freshwater fisherman to sal****er

[OnanSalad]

I'm a Southern freshwater fisherman recently relocated to New Jersey.
Can anyone recommend a good intro book to sal****er fishing? Also,
any suggestions on gear? I've never gotten the hang of baitcasters,
so I'm thinking a spinning reel. Since I'm in NW Jersey, I'll
probably want a combo reel that can handle fresh and sal****er.

My understanding is that the surf fishing in NJ is particularly good.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[Acnas]

Here is a site I use a bit. A lot of info here. Also go to the forums and
pick your state ask some questions there. Kind of slow right now but will
pick up as warmer weather comes. Good Luck
http://www.stripersurf.com/
"OnanSalad" > wrote in message
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> I'm a Southern freshwater fisherman recently relocated to New Jersey.
> Can anyone recommend a good intro book to sal****er fishing? Also,
> any suggestions on gear? I've never gotten the hang of baitcasters,
> so I'm thinking a spinning reel. Since I'm in NW Jersey, I'll
> probably want a combo reel that can handle fresh and sal****er.
>
> My understanding is that the surf fishing in NJ is particularly good.
>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[Rob Switzer]

Acnas wrote:
> Here is a site I use a bit. A lot of info here. Also go to the forums and
> pick your state ask some questions there. Kind of slow right now but will
> pick up as warmer weather comes. Good Luck
> http://www.stripersurf.com/
> "OnanSalad" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>>I'm a Southern freshwater fisherman recently relocated to New Jersey.
>>Can anyone recommend a good intro book to sal****er fishing? Also,
>>any suggestions on gear? I've never gotten the hang of baitcasters,
>>so I'm thinking a spinning reel. Since I'm in NW Jersey, I'll
>>probably want a combo reel that can handle fresh and sal****er.
>>
>>My understanding is that the surf fishing in NJ is particularly good.
>>
>>Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
One of the best books for New Jersey is Jim Freda's "Fishing the New
Jersey Coast".

It's not a "beginning sal****er" fishing book per se, but has a lot of
great information.

Second, if you to www.app.com, (the Asbury Park Press) and go to
the fishing column and look at the links, you will find a reference
to John Geiser's book (actually here's the link....

http://www.injersey.com/promo/geisersguide/ )

Geiser's Guide to Sal****er Fishing. I have a version I purchased
20 years ago, and it's one of the best. Not strictly surf fishing
but great discussions of every species you can run into in NJ,
baits, rigs, recipe's.

And I'll second the advice to go to stripersurf.com.

There, if you are into Stripers, you will find links to purchase
Frank Daignault's books (5 of them), Jim Freda's book, and a few
others PLUS you will get tons of free advice from many very
very experienced fishermen (and women).

-- Rob

[Rob Switzer]

I've never gotten the hang of baitcasters,
>>> so I'm thinking a spinning reel. Since I'm in NW Jersey, I'll
>>> probably want a combo reel that can handle fresh and sal****er.
>>>

> -- Rob
as to gear, if you've fished for bass, you already have a "combo"
rig for fluke or flounder (2 things in Northern NJ) and weakfish,
at least from a boat.

if you are fishing from the surf, you will generally need a stiffer
rig to cast baits/lures farther than you would in most fw situations,
therefore mandating a longer rod (8ft minimum), that can handle
12lb test (usually more, to take the riggors of casting with enough
weight in order to hold bottom or throw lures big enough).

the typical rod is 9ft, spinning, big enough to handle 1/2oz - 3 oz.,
15-20 lb test.

there are dozens of reels available in every price range.

there are great rods also in every price range.

Mar 1 is the start of the season with winter flounder and striper
fishing opening up, BUT, most likely, the water temps are going
to keep the fishing mighty slow until the water temps are in the 40's
consistently.

The NJ DEP has online real-time water monitoring stations
available so that you can monitor the raritan bay temps, giving
you a pretty good idea about when things will get started.

do a search for "New Jersey"+"water"+"flow"+"data" and go
to the streamflow link, scroll down to "Raritan Bay".

-- Rob

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check out stripersonline.com .. an excellent site ,, and some very
helpful people and informative articles

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