striperswiper06437 Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 I agree with what Finster said. When I go there, I do tend to cover a good distance before I wet my line. I also have a habit of falling of at least 1 rock per trip and lose my footing often getting out to spots to fish. It all started last year during a terrible thunderstorm, when I locked myself out of the house. Shelving myself with a large piece of sheet metal, I ran for cover under the tallest tree I could find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCap Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 EB, is that pic in your sig. out in front of Waters' Edge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsterCT Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 I agree with what Finster said. When I go there, I do tend to cover a good distance before I wet my line. I also have a habit of falling of at least 1 rock per trip and lose my footing often getting out to spots to fish. Too funny...tripped up on those rocks a few weeks back and the cell phone went swimmin...glad its just not me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
striperswiper06437 Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Too funny...tripped up on those rocks a few weeks back and the cell phone went swimmin...glad its just not me Cell and smokes go in 2 separate ziploc bags. Both bags into jacket along with flashlight, bug spray, leader material, backup knife and snacks It all started last year during a terrible thunderstorm, when I locked myself out of the house. Shelving myself with a large piece of sheet metal, I ran for cover under the tallest tree I could find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinB Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 EB, is that pic in your sig. out in front of Waters' Edge? I think it's Tuxis island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwin Posted August 11, 2009 Report Share Posted August 11, 2009 Too funny...tripped up on those rocks a few weeks back and the cell phone went swimmin...glad its just not me Dropped one out of a boat while releasing a fish two years ago in New Haven Harbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StriperfishermanCT Posted August 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Dropped one out of a boat while releasing a fish two years ago in New Haven Harbor. Oh man, that must have sucked...Hopefully it was a nice fish at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwin Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Actually, it was a mid 20" bass caught by one of my students in our after-school fishing club. They caught plenty that day. Happy kids, thus nice fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsterCT Posted August 12, 2009 Report Share Posted August 12, 2009 Funny thing is, the phone still worked after it took the bath...that was a few weeks ago and its still fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishoninct Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 Actually, it was a mid 20" bass caught by one of my students in our after-school fishing club. They caught plenty that day. Happy kids, thus nice fish! I also run a club with 7 and 8 year olds. All freshwater fishing. Lots of fun for them. Hooking them into fishing at the right age. Too bad many of their dad's won't take them out. What ages do you take fishing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwin Posted August 13, 2009 Report Share Posted August 13, 2009 I dropped the same phone half a year earlier into the Eight-mile River. Dried it out for four days, came back from the dead. Had to update phone plan, told the girl at the counter the story. She asked me if I wanted the insurance on the phone, and I declined, said I'd be more careful. Same girl at the counter when I had to go in and get a new one after sinking it. She remembered me and laughed. I take high school kids, out on New Haven Harbor. Many are inner-city kids, some from the suburbs. yeah, I wish everyone had a dad to take them fishing. Some of these kids never knew their dads. Makes ya feel really good when some kid who never caught a fish ends up with a 14 pound bluefish on the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunt for blueessss Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 when you drop a phone in water, leave it off and get it covered in a bowl of rice, you'll be thankful in 24 hours #1 white bucktail. #2 bunker chunk. #3 bone Redfin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman6 Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Wear korkers if going out to the end rock. Be careful crossing the middle on the outgoing. Drift eels at night in the rip which changes depending on the wind. Good luck. Other then that, I too take the loooong walk. Ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwin Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 Good advice Iceman, I agree. Saw a few guys going out on that jetty one night, one was incredibly drunk. Wonder if he made it out and back without breaking a leg. That middle dip can be a killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starsnstripers Posted August 14, 2009 Report Share Posted August 14, 2009 I was at Hammonasset Tuesday. Had some action from a large boulder at the morraine cliff north of the jetty. One I had on the rocks before it slipped and another bit my soft lure in half. Someone caught a 26" striper from the jetty in the afternoon, and there was tog and some blues being caught there as well. I was fishing the boulders from dusk into dark, only downside was a distinct feeling I was sacrificing my body molecule by molecule to the local insects. Clear and dark no-seeums led the assault followed by clouds of mosquitoes. I finally fled to the jetty for some relief, but no fish. Was hoping for a few early perseid meteors, but the clouds came in and it was time for me to roll. Back home to Lancaster at 3 a.m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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