How Far Do you Drive to Fish?

[PurpelNoon]

I already drive about 45 minutes to get to Westernmost areas of LI but Montauk -well that would be quite far!
I may move next year another few minutes North and it will be further from the fishing grounds.

It will make me feel much better if I know there are lots of you out there that travel distances frequently to do what you love.

[cheferson]

Drive 20-30 minutes in spring and fall, and about 10-15 minutes during the summer

[Rappin Mikey]

I make the trek to the outer Cape (3.5 hours) just about every weekend from mid May to mid October. Then I drive to SoCo (2 hours) until late November. There are some spots in the Norwich area I fish in April and May, but that only takes me one hour.

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

1 average about 320 t0 360 miles each way to fish the salt usually the Cape or LI. this year i get close to 70 full days in

[steelhead]

2 1/2 hours to South County. 375 miles to the Adirondacks for my annual freshwater fix... Nothing like a smallie on a little home made popper :-)

[bart]

usually one hr. one way, but more if i'm fishing westerly or the cape.....

[redlite]

Cape: 1 Hour 45 minutes
RI: Narragansett: 1 hour 20 minutes
Watch Hill: 1 hour 45 minutes

This is all average time driving well over the speed limit (life is too short to waste time traveling ) and times don't include unforeseen traffic jams.

I usually go back and forth every night. Back of the truck smells so bad lately that it is tough to sleep in.

I support the war cause by using so much gas.

[Bronko]

-Cape 1 hour 10 minutes from Boston (Have a second house down there so once I am there the fishing in close by)

-Just did a SoCo trip exactly 1 hour 20 minutes each way yesterday (Narragansett area) from Boston.

-Boston and various south shore spots during the summer all w/in 10-30 minutes during the work week.

[Mr. Sandman]

about 5-20 minutes...on average 10 min.

[In The Surf]

Thirty minutes to an hour depending on where I'm fishing

[BigFish]

I drive till I hit the ocean.........more to the point I drive 1 1/2 - 2 hours usually to fish the Cape and 30 minutes to fish local salt.

[capesams]

about 10 min's....to splash time......took longer to get there then it did to catch the fish.

[PurpelNoon]

Given the far distances travelled, is the most popular lodging:
sleeping in the car, getting a room for the weekend or just fish a few hours and go back home?

I've tried them all. Thank goodness for caffeine for those trips back!

[ProfessorM]

Sleepingbag in back of truck, priced right. P.M.

[Rob Rockcrawler]

Hour and a half to either the cape or rhodie. When it comes to lodging, its my cramped ranger, cant quite afford to stay in a motel once a weeik, the trips cost enough as it is. IF its real nice out i will crash on the rocks for a little while, i just keep the eels sack 10 feet or so away in case a skunk or coon gets curious, the truck smells bad enough as it is without fresh skunk funk in the cab.

[ThrowingTimber]

120-150 miles round trip in ri 4-5 nights a week.
more if cape

[Rappin Mikey]

I camp or sleep in the jeep. Every once in a while I drive home. But usually I get a few zzs.

[The Iceman 6]

On average 3 hours. Sometimes more....

[The Dad Fisherman]

20 minutes to Plum Island
40 Minutes to Glosta (2-3 times a Week in July/August)
1 hour and 1/2 to The Canal

Will be trying RI and father down the Cape in the Future

[tlapinski]

anywhere form 5 minutes in the spring for the CT river to 2 hours for SoCo RI to 3.5 hours for the outter cape. sucks living in western mass. still logged 100+ trips this year. gas companies love me....

[fishaholic18]

30 Minutes to So. County
1.5 hours to Canal

[chris L]

it depends where Im fishing
ct 15 min to 1 hr
Ri 1 to 1.5 hrs
canal 2.25 hrs
outer beaches 3.5 hrs
Li 2 west end to 5 hrs east end ( 3 with ferry )

[Roseneath]

I can get to a handful of locations in about 15 minutes... (from my door to wetting a line).

SoCo is about 45-55 minutes

[PurpelNoon]

I envy those that travel only 15 minutes. It would be great if I could move to LI in a few years but by then the median house will probably cost about $1 Million. So much for the middle class guy!

[fishdump]

2 seconds for sweetwater (can walk out my back door and almost cast in the water - pawcatuck river)
anywhere from 10 - 45 minutes depending on traffic and where in RI I plan to fish.

[kippy]

same as bart..I definitely am going to move closer to the water..I envy you guys who live 10 minutes..

[jbapinoy]

Naragansett = 2 hrs.
Cape = 2.25 hrs.

I just started driving far late summer been busy in my place in early summer which includes:

2 mins - Riverside
7 mins - Hanes
20 mins - Bristol / Warren / Barrington.

But no luck with 20lbs.

[reelecstasy]

Hmmmm....wading in the cove takes me bout 30 seconds 35 seconds if a car goes by...the canal about 1hr if I drive the speed limit-usually not..and then add on more to get to the cape sands..Rhody-gonna have to wait till I drive down there to fish with a few guys....wink,wink,hint,hint..
and I have no problem sackin out for a few in the 4runner, better than takin a chance fallin asleep on the road...

[zacs]

jbapinoy
How could it possibly take you 2 hours to get from Riverside to 'Gansett? On bike?

For me,
closest spot, 10 mins.
favorite spot, 25 mins.
farthest spot, 40 mins.

next sping I will have my boat on a slip in wickford, 10 mins from my house, so that will probably change everything.

-Zac

[fishaholic18]

Originally posted by reelecstasy
Rhody-gonna have to wait till I drive down there to fish with a few guys....wink,wink,hint,hint..

You're welcome to go with me anytime.