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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman
For the tourneys at PISC
A Surfcast fish is one Hooked, Fought, and Landed while feet are on the ground.
A Boat fish is one Hooked, Fought, and Landed while feet are in the boat. (this includes kayaks)
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DF,
I agreed with you fully last time we had this discussion and agree now.
Skishing is definitely not surf fishing to me. If you're hooking fish while floating or drifting in the water its more like a boat, IMO.
A wet suit is just another tool. Same as comparing bare feet fishing to using waders. You need to cast, hook,fight, and land from terra firma to be considered surf caught, regardless of what's on your feet.
I've seen guys paddle bait out with kayaks off Race Pt., then go back to shore and hook/land the fish and call it "surf" caught. Baloney. You need all the elements.
Wetsuiting is simply extending the surf boundary a bit, but to me it doesn't need its own category, IMO.
Lots of the guys I know who wetsuit are no better than average surfmen without the wetsuits, but the willingness to take risk/go the extra mile in order to succeed is what sets them apart. Its kind of like anything else in a risk/reward sense.
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