-b.com a kinder, gentler place for all 
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06-19-2008, 09:57 PM
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I just got back from a long day at Valiant, Race, Little gull and the sluiceway. We capped it off by stopping at the Watch Hill reefs.This body is very tired from BOAT fishing.As far as solitude, we fished next to less boats and certainly saw less anglers than the majority of my shore outings. Some are fortunate enough to find solitude in the suds via a beached boat. Otherwise get used to some company.
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06-20-2008, 10:11 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by RIJIMMY
I want to let this thread die, but its statements like this and many others above that get me. If you thinks thats what boat fishing is, man you guys are missing out. To me its.......
A cove all to myself, drifting in perfect silence, watching bass inhale a bunker while it runs for its life...or...
2 am, not a soul on the water, tossing an eel into a rockpile most people can never get to. or....
tossing a pencil along an island wathching bass blow up on it one after another as the sun sets.....
no fumes, no crowds, no people, ..... no $hit |
Amen Jim, amen |
No boat, back in the suds. 
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