Techniques: Fishing a Darter

[surfstix1963]

Like your new LIBBA plate.Should we call you Mr.Long Island now...LOL

Not sure, the water I was fishing was very good for that Darters action, I think that was the most important thing.
I like Gold. The darter I caught most of my bass on last year was the Black top/gold bottom Super Strike darter.
I think color means means something, the more I fish, the more I am narrowing down what I use.
Whether its in my head that these colors work better and I have more confidence in them or that the fish see them better or the color triggers a strike, its what I am using a lot more of.

[Monty]

Like your new LIBBA plate.Should we call you Mr.Long Island now...LOL

Yes you can, LMAO.
I'm a Long Islander in every way......except I live and work in Jersey.
Not even going to register in the NJ Saltwater Registry this year.
NJ fishing is dead to me.....for now.

[surfstix1963]

Well I have my NC license but it seems to be a lot of boat fishing here and I don't plan on buying a boat.I spent most of my life learning what I know about surf fishing,but that seems to be of little use here for now until I get things figured out.Starting over learning the patterns and the when and where the fish are around.I have been meeting more NY'ers down here then locals it is like living in NY down south..

[cowherder]

Starting over learning the patterns and the when and where the fish are around.I have been meeting more NY'ers down here then locals it is like living in NY down south..

My uncle lives on the west coast of fla and says the same thing. What part of NY are most of the people you are meeting from?

[cowherder]

NJ fishing is dead to me.....for now.

wow Harsh words much, dude?
What did NJ ever do to you?

[Monty]

wow Harsh words much, dude?
What did NJ ever do to you?

[cowherder]

Big deal they took away the jetties there are still lots of places to fish. Sedge banks, inlets, piers, bulkheads, the famous rips of NJ. Are you really that butt-hurt over the loss of some jetties that you will never fish jersey again? Come on man up!! When the going gets tough the tough get going!

[Monty]

When the going gets tough the tough get going!

Exactly, I am going to Long Island.
Certain spots on the Island are actually closer to me than the jersey shore.
I have really enjoyed fishing on the Island the last two years. Its awesome.
In that pic above I would walk 2 miles of beach there, fishing rock pile after rock pile, was great fun.
They buried it. I hate piers and bulkheads, prefer solitude over fishing the rips with others.
Screw this state, what they have done to the jersey shore is 100 percent wrong for multiple reasons.
And there are so many areas on Long Island to fish darters.

[nitestrikes]

I love darters for fishing near Montauk, but they can also be used on different sides of an inlet when the tide is going out. Smaller ones like mag darters are ideal for early season striped bass.