[stoned-trout]

I carry a ghost shrimp pump everywhere....easy to make...them fuckers are delicate..but they are fish candy....yeehaw..they work best free lined from my kayak rather than cast on a Carolina rig from shore...last time I pumped some they were all pregnant so I used a few and then let the rest go ..but the fish seemed to like them even better...maybe the eggsack????

[Tynehead Tom]

we have ghost shrimp up here too. I remember as a kid with a brand new drivers license heading out in the wee hours of the right tide, shrimp suckers in hand. Once we got our fill and the sun was just starting to rise.... jump in the car and hit the river for steelhead. Best bait for steelhead hands down.

as for surf fishing, I live too far from the ocean these days but spent the better part of my adult life , 9 weight Gloomis cross current 3 pc and an Islander IR3 , in hand, every chance I got.
Coho Salmon on the fly, on the beaches is a load of fun. I remember a trip south fishing for bones for the first time with flesh flies.... must do that some more
my biggest fish in salt water on the fly was a 36 pound Chinook salmon. Not only did I hook that fish in over 300 feet of water..... I jumped overboard into my old browning float tube and fought that fish for almost an hour. I have video and tonnes of pics but this being a weed site.... hmmm

cool thread. I havent' made it to florida yet but I would certainly like to catch some striper one day, such a cool fish.

[stoned-trout]

if you go to florida you want tarpon ,bonefish and redfish too,,,,, hell theres more too like permit ...oooh the list is long but tarpon is at the top.....yeehaw...let the fish go and keep a scale for remembering...their huge and tough

[gardener60]

I would love to fish for Tarpon, and Bonefish. I guess once you get the ocean in your blood its always there.

[stoned-trout]

that reminds me... I need some more mosquito hooks...big/thicker hooks don't work as well for the ghost shrimp....yeehaw

[armedoldhippy]

surf fishing at Hatteras for blues & red drum is a dream...if you can keep folks from New Jersey from settling in next to you & casting across your lines hoping to piss you off & get you to leave the spot you found. it happens constantly.,..

[stoned-trout]

well the sand crabs have returned in decent numbers so it is time to hit the surf again...got some gulp sandworms in case I don't get any good sized ones...yeehaw

[Gnz]

Usually fish off the surf beaches in late summer, getting a bit colder now so moving into the harbors.

Currently in the market for a boat, wanting to lock something down in the next month or two.

[stoned-trout]

I got spooled yesterday..15 lb line..I am upgrading ..ordered new reel 10 bearings 30 lb line 240 yards.ordered new 11 ft ugly stick to go with it as the 14 ft I had was too unweildy...I will return and kick shark or ray ass...now to find my braid or order more..I have 65lb somewhere...yeehaw

[stoned-trout]

Rod came in reel tomorrow....gonna do 2days surf and a few on rented boat....yeehaw