09-22-2010, 03:38 PM
Randy,
I agree with Kent that are definitely reasons for and against both types of fishing. You really can't beat the shore fishing when it comes to time. As you are well aware, it takes a lot of work to get the boat out there, plus dealing with the tents, food, packing for multiple days, is quite time consuming. So to go for one day and be back later that night is a huge plus in my book.
I do think that there are some major challenges with landing a huge fish from the shore, even with the tackle I had. There is a huge rock ledge that you fish from and a number of the sturgeon I caught stayed really close to that ledge and one even broke me off. It is hard to keep the sturgeon out of the rocks from shore. There are still difficulties in doing it from a boat, but not as much compared to the shore. And I am not sure what would happen if we hooked into a 7 plus footer. You have more control in fighting the fish from a boat.
So I prefer boat fishing when time allows and shore fishing when time is limited. In regards to success, I don't know if I have cauhgt five fish from the boat in one day so it is at least as good. But if the fish are not in that spot, you can't move around to locate the fish so that could be a concern, but not this last time.
More snags from shore as well.
The smaller daimeter powerpro will help with line capacity. But Kent's reels are not entirely spooled up with line so that would help some as well. The bigger issue may be finding a reel that you can cast a far distance. It is a little harder without a spinning reel. The spinning reel I used was made for this type of thing, but mine runs over $150. I am not that familiar with other types of spinning reels which might be beefy enough for this type of fishing, but not cost you an arm and a leg. I also had a baitcasting style reel that was made for long casts, but I still had difficulty getting it out far enough. All of the fish were caught on the spinning reel.
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I agree with Kent that are definitely reasons for and against both types of fishing. You really can't beat the shore fishing when it comes to time. As you are well aware, it takes a lot of work to get the boat out there, plus dealing with the tents, food, packing for multiple days, is quite time consuming. So to go for one day and be back later that night is a huge plus in my book.
I do think that there are some major challenges with landing a huge fish from the shore, even with the tackle I had. There is a huge rock ledge that you fish from and a number of the sturgeon I caught stayed really close to that ledge and one even broke me off. It is hard to keep the sturgeon out of the rocks from shore. There are still difficulties in doing it from a boat, but not as much compared to the shore. And I am not sure what would happen if we hooked into a 7 plus footer. You have more control in fighting the fish from a boat.
So I prefer boat fishing when time allows and shore fishing when time is limited. In regards to success, I don't know if I have cauhgt five fish from the boat in one day so it is at least as good. But if the fish are not in that spot, you can't move around to locate the fish so that could be a concern, but not this last time.
More snags from shore as well.
The smaller daimeter powerpro will help with line capacity. But Kent's reels are not entirely spooled up with line so that would help some as well. The bigger issue may be finding a reel that you can cast a far distance. It is a little harder without a spinning reel. The spinning reel I used was made for this type of thing, but mine runs over $150. I am not that familiar with other types of spinning reels which might be beefy enough for this type of fishing, but not cost you an arm and a leg. I also had a baitcasting style reel that was made for long casts, but I still had difficulty getting it out far enough. All of the fish were caught on the spinning reel.
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