New Guy - grew up fishing LI Sound and LI waters

[ledhead36]

Growing up in the NY/NJ area I couldn't wait for the bluefish to show up in the summer. I lived on the Long Island Sound, and in those days (mid 50's to early 60's), we went out of either Sheepshead Bay or Atlantic Highlands to the acid waters for Blues. We fished in the sound for snappers, (baby bluefish) which were a lot of fun. One day, while fishing for Blues I watched how voracious they were eating each other and wondered if we saved the snappers we had caught previously, and used them for bait the next time we went for blues, if it would work. Sure enough we used the snappers and the blues attacked their own kind as readily as the bunkers we were using.

Great memories Bob thanks for sharing and welcome to stripers and anglers. I remember fishing the acid waters with my Dad when I was a kid. We would take his rickety 19 footer over there on calm days. It took me a while to understand why the water looked like that. Sure did have a lot of fish over there though, Lots of good laughs and good fishing with my Dad.
Do you fish out of San Francisco much? I went there one time to visit my aunt and uncle. My uncle took me on a day party boat. We used live sardines and caught a lot of different fish called rockfish. Nothing like the stripers here more like sea bass. Pretty cool trip. Have you ever fished for them?

[cowherder]

Bob welcome to the site!

[J Barbosa]

Bob welcome to the site!

Welcome aboard Bob!

[plugcrazy]

There are a great bunch of guys here Bob. Welcome and thanks for sharing.

[DarkSkies]

That was really nice of you to share those memories with us, Bob. Welcome aboard and look forward to your future contributions.

[surfstix1963]

Welcome, great post. I hate to be the bubble burster but I'm sure you are aware the fishing has declined tremendously in NY although some refuse to admit it.

[7deadlyplugs]

Welcome Bob!