Most dangerous places to surfcast - Page 3 - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

rizzo · 10-07-2009, 05:11 AM

Fished cuttyhunk during the day in a bad swell/hurricane. 4-5' swells coming in, when about 1/4 mile offshore I saw a wave that was 10'. We had time to creep back up to the cliffs, if it was night we would have been done. The wave still was mid thigh deep up at the back of the cliff. All those open to the ocean areas can be very dangerous.

The Dad Fisherman · 10-07-2009, 05:53 AM

Joppa Flats at Night.......You have to be aware of when the current picks up or you can get caught in the Merrimac for a journey.....Had one guy in the club that went a little to far one night and I guess a Boat in the area found him Hugging a Channel Marker.

Not to mention that sometimes, usually on the weekends, you are dealing with the drunks in their boats that can't see you in the dark

also if you're out there and the fog rolls in it can be very disorienting.

Clogston29 · 10-07-2009, 06:28 AM

any place can be dangerous if your unprepared or careless.

piemma · 10-07-2009, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Clogston29

any place can be dangerous if your unprepared or careless.

You are correct my friend. Ask Nebe about the night he's fishing the A-Frame inside the Harbor of Refuge. His plug bag got stuck between some rocks and he was pinned down with waves washing over him He almost drowned in 3 feet of water.

striprman · 10-07-2009, 08:19 AM

I've seen broken bones, smashed legs and bloody heads at the canal. Those rockweed covered stones are slippery.

bassballer · 10-07-2009, 09:52 AM

I took a freind with me to beavertail one night. Always asking to take him out fishing, so i finally gave him. Gave him an old pair of waders and set him up with some korkers. We walked down the rocks to the surf and told him to fish a certain area. I wandered off a little and came back to him an hour later. He hadnt moved an inch from where I left him. I said "you can move around ya know". He said "$?ck that!, this place is scary as sheet, im not movin anywhere". The tail can screw with your head.

UPSmanMatt · 10-07-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by bassballer

I took a freind with me to beavertail one night. Always asking to take him out fishing, so i finally gave him. Gave him an old pair of waders and set him up with some korkers. We walked down the rocks to the surf and told him to fish a certain area. I wandered off a little and came back to him an hour later. He hadnt moved an inch from where I left him. I said "you can move around ya know". He said "$?ck that!, this place is scary as sheet, im not movin anywhere". The tail can screw with your head.

It was nice to have it all to myself last night.

Just me and my great grandfather and grampa. That place is actually my comfort zone. I hate sand.

Bocephus · 10-07-2009, 11:59 AM

ive had a few hairy nights at the b-ways in Rhody. Fighting a fish when I realized everyone that was next to me was gone. Looked up in time to see a monstah wave breaking directly into me. Got washed back about 10ft, had to change underwear. Lesson learned, pay attention to your surroundings.

luds · 10-07-2009, 12:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Bocephus

ive had a few hairy nights at the b-ways in Rhody. Fighting a fish when I realized everyone that was next to me was gone. Looked up in time to see a monstah wave breaking directly into me. Got washed back about 10ft, had to change underwear. Lesson learned, pay attention to your surroundings.

That's a perfect example why a friend is probably the best piece of safety equipment you can have. Canalman or Clogston would have been screaming at me to get out of the way or dragging me off the rock if that didn't work.

Crafty Angler · 10-07-2009, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by luds

That's a perfect example why a friend is probably the best piece of safety equipment you can have...

Without a doubt, luds

Smartest thing I've heard yet on the subject - but even that's not a guarantee

Short true story - two guys - Cambodians maybe, if memory serves - were fishing on the rocks at the end of Sachuest Point during a big swell - one of them gets washed over the side but his friend is able to reach him in the surf with the tip of his rod so he can haul him back up the rocks to safety

Unfortunately, it was a 2-piece rod. If you know that spot in a surge, you know the ending. Pretty sad...

Like Dylan said, one should never be where one does not belong - but the line on when and where that is gets fuzzy if you've got fish fever

There are plenty of dangerous spots to surfcast - I'd have to say that the list of completely safe ones is so short that I'm hard put to come up with one off the top of my head

I dunno, maybe the best piece of safety equipment is actually between your ears - don't feel bad about using it

bradf1 · 10-07-2009, 01:30 PM

On the Vineyard Squibnockett point at night is pretty frightening. Slip and hurt yourself and you might be there for days before anyone finds you.

PaulS · 10-08-2009, 07:24 AM

I live about a mile from one of the Conn. spots mentioned a few times and fish it fairly frequently. As long as you pay close attention to the tides, I don't think its dangerous.

I'd go w/Beavertail.