How long do you typically fish?

[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.

[MikeToole]

When I fish my home area it's only a 10-minute ride so most of my trips are 4-hours, two hours either side of the tide.

When the fishing is good or traveling to fish 8-10 hours is the norm.

[ecduzitgood]

I used to fish for 2-3 days straight now I hit the wall at 18-20 hours and usually fish 9-10hrs. in order to catch two slack tides.