Surf Fishing

Research some rigs, how the weight and bait attach to the line is variable depending what youre fishing for, ask at a fishing shop what works best and they'll point you in the right direction. Use fresh bait if you can, nothing frozen. read up on how to read the waves and find channels as that is where the fish will be, it's a skill for sure and takes years to master but if you look into it a bit it'll help you identify where the sandbars are from the look of the waves and put you on the fish better.

I've been surf fishing about 4 years now down in Delaware. I'm going in two weeks, then again in september, and again in October. Bluefish are fun as hell, never caught a striper yet, skates and dogfish are super common. Don't know what you'll be catching down there though.

Just read up and try and find a local fishing forum where you can poach some information.

Good luck man.

Little snapper blue caught on a fresh mullet on a mullet rig down at cape henlopen DE.

Use a high sand spike or pvc tube to get your line up above the waves. Use a heavy enough weight so it won't move in the current of the waves. Cast out, let weight sink to bottom, place rod in holder, slowly real in til line is taught and the rod tip bends just a bit. You want the rod tip bent a bit to hold tension on the line so you can see a hit better. Watch the rod tip like it's your job, you might see a bump here and there from a crashing wave on the line but wait til you see multiple bumps real quick in a row, this is a fish snagging your bait. Pick the rod up and set the hook. Once you reel it in be careful as it gets in the waves as the line will slack as the fish gets pushed in by the wave.

Also don't side cast, drop the weight behind you and throw directly over your shoulder.

yup, did it a couple of times with my gf's uncle, mainly fished for bottom dwellers such as flounder, i don't know about florida but at our coast we have sea worms in the sand, just put a spade in the sand and wiggle it around, the juicy worms will come out from the vibrations and make excellent bait...

I'll be back down in Delaware in two days doing a little surf fishing and crabbin. Hopefully I'll get some good pictures to put in here.

It went good. Caught a lot of whiting down in FL, along with a bonnet shark and a 3 ft black tip. We caught the blacktip about 9 in the morning so some beach-goers were not too thrilled about it.

Well done man, what were you fishing with?? Like what did ya catch the sharks on??

ahhh fuck em, to many peta fucks out there anyway that cringe any time ya pull anything up on the beach.

I did pretty good too down in delaware last week. Caught a couple skate and a bunch of dogfish. Saw lots of baitfish though, you could see em causing a stir in schools on the surface. Watched a guy walk right down below our spot and cast a lure at em, he had like a one ounce spoon with a treble hook. Shot it right into the school and hooked one right away, it was awesome, and it taught me another way to fish from the beach.

Mostly squid, thats what we caught the sharks on. Frozen shrimp worked wonders too. And yeah there were tons of bait fish, we watched what seemed like a shark attack them for over an hour from our balcony overlooking the beach. We didnt have the sense to go down and tell the kids surfing though, what they dont see wont hurt them right?

Was down in Delaware again sept. 28th and the fishing was fucking incredible. Baitfish everywhere, blues running like crazy, I even caught a striper on a spoon lure like I saw the guy doing last time I was down.

Drove my truck out on a section of the beach I had never been on too so that was cool.

Blues were killing the mullets as soon as they hit the water, I musta caught about a dozen both days we were down.

Goin back Oct 19th and I'm probably taking friday off too so I can have an extra day of fishing.

Also gonna borrow my dads 8 wt flyrod and throw some chunky clousers out in the waves and see if I can get a striper on the fly. That would be a dream come true after surf fishing down there for the past 4 or 5 years. I really wanna try fly fishing from the beach or in the flats of the bay.

It's gonna be a fuckin awesome weekend. Best thing about going to the beach this late in the year is that even if the weather sucks the fishing is still fuckin incredible and there's hardly anyone on the beach.