Legends of the Salt... Living Legends thread

[DarkSkies]

Shell E Caris. Shore Catch Guide Service. Don't know the guy but, have read a lot of things about him. Know a guy that went to a couple of his seminars.Nothing but good things I've heard. Guys kind of a legend.

Shel E is a well respected member of the surfcaster community who paid his dues. Had some great success last year.

There's a thread about him here:
http://stripersandanglers.com/Forum/...ead.php?t=4343

I know of Capt Gene Quigley and a few of the guides there. I wouldn't mind giving them a little promo linking their site as well.
They're one of the pioneer charter outfits out there now that talk about Catch and Release with their clients.



Post up a couple things or 2 about Shel E, Rip. It's pretty easy to find the thing I'm referring to that happened at IBSP last year with a google search. If it's a newspaper article, please remember to site the source by posting the link.

Or, you can Copy & Paste it all from the Shore catch site if ya want to make it easier. Just add the link to their site for a reference when you post.
http://www.shorecatch.com/home.html

[finchaser]

I second Shel E. We fished IBSP back in the 70 and 80's with the hot new lure a needle fish and one of Marie's hand tied teasers ahead of it We still reminisce on Sunday mornings at a certain shop how it use to be.

[rip316]

Awesome. Are you referring to the two 50lb bass Dark?

[storminsteve]

^^I remember reading that in the paper, possibly the Asbury park press. They said he had been fishing for many years and it was the first time he broke 50. I think he got another one while guiding a client. Good for him.

[ledhead36]

He got 2 record bass last year, one for him, one for a client. He's listed along with Shorecatch on the NJDEP guidelist -

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/guidelst.htm
James Freda, Gene Quigley, Brian Pasch and Shell E. Caris, Shore Catch Guide Service, 85 Cowart Avenue, Manasquan, NJ 08736; 732-528-1861 or 732-528-9307; e-mail: jfreda@bytheshore.com. Specializes in saltwater fly fishing from the surf in both Monmouth and Ocean counties.

shorecatch guide list
http://www.shorecatch.com/guides.html


The client's fish -
http://www.nj.com/shore/blogs/index....09/06/07-week/

Stripers flood into Ocean County beaches
by Al Ristori Friday June 12, 2009, 8:22 PM


Stiper blitz in Ocean County
Big stripers turned on in a big way Friday all the way from Bay Head to Island Beach State Park. After a dull Thursday, the bass suddenly showed at first light, and surfcasters were able to snag them for live bait. John Green of Brick said it was a matter of following them along the beaches until dolphins drove the bunkers into the wash. Poppers didn't seem to be effective. Green took a 30-pounder and released two other bass. Many super-sized bass were among the 20-to-30-pounders. Topping them all was a trophy 55-pound, 9-ounce cow weighed at Betty and Nick's in Seaside Park by Bill Trevino. He was a client of famed surfcaster Shell E. Caris, and I understand that Caris also released a 51-pounder. Those fish were caught in Island Beach. Other top weigh-ins at Betty and Nick's included John Cobani at 46 pounds; Roy Madesen with a 41 1/2-pounder; and Ted Gruder at 41 1/4 pounds. Nick Honachefsky of Normandy Beach caught a 44-inch striper.





The fish he caught -








Shel and his partners from shorecatch wrote a book -
http://www.gazellebookservices.co.uk...1580801269.htm
Gazelle Book Services Limited.

White Cross Mills, Hightown, LANCASTER LA1 4XS, United Kingdom.
Telephone: +44(0)1524 68765
Fax: +44(0)1524 63232
Email: sales@gazellebooks.co.uk
Web: www.gazellebooks.co.uk

Title:Saltwater Fishing : A Tactical Approach -- A Guide for Northeast Beach & Boat FishermenAuthor:Captain Jim Freda, Captain Gene Quigley & Shell E CarisISBN:1580801269 : 9781580801263Illustrations:50 b/w photosFormat:PaperbackSize:155x230mmPages:178Weight:.308 Kg.Published:Burford Books - November 2004List Price:14.5 Pounds SterlingAvailability:In PrintSubjects:Fishing, angling

The owners of New Jersey's famed Shore Catch Guide Service reveal the secrets that make them the most successful charter fishing captains in the area. Drawing on almost a century of combined saltwater fishing experience, the authors reveal some hard-earned techniques and tactics to make any angler more successful -- from the boat, from the surf, or with the fly rod.

Part 1: Jetty Fishing; Part 2: Beach Fishing; Part 3: Fishing the Back Bays; Part 4: Inshore and Offshore Boat Fishing; Part 5: The Guide's Approach -- Techniques and Strategies; Index.

[stripercrazy]

Vito Orlando is an institution at Montauk. There was one post on Melnyk's site where they described the "Vito Orlando death march" out to fish the night tides. I would nominate him.

http://www.27east.com/story_detail.cfm?id=247680




Publication: The East Hampton Press & The Southampton Press
Nov 24, 09 9:58 AM
Vito Orlando's 32-pound striper was one of the larger fish taken off the beach last week.

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The topsy-turvy surf scene continued this week.
For the sixth week in a row, stiff east winds had the fish biting in the suds—nothing unusual about that, certainly. But rather than heading for the bluffs or Jones Reef or the revetment under the Montauk lighthouse when the seas piled up, the parades of beach vehicles bristling with surf sticks were on the sand again, as they have been since the New York Football Giants started their miserable losing streak (hopefully the fish won’t reverse their parallel trend).

And instead of the thundering cavalry of vehicles roaring down the beach after moving schools of fish, with tight knots of anglers leap-frogging each other east and west, the picket lines were more or less stationary again this week and, in civilized manner, spread far and wide along miles of beach. Except for isolated tangles when the fish seemed to be focused on a spot, elbow room was abundant.
A sure sign of the apocalypse: Some of Montauk’s local patrol (not the legion of visitors that somehow qualify for the “Montauk Locals” surf fishing tournament these days, mind you), commonly loath to peek beyond the sands of Napeague, were even seen roaming the beaches of parts west.

This week’s fishing was definitely the most steady and widespread of the last 30-plus days since the sand eels moved into the surf zone in earnest. Almost every size class of fish has been represented on the hook this week, from the 10-inch micros to fish into the mid and high 30-pound range. Amagansett’s beaches have seen the most fish and most of the big ones, largely thanks to their propensity to remain fairly clean when the winds churn up the ocean, but Bridgehampton, Southampton, Ponquogue and WHD have all seen their share of the action this week. As long as the east winds continue, and the weather stays mild, the fish are probably going to be pretty reliable.

[BassBuddah]

Vito is a guy who won't give up, and if you're walking with him you had better keep up. There was also a story I read where Vito and another guy were at Montauk last year. There was a newbie next to them who just couldn't get it together and got jammed up. Vito walked over to the guy, gave him a new bucktail, a few pointers, and the guy was good to go. Vito is a class act and will help anyone.