How do you choose where do you fish during a storm?

[Joe]

Ok, here goes - but I warned you ! Don't try this at home!
My favorite technique for Nor’easters is to go inside an inlet and fish the tail end of an out going tide with live eels and ½ ounces of slip sinkers on the leader, 30 pound + mono or braid on the spool, and the drag socked down to the point where it barely gives.
The added weight to the eel leader helps it “bite” into the rough water and the drag being socked down prevents the fish from getting to a place where landing it becomes too risky.
Sometimes a bigger fish will still get to a place where you should not go and you have to cut it loose.
Emotionally, it is very hard to cut loose a good fish that you have yet to see.....but it is very necessary, because the end of an inlet during a storm is not where you want to be. I’ve cut loose some fish that made me squirt tears.
Good luck - Joe