Introduce Yourself...

[Seajay]

Hi, I'm Jamie. I live in the Boston area and have two seasons now of surfcasting under my belt. I typically fish the northern shores of Boston, and have had some success this past few months. I try to buy the bulk of my stuff from SWE since they stock everything and have the knowledge base to help me with the buying part.

I did some fishing while I lived on the West coast which even included catching an 18" striper (keeper at that time) on a plastic rebel plug. I've done lake fishing and also caught king salmon out in the Pacific. My father caught many good-sized stripers on artificials when he was young, so perhaps it is in my blood that I now pick up the sport.

Currently, I'm trying to learn some spots in RI to fish on these last weekends to extend my season this year and for future years. I like to fish with people, so I'm open to folks who are willing to fish together. I'm not super talkative so you won't have to worry if I'll talk your ear off. I just like to share the experience with folks. Learning productive fishing areas in RI is also part of this season's project to help my fishing buddy catch one keeper this year. I feel bad for him. I've caught fish next to him, and it just hasn't been a great year for him. I don't want to ditch him and say I've caught my fish for the year, so it's a fun adventure to go to RI and try to find fish.

Right now, I use fairly light tackle sporting the bright green 12lb monofilament, and the first plug out of the bag at false dawn is a 2oz. yellow Gibbs pencil popper.

I hope to meet you out there!

Jamie

Hey Jamie,

When you see a surfman in the suds don't be shy, ( at night leave him alone)say hello, tell him your newer at this and would appreciate any tips. The guys that love to to do this also love sharing the passion (there are always exceptions). At night best to stay clear of guys that are fishing or wading. If they are not fishing, say hello. Once you get your tips it's best to move on unless invited to tag along. The guy may have pulled 30's out of the spot the past few days and wants to keep it quiet. Me, sometimes I feel like company and other times I want solitude but always try to helpful and kind to fellow anglers.

[cchobot]

Already a couple guys making their first post, excellent, let's keep it up. If you're reading this and usually a "lurker" or it's your first time on the board we want to hear from you

[bluebass]

Hi Chris and members of the forum,

I've been enjoying the forum and learning a lot from reading all your posts. Thanks! My wife and I make trips to RI from NY a lot because it's beautiful out there, great seafood, nice people, and great fishing(I guess I suppose to say no fish in RI. I wish we live closer and hope to live there someday. It's very helpful to get general idea of what's happening through the forum before we make the 2-3hrs drive. When I go, I always visit SWE to see Chris or Steve. They've been very kind helping us out.

I've been fly fishing for 15 years and in salt 5 years. I've also picked up a surf rod a few years ago and cast plugs when it's too windy to fly fish. I still have a lot to learn and just ordered bunch of bucktails and a book about bucktailing from the shop.

hope to see you guys on the water,

Taku

[cchobot]

Hey Taku! Good to see you on here.

[kegger7676]

My name is Jason and I am 28 years old and live in West Warwick. I have been freshwater fishing my entire life. For the last five years I have been surfcasting. My first couple of seasons it was a casual thing heading out after work to soak a chunk or hitting the party boats with friends and I caught some fish and had fun. The last couple of seasons I have been bored with freshwater fishing so I decided to get serious into surfcasting. I now go about 2-3 times a week, fish plugs and lose lots of sleep trying to catch a cow. I will admit my first season fishing all plugs was very slow but I caught enough fish to keep my intrest peaked. This year was much better for me w/ my top fish being 38" (I don't weight my fish...I need to get a Boga this coming season). I read all the books on striper fishing and learned most of what I know from them and the few nice folks I have met on the water. If you see a big guy out there with a shaved head, brown waders using a 704 greenie stop by and say hello. I can typically be found in Narragansett. I look forward to meeting some of you guys at the winter events held at the shop this winter.

