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 ;)

Ugh

This whole underwater photography thing is weird.  This photo was taken at about 9am on a sunny day about 25 feet under the surface.  Underwater visibility was cloudy beyond 10 feet, but not dark at all. A photo taken without flash came out just black.  With flash I got this (yeah, my stinkin mask fogged up,,, I've since fixed that problem).  I don't get it.  Looks like I was diving in the middle of the night....

Stripercoast Surfcasters Club forum is open for public registration

Just wanted to give you all a heads up that there is a new section of the forum hosted by Stripercoast Surfcasters Club that is now open to the public, where club members and non-members alike can read and post. The majority of the forum is still private and viewable by current club members only, but I'm in the process of putting together a nice collection of forums for public use as well.
It is still a work in progress, but just wanted to let you know that you can now log in and post in the public forums, even if you are not a current Club member. We'd love to keep up with you and know how you are doing!

Here's the link:
http://www.stripercoastsurfcasters.us/forum/index.php 
If you have any troubles logging in, just let me know and I'll be glad to help!

Fishing in RI has sucked lately

I don't know what the heck is going on.  Places that should be on FIRE this time of year are ghost towns.  It's been nearly 2 weeks since I last caught a fish and it was a scrawny little bastard.  I skished with Ed last on Friday night and I think he caught the only fish that was around,,, probably not more than 15" long,,, and this place should be full of good fish right now.  Fished it again Sunday night and was skunked then too.  Gotta shrug it off and keep trying.....

Last weekend

Had a couple good swims last weekend.  Didn't find many fish though.  One baby striper caught off Brentons Reef saved me from a skunk...

On a good note, think I've finally figured out the intricacies of the tidal currents around Brenton's Reef, and how to hit the trough in the reef on the outgoing so that I don't get swamped by the point break.  I'm much more comfortable getting close to the main reef and working it's edges that I was last fall.