Spring

Spring is in the air.  The peepers are peeping in the swamp across the road.  The days are getting warmer and longer.  Pictures of fresh caught fish are pouring in from contacts in NJ & NY.  Soon and very soon they'll find their way to my home waters of RI and MA.  I'm ready.

On another note, this coming Saturday the MA chapter of my surfcasting club is hosting a beach clean-up at Gooseberry Island, in Westport, MA.  Weather permitting, we'll get started at 9am and work until around 3pm or so, with a break at noon for a picnic lunch.  If you would be interested in volunteering to help out with this effort, please contact me!   jake@skishingnewengland.com

Itching

In a good way ;)

As I was driving to work this morning before the first signs of dawn streaked the sky, I couldn't help gazing at the huge moon hanging in the sky just above the treeline.  Really made me wish I was hunting bass instead of driving to work.  Is it spring yet??

Hello 2011!

Well it's 2011.  Big whoopdee doo.  ;)
I hope you all had a great holiday season!

Not much new on this front this time of year except that I'll be starting swimming lessons for the kids soon at the local YMCA. Can't wait to get wet again!!  

Are there any specific subjects that anyone would like to see blog posts about this winter?

Merry Christmas

Sorry for how long it's been since my last blog post here!  Trying to get caught up on some of the things that I neglected during the fishing season....  Stay tuned for more soon!

Merry Christmas to all!!   May there be peace on earth and plenty of  big, healthy, stripey fish in the sea!

Custom Surfcasting Rod Raffle!!

John from Stripercoast Surfcasters Club is raffling off a truely custom surfcasting rod to help out a brother in need.  This isn't an off the shelf "custom"  this is a "you pick the blank, wraps, seat, guides, handle, etc. and I'll build it for you" kind of custom!  Check it out HERE !!    You can see some of John's work HERE.

Don't delay... Deadline is November 10th!!

SkishingNewEngland.com on Google

After MUCH hard work, http://www.skishingnewengland.com/ is back to near the top of the first page on Google results for "skishing", following the hacker attack that got me banned completely from their listings for over a month.  Did I ever mention that I do not particularly care for hackers and those who employ them to do their dirty work?  They suck....

Montauk, Oct 2010

Just got back from Montauk last night after 4 days of skishing & rock hopping.   Had a blast!  Frankie & Sonny both got their first skish fish on this trip, so big thumbs up to them!   I had a couple fish largest around 15lbs while skishing, and some gorrilla blues from the rocks.   Lots of small bass on small bait there this weekend.  I had to swim far offshore to find the 15lber...  Bad wind for most of the weekend, but it turned southeast on Sunday and the south shore turned on with blitz after blitz along the shore. 

Now.... back to the grind ;)