LOL   Just messing with ya all there are pretty of Alewives and SLAMMIN the stripers last night.  But Some SCHMUCK With A cast net had to get close enough to Get A GOOD Yelling At But I was the bad guy   LOL People Have no CLUE to Boat etiquette's  Must have had at least 6 boats come within 5 yards of my boat.  Need to get a bait sling shot and send them a few chucks of STINK bait !!!!!!
 

yes with some of the stupid rules the fish commish comes up with , they really need to fix the lighting rule on nonpowered craft, someone is going to get killed you cant see them at night, and there is just so many of them out there anymore, and they have no common sense

Small crafts must have lights too.

When I used my kayak at night, I built my own white light that attached behind me at about 4’ above the water surface. Other boats definitely saw me, seeing how they approached around me. I have no idea how you could get away with a handheld light while paddling.

RIGHT ON Rip,  Miss the CRABBY OLD BASTARD   LOL  Welp finally happened caught myself my first KAYAK   was easier to pull in than a thought.  
 

Pork I agree with (intensionally) spotting other boats. Should be illegal but who am I kidding. That requires enforcement personnel being on the PA waters.

The reason for not allowing such lights while underway, is the "docking light" on the front of your boat, blocks other boats from seeing "your" navigation lights.

That is straight from the horses mouth, as he handed me my warning.

heh hehh, dam my luck, I was trying out my new GoBee remote bow light when a nice waterway patrolman from Ohio was working Pymy at 10:30 PM one night a few years back. oops.😣

Never got stopped on Shenango after dark and I did find it being an advantage, while zooming to and fro with the big horse.

Good luck when ya can get out.

I'm gearing up, for some surf fishin in a few months. Thank you very very much.

Stay safe & be well.

Pork it really sucks you had to miss out on your surf fishing. It's no secrete, your love for casting from the sands.

Hopefully, next year you will benefit from the lack of fishing pressure, this year.

Our preliminary plans look to be a trip down the east coast through Florida and back around the Gulf shores to 'bama.

Like you, we're trying not to get overly excited.

I know the feeling about the weather forecast. Today was a promised fishing trip and boat ride for the daughter of my wife's nephew. We couldn't make her birthday party so it was a promise to fish and let her drive the boat.

Thunder is rumbling as I speak but even though I know she understands, I fear disappointment abounds. Good thing is, she knows there's always tomorrow and good things do happen. I'll make darned sure they do.

No, they were going pretty nuts last night from probably midnight till 2:30 where we were at. Tons of bait.

Caught a few that night btdt, but not like the night I was telling spreadeaglebeagle about at the launch. Although the surface activity was comparable the two nights.

Went out Friday. Beautiful night with water temp in low 70's. Lake high and water was cloudy. Set up in Trout Cove then moved to the back of the island by the marina.

Catfish, catfish, catfish! All nice size too. Kept two for the fryer. Caught a few bass on cranks early in the night including a hawg of a smallie.

Wipers? Alewives popping everywhere, striper slamming alewives popping everywhere, striper laughing at me while they slammed alewives popping everywhere. End result: No striper.

I need a new hobby.

There were a ton of boats right around the island. We were set up away from everybody else along the treeline closer to the marina. I hate fishing on top of other people. I may have screwed myself from the sounds of it if you say the were catching.

Pork that would be meeee pulling in so close but I'd be just sayin hi, 👋 cause ya know I can't catch no stupid fish.

Keep this under your hat.... I sold my boat.😭

GOSH emitch, 😢that poor guy, how sad. Sounds like a great guy too.🤗
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Yep I did... I sold the boat. Time to pack it in. Wife and I been spending time visiting our favorite spots we've come to enjoy over our 46 years together. Some like Arthur, Tamarack, Wilhelm, Shenango will likely be seen, for the last time.

Time to move on and see what's to see and maybe fish by the sea where too I shall not catch, them stupid fish.

But fret not, for through the miracles of the internet... it'll be like I never left. 😜

Thanks neighbor. 🍻

mitch cost of food and housing and even a fishing license isn't really expensive along the panhandle into "bama.

Unfortunately, the dadburn transportation will knock the heck out of your budget if you fly into Pensacola.

Having somebody ya can share driving with, would be the way to go. Two people should be able to drive it in one day. Of course, there's the coast to coast coffee and ya can drive down and back, by yourself... in the same day😳.

13 hours, 850ish miles from Grove City to Floribama. Buy a combination saltwater license and fish both states.

May looks to be the beginning to good times and tightlines in both states.

Thank you for the flowers driver. 🍻

They can be caught up past NJ too.  Not in regularity, but I caught one about 10 years ago in Lavallette, NJ.  Much more common the further south you go.  A good bit in the VA Tidewater area.  World record was caught in Avon, NC - Hatteras Island.  If you are looking for bull reds from shore, I am not sure if there is a better place than the Buxton Point in May, a few miles south of Avon.  It is a crowded conga line and the locals will throw you in with the sharks if you are using braid and try to join their line.  Pound for pound, they would whoop any freshwater fish's rear.  Not sure how they compare to permit, cobia or amberjacks in the salt.  They all have pretty good reputations of pound for pound power.  I've caught yellowfin tuna, mahi mahi and a sailfish before.  All were ridiculous fighters, but the off shore gear strapped in a fighting chair, is much different than rod in hand from shore or inshore boat.  I did fight a nice mahi mahi on a lighter rod on one trip.  Kind of a bummer taking 15 minutes to get the thing in, while my buddies using the heavier gear were decking fish after fish.  But for anyone that has ever done the mahi mahi thing, many captains try to keep a fighting fish close to the boat.  It drives the others into a feeding frenzy.  That was his way of doing it and sort of fun, for the first 5 minutes...
 
But yes, I would trade the local fishing scene for what you can find in the South in a heart beat.  With the bonus of no winter!!!  Although, 6 months of temps near 90 would definitely be something to get used to.  So, basically for 6 months out of the year, fishing and most other things, are reserved for early mornings and late evenings.