hey peter , at montauk wet suiting as well as skishing (using dive fins and free drift the rips) farmer john 2 peice suits are the norm may tru december with 3 mml as well as dry suits for warmer or colder conditions.
foot wear varies from corkers to specail made boots . i use dui rock boots retro fitted with small snow mobile spikes , letting me cut right tru the dense
weed ,mussel growth
my belt holds two dive knives,
van staal 7 inch pliers ,s/s carbiner clip to sucure my
plug bag to my belt to keep the bag from swing as i swim .
safty is no accident i carry a dive light (uses 4 batt) around my neck on a surgical tube , a divers whistle , strobe light ,orange flag, 2 water proof rescue flairs ,
fins , i use two type one being the short boggie board style with golf spikes for standing on those outer rocks in the rips . i also uses 24 inch dive fins when skishing in the rips beyond the rock line . they allow me to swim up tide or kick back against the runs of good size cow !
i also use what i call a sissy strap ( a peice of surgical tube tape over top of my van staal reel ,on the rod that i slip my hand thru as a lanyard should i loose my grip on my $1000 dollar rod reel and plug combo
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as peter state the wet suit is a bouyancy devise in it self a 7mm farmer john style allows me to float chest hi out of the water with no effort !
so get into wet suiting but get to know your area well ahead of any trips as
prep is the key to a successful nights fishing and a wet suit will give you an edge over the shore bound angler , getting more fish more offten!!!
"witchhunter" aka/bill jakob
