How long do you typically fish?

[JoeBass]

I'm about to spend my annual 2 weeks in Maine. I generally fish 3-5 hours per day. 2 or 3 of those days I'll be out on a friends boat....we spend the whole day each time....8-9 hours. (Last trip, a few weeks ago, we were out 11 and a half hours)

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by JoeBass

I'm about to spend my annual 2 weeks in Maine. I generally fish 3-5 hours per day. 2 or 3 of those days I'll be out on a friends boat....we spend the whole day each time....8-9 hours. (Last trip, a few weeks ago, we were out 11 and a half hours)

Please keep us S-B-ers informed here if you happen onto a few fish, Joe.

Aerial maps, GPS, parking locations, and we want it all in real time...

[vanstaal]

2 to 4 hrs every morning

[JoeBass]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Please keep us S-B-ers informed here if you happen onto a few fish, Joe.

Aerial maps, GPS, parking locations, and we want it all in real time...

LOL. I'll get the hatcam ready.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by JoeBass

I'm about to spend my annual 2 weeks in Maine. I generally fish 3-5 hours per day. 2 or 3 of those days I'll be out on a friends boat....we spend the whole day each time....8-9 hours. (Last trip, a few weeks ago, we were out 11 and a half hours)

One of three things are going on here:
1. A lot of drinking
2. A lot of catch and release
3. A lot of not finding fish.
How the hell can you stay out for 11 1/2 hours and be fishing 3 days a week. Man, you must have the best job in the world!

[JoeBass]

Originally Posted by piemma

One of three things are going on here:
1. A lot of drinking
2. A lot of catch and release
3. A lot of not finding fish.
How the hell can you stay out for 11 1/2 hours and be fishing 3 days a week. Man, you must have the best job in the world!

My last trip, a few weeks ago, we stayed out 11 1/2 hours. It was on a weekend. We spent the first couple hours catching Macks and pollack on subikis for bait. Would of wrapped up a few hours earlier except for my 16 year old son who refuses to quit (which I admire.). No drinking, plenty afterwards (not my son). All catch and release. 10 or 12 fish boated up to 14 lbs. I know that's not good for such a long trip.

[bloocrab]

4 - 6 - 8 depends on what life has in store for me on that given day.

Tough question to answer for someone with various responsibilities. Before the marriage, mortgage, baby, home-owning responsibilities, etc/yada/yada shtufff.....It wouldn't be abnormal to pull double shifts, 16+ hrs chasing different species across both states, while grabbing a bite to eat or dropping off fish in between, so I guess technically, I couldn't count the drive time from place to place. ..........Aaaaaah, the good ole days.

Strangely enough, even though I used to fish A LOT, I could never say I fished everyday. I'm still not sure how some people can ........or claim to. ....I'm jealous I guess, but I wouldn't want to do it for a living, that I'm SURE of.

[bloocrab]

...before I get hopped on.... I didn't always set my focus on stripers, I would target anything that got close enough to shore,...from the early morning Scup/Tautog bite...endless hours jigging up Macks of different flavors...atlantic, spanish, tinkers to footlongs (when you could actually catch a good amount from shore), squid, butterfish, tommy cod...jiggin or live-baiting for Fluke, minnow trap was always in the trunk, after a LONG day or night in Newport, ...a visit to the Melville pier was a must.....as well as a stop by the Manchester bridge in Tiv. (as we called it) for some snappers, that was always a GREAT time... BlooCrabbin was in the mix obviously....the list goes on and on. I absolutely lived to fish.

People would ask me what the holes in some of the fish were ...., I would live bait a lot......once the fish went limp, back in the bucket for someone's frying pan. aaaaaaaaaaaaah, the white bucket days,,,, how I miss them.

Thanks for letting me re-live some memories.

[american spirit]

last year was 4-5 hours.

this year just getting out is a major morale boost. all night would be nice, but i don't think that's realistic for me anymore. i got a few spots where i think there's a 2 hour window of good fishing. i'll shoot for that. between travel and fishing, it's a 4-5 hour event.

[bloocrab]

- I applaud you guys & gals that have such long commutes in order to reach the salt. I've always considered myself Blessed to live 5 minutes away from the salt, and only minutes from either R.I. or the Big "D" area, (1/2 hr to Npt...40min to the "D"), yes..it's nice being in the middle with a respectable river only a rock throw away from my own house...

I remember being in Ohio on business recently and upon speaking to the locals, I was saddened to learn that some have never been to a body of saltwater, never mind fishing in it. I guess you can't miss what you don't know....

[JoeBass]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

...before I get hopped on.... I didn't always set my focus on stripers, I would target anything that got close enough to shore,...from the early morning Scup/Tautog bite...endless hours jigging up Macks of different flavors...atlantic, spanish, tinkers to footlongs (when you could actually catch a good amount from shore), squid, butterfish, tommy cod...jiggin or live-baiting for Fluke, minnow trap was always in the trunk, after a LONG day or night in Newport, ...a visit to the Melville pier was a must.....as well as a stop by the Manchester bridge in Tiv. (as we called it) for some snappers, that was always a GREAT time... BlooCrabbin was in the mix obviously....the list goes on and on. I absolutely lived to fish.

People would ask me what the holes in some of the fish were ...., I would live bait a lot......once the fish went limp, back in the bucket for someone's frying pan. aaaaaaaaaaaaah, the white bucket days,,,, how I miss them.

Thanks for letting me re-live some memories.

Wow.Sounds like you have really lived the coast life and know the waters like the back of your hand. I really could have seen growing up like that, but the paths went a different way. It sounds great.

[Slipknot]

It's never long enough.

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by JoeBass

Wow.Sounds like you have really lived the coast life and know the waters like the back of your hand. I really could have seen growing up like that, but the paths went a different way. It sounds great.

I wouldn't go as far as saying I know them "like the back of my hand", ...but I used to get around
It's sad at how much access I've seen taken away. Anyone who's fished Newport long enough can remember quite a few areas that are now completely inaccessible from shore...water line or not, you just can't get to em' anymore. The "Drive" used to have a LOT more access, few will remember.....

I must say though, yes...it was GREAT.