This site sucks right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sea Dangles]

I like the site too.I might bitch and cause trouble in the eyes of some but I log on quite often.I can't say I have met many fishing partners,nor have I attended any legs for a while but I still look to see what's up.I have met some folks whose company I enjoyTT,Animal,5/0,BB,Piemma,ProffessorM,TO,Slip,Afterhours,Bigfish , etc....
I have also met plenty of folks from the Striper Cup who I'd like to fish with,team affiliation notwithstanding;the entire Linesider team is full of real gentlemen,and they like beer.Even Cowhunter sent me a pm saying if I had any questions about my new motor to just ask. Nice gesture IMO. Guys who I would like to wet a line with someday just from reading their posts, whether they seem funny like TDF or insanely driven to fish like Numby or Cowhunter.Manzi used to be in the same mold too. It is a good mix but does seem stale recently.This site really jumped the shark when #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& left,he won't be back for family reasons but he spoke from the heart and that is difficult to replace.Some of his threads were like watching a trainwreck where you couldn't turn away. Those were the days of censorship here at S-B and I fell victim to the mods as well. Others resented the Ledge,which was in essence an invitation only forum for those in the clique.Very bad move from a bandwidth perspective I would think but as the man with tired feet will remind you;it is his site and if you don't like it, you are welcome to leave or be banned.

[justplugit]

Best site ever.
Of course when your new to any of the forums you hang on everyword, then thru time and experience you may need less info and post less, unless you can help someone else.

I have met none but the best people here, and have made some very close and lasting friendships.

With this heat, the summer doldrums are early.

[Fly Rod]

All kidding aside.

What I have found over the years is that fishermen or fisherpersons want to become instant fishing experts and they want the big one on their first outing. That is what I do not like. Pay your dues. You are not back in school paying another to do your briefs or taking your test.

Spend a couple of bucks, buy a chart of the area you want to fish, study it. Where I live & fish it is very rocky along the shore, find where the drop offs are that drop to 30-40 feet and come up on to the shoal in about 15 feet of water, sight fish on a calm day in the shallows when you see fish coming in to feed, look where they are coming from if it is possible lock it into your brain and where they are leaving the area, throw a piece or two of chum 3 or 4 feet from the boat, study the fish patent. Then start fishing when you see bigger fish come into the area.

Some days, not all days, even the best get skunked.

Discipline: Fishing along the shore from a boat you need to discipline yourself. Do Not! Do Not! fish any longer then fifteen minutes at any one spot if you are not catching fish. Do not let the devil on your left shoulder tell you to stay they will come if you wait to hell freezes over.

Finally: What works for me may not work for you. Leave the booze at home, keep the cob webs out of your head and pay attention to fishing and what the guy next to you is doing right when you are not.

[Rockport24]

Originally Posted by Fly Rod

All kidding aside.

What I have found over the years is that fishermen or fisherpersons want to become instant fishing experts and they want the big one on their first outing. That is what I do not like. Pay your dues. You are not back in school paying another to do your briefs or taking your test.

Spend a couple of bucks, buy a chart of the area you want to fish, study it. Where I live & fish it is very rocky along the shore, find where the drop offs are that drop to 30-40 feet and come up on to the shoal in about 15 feet of water, sight fish on a calm day in the shallows when you see fish coming in to feed, look where they are coming from if it is possible lock it into your brain and where they are leaving the area, throw a piece or two of chum 3 or 4 feet from the boat, study the fish patent. Then start fishing when you see bigger fish come into the area.

Some days, not all days, even the best get skunked.

Discipline: Fishing along the shore from a boat you need to discipline yourself. Do Not! Do Not! fish any longer then fifteen minutes at any one spot if you are not catching fish. Do not let the devil on your left shoulder tell you to stay they will come if you wait to hell freezes over.

Finally: What works for me may not work for you. Leave the booze at home, keep the cob webs out of your head and pay attention to fishing and what the guy next to you is doing right when you are not.

this is an awesome post and so f'n true. I have a friend from work that started getting into the surf game this year, he's been out maybe 10 times and he says "I can't catch a keeper to save my life" oh paleeezzzeeee!

[RIJIMMY]

Originally Posted by Rockport24

this is an awesome post and so f'n true. I have a friend from work that started getting into the surf game this year, he's been out maybe 10 times and he says "I can't catch a keeper to save my life" oh paleeezzzeeee!

if it wasnt true, guides would go out of business.
do people walk into casinos and say, I really want to win the jackpot but I have to put in tons of time and money to do it? No, they all want to win.
Its been said here a million times, if you go fishing only to catch fish, you wont to stick to it for very long.
With the web, some guys make it look easy so the inexperinced look for a quick answer. Its our obligation to tell them there is no easy answer, not fault them for wanting one.

[Rockport24]

Originally Posted by RIJIMMY

if you go fishing only to catch fish, you wont to stick to it for very long.
.

good post! and that is just what I said to him! He'll quit and go back to drinking on weekends....

[Swimmer]

Its cyclical. Its good for long periods and then boom, its goes south fast. Their is nothing wrong here, nada, zip, goose egg. Actually some of the posts were rather funny. Its all good. We could all be living god knows where, but we are here. In America for christ sakes. So the fish are thin. Except on the north shore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!

[Fly Rod]

Fly fishing for stripers is another thing.

I am the worlds worst fly fisherman. Gone around the country and Canda fly fishing. And am the worst fly tyer you will ever meet. They had a fly tyer swap here one year and probably still do and I presented a fly and I would bet that no one would think of using it. The bottom line is that I would catch fish. Charteuse is the key to catching stripers. I do the opposit of what the pros tell ya to do, I slap the water, poor presentation and I use only a Orvis depth charge full sinking line regardless if I'm in 3 feet of water or 40 feet of water. And where do you get most of your strikes? if you pay attention to where your line is most of your strikes come in the white water crashing on the rocks. So why do shore fisherpersons try to cast to the open ocean. You should cast diagnally to the shore.

[Raider Ronnie]

[BigFish]

Mike if you don't like it....don't let the ignore button hit you in the ass!!!!!

[Squid kids Dad]

LOL

[striprman]

I've always enjoyed this site (even when I was banned). I really don't think it's helped me catch any more or bigger fish. I think its funny when all the "experts" get there panties in a bunch about spot burning, technique, keeping and showing fish..It's a fishing web site, wtf do you expect ? pictures of your old grandma's tea party ?

[Just n time]

This site is great! Like reading the paper for me