Offshore vs. Inshore

[DivemasterJ]

What are the classifications and details ion nautical miles for these two descriptions for proper posting? Anyone, feel free to advise and explain if it is just this site.....

Offshore to me equates to 200 miles plus.....No?

[nefarious235]

If you can anchor....inshore. All others offshore sounds more like what I figure for So.Cal. IMHO

[Mix-A-Lot]

I compare off shore to a overnight boat for tuna and inshore 3/4 or 1/2 day boat.
But that might just be me..

[TAILCHASER75]

my theory is once you cant see land your offshore!!! 200 miles is definitely offshore! nice first post though welcome to BD!

[DivemasterJ]

Thank you gentlemen for the imput and thank you for the welcome kyle.......look forward to contributing to the madness! "once you cant see land".....what about restricted visibility!?!?!.....lol

I just got info from one of the BD reps on posting my boat for fishing and dive spearfishing charters, hopefully this year I can make my boat pay for itself!

[FisherMon]

This is a quote from yahoo answers:

"In saltwater, offshore fishing is fishing far enough from shore that the bottom structure doesn't matter. You get tuna and marlin in water thousands of feet deep, trolling and looking for moving fish or schools of fish. That's offshore fishing.

Inshore, you look for fish which are orienting on the bottom structure, whether you're fishing near the surface or on the bottom. While you don't always anchor for this kind of fishing, the water is shallow enough that you could. In general, inshore fishing is done within a few miles of shore, offshore is farther out."

[skifisher]

This is a quote from yahoo answers:

"In saltwater, offshore fishing is fishing far enough from shore that the bottom structure doesn't matter. You get tuna and marlin in water thousands of feet deep, trolling and looking for moving fish or schools of fish. That's offshore fishing.

Inshore, you look for fish which are orienting on the bottom structure, whether you're fishing near the surface or on the bottom. While you don't always anchor for this kind of fishing, the water is shallow enough that you could. In general, inshore fishing is done within a few miles of shore, offshore is farther out."

Pretty good general definition, so from SD just past the 9 I would guess. Stucture offshore DOES matter tho, as far as upwellings go, but your not gettin fish "off" the structure per se.

[mcrae]

This is a quote from yahoo answers:

"In saltwater, offshore fishing is fishing far enough from shore that the bottom structure doesn't matter. You get tuna and marlin in water thousands of feet deep, trolling and looking for moving fish or schools of fish. That's offshore fishing.

Inshore, you look for fish which are orienting on the bottom structure, whether you're fishing near the surface or on the bottom. While you don't always anchor for this kind of fishing, the water is shallow enough that you could. In general, inshore fishing is done within a few miles of shore, offshore is farther out."

In the Northeast we fish the Canyons. We are still offshore but the bottom matters. Folks on the Westcoast used to fish offshore for rockcod. The bottom mattered but anglers were still fishing offshore. I think offshore has more to do with where you are on the contenental shelf.

[fishpelagic]

over 1000 feet deep

[captjeffjones]

I have fished albacore (offshore) and then anchored on the Cortes Bank for the night and caught calico bass. I'd consider fishing calicos on the "Cortes" inshore fishing, even though it's 100 miles offshore. That's just me. When we fish for marlin, tuna or dorado we are fishing high spots on the ocean floor, but it's still offshore fishing. Maybe it has something to do with the species we're targeting. I don't think it's all that complicated. You don't see many marlin reports on the "inshore" section or halibut reports on the "offshore" section.