The Surfcaster Personality Test

Ever wonder what kind of surfcaster you are? Wonder no more, because with the help of the editors at Teen Vogue, we crafted this state-of-the-art surfcaster personality test.  Answer honestly, add up your points, and know exactly where you stand on the beach this season. 

• Who would you most like to surf fish with?
  1 – No one
  2 – The same guy you’ve been fishing with for the last 20 years
  3 – John Skinner
  4 – Whoever has the most subscribers on YouTube

• When you caught your personal best striper, you:
  0 – Sold it
  1 – Ate it
  2 – Mounted it
  3 – Released it
  4 – Posted a 500-word tribute to it on Instagram

• On Your First Trip to the Cape Cod Canal, you used:
  1 –  Eelskin jigs
  2 – Lunker City Slug-Gos
  3 – Savage Gear Sand Eels
  4 – A GoPro

• When you need a new lure you:
  1 – Build it
  2 – Buy it at a tackle shop
  3 – Line up the night before at a fishing flea market
  4 – Haunt plug builders on social media for “drops”

• What Fuels Your Surfcasting Outings?
  0 – Pall Malls and Budweiser
  1 – Gas station coffee and beef jerky
  2 – The thrill of the chase
  3 – Monster Energy and Zyn
  4 – Whatever you can get for your next “catch and cook” video

• What’s your primary source of income?
  0 – Social Security
  1 – Selling fish
  2 – A 9-to-5
  3 – Flipping plugs on Facebook
  4 – 5% of every sale when people use my pro staff discount code

• Which of the following best describes your fishing vehicle?
  0 – Drives more on sand than asphalt
  1 – Reeks of rotten bunker, but otherwise inconspicuous
  2 – Covered in rod holders and fishing stickers
  3 – Powered by pedal assist and a lithium-ion battery
  4 – Multiple camera mounts

(Less Than 7) The Old Salt

You fished through the population collapse of the 1980s, but you still caught fish. You’re not ready to hang up the jetty cleats just yet, though you are considering divulging some of those long-held secrets to worthy Young Salt. The Salt and Peppers can pound sand, though, because you still remember when they were the Young Salts, staking out your favorite spots hours before the tide was right. You don’t have FaceChat or InstaTube—or whatever the kids are using.  You’re not sure if they’d work on your flip phone anyway. 

All-nighters may be in your rearview, but you rarely miss a sunrise, and you’re often there for those afternoon blitzes when everyone but you and the Surf FishInfluencers are at work. 

(7 to 14) The Salt and Pepper

You’re not quite old enough to be part of Old Guard, but you still tell stories from a “couple seasons ago,” only to realize more than a decade has passed since that bite you hoping to track down again this season. Maybe you can’t keep up with the Young Guns anymore, and you’re forced to “fish smarter, not harder,” but you won’t admit it. 

You remember the heyday of the “online fishing forum,” and may even have a few friends you call by their StripersOnline handles. The fire still burns for striped bass, even as work and family compete for your time. You look forward to joining the Old Salts and cruising the beach (or Canal) every morning with a coffee in hand and binoculars at the ready.  

(14 to 21) The Young Salt

You caught your first striper after Y2K. You’ve never experienced a pre-social-media striper season, but that doesn’t mean you don’t have some old-school mentalities when it comes to your surf-fishing motivation. You’re active on social media, but you haven’t lost sight of why you go surf fishing every chance you get. 

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You have the proper reverence for the Old Salt and seek their wisdom at every opportunity. You try to learn something new on every trip and know that if you continue to respect stripers and the places you catch them, these will be your surf-fishing “good old days.” Just maybe cool it with the fish stickers on your truck. 

(More Than 21) The Surf FishInfluencer

Is a fish even a trophy if it doesn’t get hundreds of likes on Instagram? You don’t think so. You enjoy catching fish, but you crave the adoration that those fish get you from strangers on the internet. Those sideways looks you get from your “haters” (mostly Young Salts and Salt and Peppers), you think it’s jealousy when it’s actually pity for missing the point of surfcasting. This season, try leaving the cameras behind and going fishing just for the heck of it. 

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