The things you love most about spring fishing

[hookset]

To me, it signals a rebirth every year. Makes me feel alive.

Yup, me too.

[VSdreams]

And most guys won't be out till the reports start flowing in. It is one of the few times of the year you can have some peace and quiet at night on the beach.

[porgy75]

The smell of the sea air.

[rip316]

Just being able to get back out there.

[finchaser]

Just being able to get back out there.

are you a bear, do you hybernate

[rip316]

I wish I could sleep as long as a bear does. No wise @ss I don't lol. I am actually looking forward to fishing bait with my new buddy this Spring.

[strikezone31]

What I love -people staying inside because its too cold!

In LI we have to wait for April for the season to open, or Mar 16 if you fish the Hudson. A lot of guys will stay in until the reports start flowing. As for me, I like to run around and check some of my reliable spots to see if the bunker are in. And they are, already. So I mark that every year, and when the season opens I can usually catch a few fish by knowing their pattern.

[skinner]

What I love -people staying inside because its too cold!

I used to love that too, but this spring all the guys were out fishing by the 2nd week of march. Crazy.

[jigfreak]

What I love -people staying inside because its too cold!

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Yup, and this year we have more herring than I have ever seen. They can all stay inside until May.

[storminsteve]

I wish I could have found some herring last night. They come and go. Last night it was like they all went on a factory tour.

[williehookem]

I like getting the winter cobwebs shook out. also like the elbow room, but that seems to diminish every year. I never get tired of the sunrise or sunset. It is good to see the birds that have migrated back (maybe not the Piping Plovers) just kidding.

The smell of the sea air.

I like getting the cobwebs out. It feels like such a long time till the season opens you just have to get out there whether you catch or not

[Monty]

I like getting the cobwebs out. It feels like such a long time till the season opens you just have to get out there whether you catch or not

Me too, a few more weeks and the fun will start for me.

[finchaser]

Nothing many small fish are killed needlessly with clams before they grow to breed. Then they are wiping out the breeders with snag and drop some before they breed. They should make it a law only circle hooks for bait like they did to preserve Marlin.
Just my .02 if things go on like this a collasp is near.

[ledhead36]

What I love -people staying inside because its too cold!

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x2 until the reports come out for a couple of days, or maybe a week you have it to yourself.

[J Barbosa]

tire fires

guys setting up three rods directly behind me when I wade out

other general muggings

cooling towers

littering

the drunk who tries to steal my fishing bag ever Friday night so he could sell it for some crack

short keepers

guys who choose to fish the NJ flats but then try to skish to Staten Island with their CTS/ZB setup to toss a clam


okay....now seriously....below this line...

Snagging and chunking bunker in the spring

Kayaking before all the boats are in the water

[storminsteve]

guys who choose to fish the NJ flats but then try to skish to Staten Island with their CTS/ZB setup to toss a clam

haha I have seen guys like that!!!! They come down to the bay like they're trying out for a part in a surfcaster movie. It's the bay dude! No need for a 11' rod or large capacity ZB or VS. Most of your fish are going to be schoolies you don't need a rod and reel that can winch a 40 poound bass in. Lol all night long at these doofuses!

[rockhopper]

To me, it signals a rebirth every year. The chance to get all the boxes and crates together, clean them out, organize, and set up for the season. The first trip of the season is kinda special, almost a ritual. Got my favorite place where I stop for coffee, buttered roll, bait, bs with the guys, and favorite early season haunts. Makes me feel alive.

Me too time to shake the cobwebs off and the winter blahs. You may not catch much but its great just to be out there. I took a ride to montauk over the weekend. Just to see what the winter did to the beaches and see the rocks that were there last year. Some have changed but it still is a rush getting that sea air in your lungs, seeing the gulls, and watching the waves crash on the rocks and beach. You start to get out of the hating winter mode and back into the hey lets go fishing! mode.

[hookedonbass]

What I love -people staying inside because its too cold!

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X3

[robmedina]

Hopefulness. I feel hope for the up coming year.
Anticipation- I am excited to get back out there.

[Monty]

Hopefulness. I feel hope for the up coming year.
Anticipation- I am excited to get back out there.

Me too!!