Surfers versus Surf Fishers

Proper etiquette is to attach the hook to your leash plug and then paddle directly out to sea. If hooked by pier fisherman, then paddle parallel to beach in opposite direction of pier.

 

^^^^^^I like this.

 

What I often see is that they'll set up at the best breaking spot on the beach, put out a several lines, and end up catching nothing. Sometimes it doesn't matter that there's already people in the water.

 

Hey honey,how did you do fishing today?I hooked a pretty big stud.Came up swinging.

 

Um yeah this is an epidemic. The other night at the home break when there were actual scraps to be had at the end of the day, surf fisher dude was setting up his stuff in front of the only viable peak that had ok sets coming in. I entered the water 50 yards to his right but then went diagonal in front of him when I saw that he was setting up in front of the only good peaks. We looked at each other the whole time and knew what both were up to. Turned out that he wanted to avoid hooking me in the grill a lot more than I feared getting hooked. Good choice by him.

Sorry brahs, but there are a lot of damn surf fishing spots in my area. A ton actually. There are not many viable peaks to surf this time of year here. These surf fishers, fake vaca-spongers, swimmers, and assorted wading idiots have no idea how long we have to wait to do our thing. Call me aggro or entitled all you want but when they can do their thing at will and we have to be on call for the blue moon occasion to hit, I've got no issue at all telling them to GET OFF MY PEAK!!!

 

Haha what braddah??!?

Is this a cat pedaling his Huffy to the water with his rod in hand or is this a dude who casts his line into brooks and streams he pedals by and when he feels a tug he pedals away to use the torque from the bike to get the sucka out?

 

Sometimes I like to use my SUP as a mobile fishing platform. I often find that the bait fish like to school where the sandbars are, which consequently is usually where the best waves are breaking, so that's usually where I fish. I try to go when the tide is incoming because fish tend to follow the tide due to nutrients flowing with the water. Do I hook surfers sometimes? Yeah, but you can't own the ocean. It's as much mine as it is the kooks. Last time I was out I caught 37 5 inch croakers.

 

You're joking right? Fishing from an SUP is fun and I do enjoy it, but never around anybody, surely you were being sarcastic / joking.

 

Francis Buxton (idiot formerly known as BCN) spews nonsense just to get at least some attention during some part of his unloved existence.

 

my buddy told me once that guys used to paddle out at sebastian inlet with pocket knives to cut lines.

 

Francis who? And besides, that's 99% of this forum. That's basically all you do

 

Yeah, there use to be a war between the surfers & fishermen down there, I hear it's not 100% over, but it's a lot better than it use to be, I don't make it down that far South normally, but occasionally I'll hit up Spanish House up the road

 

There's usually 2 very different types of surf fishermen. And you can tell them apart by their gear.
There's the kooks and the real salty dudes.
The guys that know what they are doing will usually stick to themselves and walk until they find solitude.
The kooks will see a guy hook up on a jetty or a pier and go right next to them. The guy that caught the fish will walk away cursing and find a new spot. The kook will fish there every day and tell all his friends.

 

Didn't you know? Fish are always biting whenever and where ever the surfers are.

 

Yeah, we had a bad rumble last winter with a guy who started fishing on our favorite peak where four of us older women were. I hadn't noticed till I popped up and yelled WTF, there was a line caught around me. We told the guy to move down the beach. Then he hooked a seagull. Idiot let the seagull flap around like a kite. I yelled, to throw a towel on the bird to calm it and unhook it. He told me to shut up. Probably would've given him a good lecture but his wife was there and she looked rough and meaner than a snake. Poor bird, he cut the line and the bird flew off with the hook still in it's wing. He begrudgingly moved down the beach. Jerk.

 

lol I think we all been there.the worst part is when they start chucken out the fish heads where your sitten to chum the area.i met plenty of fisherman,and im a little fisherman myself,fisherman don't respect surfers,or anyone else on the beach.they look at u crazy for actually going out there.but a lot of good surf spots are plagued with fisherman.just got to paddle away from them

 

i don't surf with a leash near fishermen for fear of intanglement. i also won't piss in my new board shorts. Fisherman on the beach. i piss all over the beach.

 

I enjoy fishing and surf fishing. I understand that some of the sandbars and rips make for really good fishing spots and also good surfing breaks on a good day. It's just really frustrating that most all of the time its the fishermen that arrive 2nd and cause the trouble. Most surfers don't paddle out in front of a fisherman do they? I've never done it. I guess if there was only 1 really good break on the beach and it was right in front of a fisherman. I'd have some small talk with him first and then let him know that there is only one spot really to surf and if he'd mind moving down or up the beach a little ways. If he gives attitude about moving, then you could ask him how long he plans to fish and come back later.

Here is your typical looking jackass that casts out into a group of surfers...

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.5036816594896571&pid=15.1&w=110&h=127&p=0

 

I've had fishermen set up in front of me lots of times like I'm sure many people have. I usually just ignore them and if I run over their lines, so be it. A few weeks ago after work I was out surfing down the beach minding my own business and I look over and some dude is paddling a bait out on a kayak. I was speechless. There were swimmers and surfers all up and down the beach and these fools (4) are shark fishing. I though about just paddling down the beach but I couldn't give in to these dumb asses, so I just stayed put. Some people are just clueless.