Jason

[FishnGrega]

My name is Taylor Velasco, I grew up in Middletown and I can say my fishing experiences began at a very early age with my father and grandfather. My father was a big striper and bluefish fisherman and my grandfather primarilly caught squid, mackerel, and bottom fish. I learn early on the basic rules and strategies that go along with fishing from piers, docks, the causeway, and various other spots around the island.

After high school I moved up to Boston for college and lost touch with my fishing roots. It was not until recently I got back into fishing in a big way. I started a contract down with the NAVY on coasters harbor island next to the war college mid summer. I spent most days after work at Van Zandt chunking pogies just to see what I could catch in the few hours before I drove back up to my house south of Boston. Well I started catching a ton of fish, HUGE bluefish, and even a few day time stripers. My passion was now back in full gear.

I began to get all my gear back in top working order, cleaned the 704z, sharpened the hooks on my plugs, started fishing with braid...

Well I began to see a limit to the size and amount of fish, stripers in particular, that I could catch in the early afternoons of the summer. I began to fish later at night and earlier in the morning before work, often driving into the island at 3am to fish until I had to be at work at 7am.

Then one day while checking out the drive I spotted the biggest blitz I have ever seen, and about 20 anglers dressed to the 9 with fishing gear, (waders, plug bags, 10 foot poles, korkers, you all know the drill). I was completely unfit to get on those rocks but I did. I reeled in 3 sizable blues and after getting soaked by a wave and almost cracking my head open on the rock from slipping in my work boots I decided it was time to pick up the right gear. I headed over to SWE and got korkers, boots, and a 8'6" st. croix.

Since then it has been awesome, I am pretty much re-learning how to fish in the surf. It is a whole new ball game out on the rocks compared to cutting chunks of bait from the docks and I can't seem to sit still while there are still stripers out there.

I have to say that the guys at SWE are by far the most helpful when it comes to tips, fishing reports, and are just generally more friendly than the other shops I have been to.

This site is also a great tool, you guys post a lot of useful information on fishing our island.

HEY T! How's it going man!? Its Greg Ring. you living in boston?? Wish I knew you were on the board we could have meet up and hit the water this summer/fall.

[stcroixman]

I am Gerry, a cpa, living in warwick. My 3 kids are older now,I am getting out to fish a ton now - Fresh and Salt. I practice 100% C & R.

BTW, I am a lifelong Yankee Fan!!!

[Angler Ace]

I am Gerry, a cpa, living in warwick. My 3 kids are older now,I am getting out to fish a ton now - Fresh and Salt. I practice 100% C & R.

BTW, I am a lifelong Yankee Fan!!!

This is turning out to be a GREAT thread. It should have been started sometime ago. I would espically like to see more YANKEE fans chime in. I have been out numbered for a long time.
Serisouly guys, it's good to see the action picking up here. Good to hear from you all, and to all you other people who are thinking about posting, but haven't steped up yet. This is a good place to be during the off season. Lets hear from ya. Chime in.

[toaster816]

HEY T! How's it going man!? Its Greg Ring. you living in boston?? Wish I knew you were on the board we could have meet up and hit the water this summer/fall.

GREG, it things are going good. I have a house 10 minutes south of the city but am always down on the island. I was 99% sure that this was you on here but for some reason I can't send PM's, look at user profiles or even my profile for that matter, so I could not contact you. <-----Chris do you know what this might be?

We will definitely have to meet up to do some fishing. I will be on the rocks up until turkey day so if you ever want to join up let me know.

[NE Stripes]

Hey everyone, I remember first stumbling upon the edge when it was on thames it sure has come a long way since then. As for myself I am from Seekonk I am 36 an have been fishing the salt and fresh all my life thanks to my father and grandfather.Having caught my first thirty on the canal at the age of 12 on a rebel mack swimmer you could say that I am a hopeless addict. now to make things worse I have a plug building problem.

Finding the edge has been one of the best things to happen to my angling habbit err "sickness" having been the origin of my first habs and first beachmaster, just so you know I blame you for all the money I have spent on custom wood these many years.

Thanks and best of luck, Gary.