Gardnaaa Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 I am going to RI this summer for a vacation, i just bought a 10" offshore angler rod from basspro and a okuma avenger abf 65 reel. i have never fished off the beach before, anything i should know? any tips you have? i would like to try and catch striper, but any kind of fish will do. Thank you all for your help. Quote
Gardnaaa Posted April 3, 2012 Author Posted April 3, 2012 i almost bought a 12" but the shipping was more expensive LOL Quote
Packard Posted April 3, 2012 Posted April 3, 2012 i almost bought a 12" but the shipping was more expensive LOL Dave was making a joke because 10" is 10 inches. I believe that you mean 10'. Quote
Gardnaaa Posted April 3, 2012 Author Posted April 3, 2012 oh lol, i feel stupid i didnt catch that. Quote
Tony Monticelli Posted April 4, 2012 Posted April 4, 2012 could list an endless list..... hit up a local bait shop or 2 and see what the flavor is get the stuff you need then... for rigs and etc your looking at the same problem but there all simple enough you can just ask at the bait shop what you need it would take them maybe 2 mins for them to set you up with the right rig for what your useing for bait with the correct hook and etc... endless list and when you get there you could just be fighting an eel on a hook, just remember eels work better when there a little dumb, so feel free to whack its head against the bucket. its really a disapointing sport when it comes to fishing, i mean you can go there with everything perfect and get nothing not even a skate and then go back and you can walk across the things it so thick with strippers and then and hour later it is all over.. run up and down a beach chasing schools as soon as you hook into it and catch a fish there so far down the beach that catching up to them again isnt possible.. you hook into a monster to have him use the breaker wave on ya, thats fun..the beach fleas eat you and nothing keep em away... ... its always better fishing at night so your up all night and then drive home in the morning after swinging that 10' rod all night you smell like bait get home have to clean fish all you want to do is sleep but not allowed in bed smelling like that so you jump in the shower and at the point you like yea im not sleeping now. . why do i keep going back for more i have no clue. doesnt hurt to take a run around with a truck and find people fishing and see whats going on, ive gone fishing for stripper to watch people get flounder and quickly change to flounder. i was like what? flounder? forget about the stripper i want to catch flounder. as for a tip to catch stripper, with bait? keep the rod in your hand, keep it out of the sand spike... keep the reel bail open and your hand on the spool and hold the line keeping it tight and not slack... soon as you feel a bite let the line go right away and let some line dump out give her line... close the bail and set up to set the hook remember close the bail, soon as she pulls that line tight set it.... problem most the time is strippers will hit softer than a trout and they will spit the bait out the second the feel that rod and the bigger the stripper the softer they bite. Quote
Tony Monticelli Posted April 4, 2012 Posted April 4, 2012 oh and tape up your finger if your casting some weight with that spin rod... or wear a casting glove or just don't try to cast a mile... Quote
Gardnaaa Posted April 4, 2012 Author Posted April 4, 2012 thanks man, i appreciate all the info, i actually went on a charter last year and caught a 8 pound fluke, it was a pretty nice fish. but i am pretty much trying to catch anything off the beach that i can. i also have 80lbs braided line for it. i also have a baitfeeder on my reel so it will just let line out if a fish hits it. but i would love to catch a striper. ill probably try some lures and probably fish some cut up squid and minnows. Quote
Super User SirSnookalot Posted April 4, 2012 Super User Posted April 4, 2012 Tony is right, surf fishing is a totally different animal, you catch fish when fish are there, usually chasing bait. I can't tell you how many days I fish in the surf and get 1 or 2 fish and it's a good day. We don't striper fish in South Florida but I have done quite a bit of it in the Northeast. For a novice I would suggest casting diamond jigs with a surgical tube trailer, most fish will hit them too, you can buy them anywhere up there, You can never go wrong with bait, live or cut. The Okuma abf is a bait feeder or bait runner reel, it's is designed to keep your bail closed but allowing the line to act is if the drag is very loose, get a strike and just flip the lever. I think 80# braid is kind of heavy, I use 20# braid for my tarpon and jack crevelles, which are very hard fighting fish. I would not use anything more than 40#, you still need to have line capacity and 40# will handle just about anything. Quote
Diablos Posted April 4, 2012 Posted April 4, 2012 Look up Quaker Lane Tackle in North Kingston and ask for Steve McKenna. He is as good as it gets for surfcasting RI. If you are feeling a bit 'spendy' come see me at CMS Tackle in New Bedford Mass and I'll hook you up with a Century surf rod and a Stella 10000 for $1100 Quote
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