Hello this is my first post on P&S. Looks like a great community, I hope to learn a lot.
I just moved to the east coast from California about two months ago, and went on my first fishing voyage about a month ago. I got hooked, pun and all.
My first trip out, I used a 9ft surf rod and cut bait. Afterwards, I bought a 10ft Tsunami Trophy Series surf rod and a Penn reel to accompany it.
On my second trip, I discovered that I enjoyed hardbait/soft plastics much better than I did distance casting with cut baits. I used a friend's 6'6" with some kind of pink soft plastic bait rigged to a hook to catch rockfish.
I went out and bought a 7ft St. Croix and a Quantum reel. I guess the question that I have is what kind of baits do I need to be using? I'm not too familiar with fishing terminology, but I'm trying to read up and research as much as I can. I'm just getting lost in all the trolling, sinking, swimming, suspending, etc. Then there's the different sizes of the baits, crankbaits, soft plastics, shads.. It's all so confusing.
I'm fishing for rockfish, catfish, stripers, etc. in the MD Chesapeake area. I usually go with friends, but I only recently met them as well, and havent found time or the means to ask them. What kind of baits or lures do I need for shortcast fishing?
I just moved to the east coast from California about two months ago, and went on my first fishing voyage about a month ago. I got hooked, pun and all.
My first trip out, I used a 9ft surf rod and cut bait. Afterwards, I bought a 10ft Tsunami Trophy Series surf rod and a Penn reel to accompany it.
On my second trip, I discovered that I enjoyed hardbait/soft plastics much better than I did distance casting with cut baits. I used a friend's 6'6" with some kind of pink soft plastic bait rigged to a hook to catch rockfish.
I went out and bought a 7ft St. Croix and a Quantum reel. I guess the question that I have is what kind of baits do I need to be using? I'm not too familiar with fishing terminology, but I'm trying to read up and research as much as I can. I'm just getting lost in all the trolling, sinking, swimming, suspending, etc. Then there's the different sizes of the baits, crankbaits, soft plastics, shads.. It's all so confusing.
I'm fishing for rockfish, catfish, stripers, etc. in the MD Chesapeake area. I usually go with friends, but I only recently met them as well, and havent found time or the means to ask them. What kind of baits or lures do I need for shortcast fishing?