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Quote: Originally Posted by surfrat2 The duo lock snaps are made from lighter gauge wire and have two sides that open. There are many things that will open those snaps- bouncing off a rock,diagonal pressure on the opening side of the snap and most common is twisting of the lure. Most of the failures occured with snaps that have had lotsa use. It is smart to open them wide after a while to create more resistance in the wire. I have had MANY...

Quote: Originally Posted by googinator That would be awesome if we could find these creeps....how cool would it be if we got a lead...told the ***** to meet at the beach to sell the goods....with about 50 SOL guys hiding behind the dunes !!! Or you could do what I always do, don't say a word and when you find the guy or guys, you walk up to him or them and just start punching and ask questions later. Never let anyone know. When it comes...

Quote: Originally Posted by Rip-Line I was out last night.... no fish, but with the amount of bait around I would say it is not over. i have been seeing alot of bay anchovies.

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lang All 4 cars had alarms, all trunks/hatches were opened somehow WITHOUT force and without setting off alarms.... Damn that's crazy!!!! With all the crazy electronics floating around I wouldn't be suprised if there was something that can tap into the alarm frequencies. I'll keep a lookout on ebay and CL for ya.

Excellent advice! I've only been fishing a little over a year and a half so I understand where your coming from. The dudes at causeway are really cool and are good to their customers, keep going in there as mentioned. Also as its already been said sticking to one or two areas is the best thing you can do. I will say that I favor FI inlet over jones, but if Jones is closer stay there. Don't chase reports (or make them ), its better to...

Quote: Originally Posted by pakalolo Saying the commercial guys don't care about the resource is incorrect. Without the resource they would not have a business, same as the party boat owners, tackle shop owners, rod builders, lure manufacturers etc. ad nauseum. Nobody cares whether they care or not; given the chance they would cut their own throats by wiping the fish out.

Quote: Originally Posted by Walleyeman Bingo! One's frustration goes away much quicker when you know an area inside and out. Telling a friend who is a club member can almost be as bad as a post....and then there's telling a friend who's a friend of a club member...nuff said. HI KEV

Quote: Originally Posted by jpon2 I've tried to stick to the same mile of Jones Beach. The only "luck" I had was using clams which amounted to catching of a total of 2 stripers (26inch) a bunch of skates and some robins. The three most important things in striped bass fishing are structure, structure, structure . Structure holds bait & bait attracts predators like bass. So if you're fishing a "flat...

Quote: Originally Posted by Mike Lang All 4 cars had alarms, all trunks/hatches were opened somehow WITHOUT force and without setting off alarms.... Rolling scanners - the thieves have a generator that puts out a wide variety of codes, and when they see a car pop (lights or horn flash) they go in and steal everything. I'm really sorry to hear it - especially after that debacle we suffered on Thursday night, that's no way to end a...

Anyone heading out to SP tommorrow before the next storm rolls in