That aint no lie. Lol. You must be from Texas too. My local beaches have 6 sandbars also. Reading the beach is almost not worth it. It becomes just picking what sandbar may not have hard heads.
I couldn't wait to see his "dirty water" and here in the upper Texas Coast that's a hurry up and load the truck Day if the water ever looks that good at Surfside Beach !
Some really great tips have definitely made some of those mistakes. I would love to fish clean water, but I live in South Carolina and I don’t think I’ve ever seen clean water before.
Such a great video..so key to better your chances!! I spend 15 minutes scanning the surf looking for coquina's...runnouts...deep cuts...so key to surf fishing
Tony, Great tips! Dirty Water is definitely #1. Gin clear water can be less than spectacular too. I like water that's just a hair dirty and it's more clear green vs clear blue. I keep my Fishgum and Fishbites fresh by keeping in a tupperware container in fridge. They will last 3 times longer.
aPPRECIATE YOUR HONEST TIPS AND OPINIONS BUDDY, KEEP IT COMING AS SOME OF US ANGLERS YEARS IN THE MIX STILL NEED ADVICE AND A TUNE UP OR REFRESHER, THANK YOU FROM SOUTHAMPTON UK
thanks for this video. Im watching video to learn Florida fishing as that will be my home soon. Much different than fishing Oregon which Ive done for most of my life.
Great video. Re #2 - A guy named Rich Troxler has some great videos on RU-vid about reading the beach. Also, who else here is sitting here watching surf fishing videos wishing the beaches were open?
@@capeheartriz It's killing me. I normally fish around New Smyrna and my guess is they are running good right now. Maybe it will lift with enough time to catch the tail end of it...
Liked your videos a lot.. we don't get fishgums here in India.. so I will have to take fresh shrimp or may catch some sand flies... I am planning for my first sea beach fishing adventure here in india.. your content seemed helpful to me. Thanks
LOL, I was hoping something new. But it is good to be refreshed. I moved (very reluctantly) to Arizona in 1987. Every year I planned on returning until I gave up after the 22nd year. I’m able to go home for a visit, been trying to refresh my memories. Reading the water is the most important thing. I have been on Google Earth, looking at the shoreline. Trying to read the bottom from from Wave action. It tells you a lot by what you might find. Part of the adventure is there is always that one fish who can’t read, which is a complete surprise.
1st time Surf Fishing looking for some advice on best time to fish. Below info Low Tide: 5:38am 0.2ft Slack: 6:31am Flow: 9:44am @ +2.2 kts High Tide: 11:44am 7.6ft Slack:12:20pm Ebb: 2:38pm @ -1.2 kts When would be the most productive?
It depends on many thing. 1. Tide 2. Moon phase 3. Time of the day you are fishing. 1. Tide: try to fish when water starts to rise that 2 hour is very much productive if u ask me. 2. Moon phase: Prefer a full moon night if you are planning to fish in the night. Try to start fishing from 1hour prior to moon rise and continue for 2 hour. Same with moon set. This 2 phase are more productive. 3. Time: 1hour prior to 1 hour after sunrise and sunset. Now in a full moon day sunset and moon rise will be together and they will do the opposite together too. So those evenings are very productive. If you observe tide timing closely u can catch the beginning of high tide too along with sun and moon during those 3-4 days ie. Moon's 13th phase to 2nd phase. If you like this reply please let me know. Tight lines
Great great great I really enjoyedEnjoyed all the information I was making all the mistakes now thanks to you I know..Keep up the good work we really like good information
I’ve been fishing for many years and I have to say that I have made all of those mistakes over a period of time not all in one day but nonetheless I have made all of them thank you for all of your input on this is great information
I’ve been studying Bama beach bum and hey skipper. Both are great fisherman when it comes to the surf, I’ve learned from both of them that usually the first or second sand bar are usually great places because the white water washes all those crustaceans like sand fleas out. Furthermore holes or pools apparently work too.
Yes sir fresh crab fresh mullet or fresh shrimp is way better than frozen bait alone. It’s makes a difference to me even fish bites or fish gum like you said.
I always put out a rod or two close, mostly looking for whiting. Which was working week before last. Caught 12 and one pomp, but he was about 65-75 yards out. And sometimes I have to fish dirty water cause it’s the only day I can fish. Sometimes it works.Great videos, I finally got caught up last night. Here’s hoping to getting back on the surf. Stay safe brother and God bless.
The original Naval emergency rations same with 5 sticks of dried fish paper basically what you call Fish gum the instructions said (this bait goes bad within two days of getting wet. so on day two mount to the Harpoon provided and Chum). The oldest survival instructions agree with you.
Are fish bites and fish gum competitors? Dude is telling us to use a competitor?? THAT is a good business owner. Transparent and honest. He isn't passionate about making money, he is passionate about surf fishing and the money will come. Good on ya buddy. Good luck.
Fish gum or fish bites. They both just flat out work. I live just outside gulf shores and I fish orange Beach fort morgan and gulf shores. Both brands work well. I use them to top off fresh cut shrimp. Sand flea or electric chicken fishbites or pomp candy fish gum. Both catch whiting and pomps. Last February I caught like 7 massive black drum in the surf just using the blue crab fish bites.
Yes, frozen will work if they don’t look rotten. This is the only way to freeze and keep sand fleas: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XWoSF_mAD2U.html
On Vancouver Island just before spawning season starts coho and certain other varieties spring salmon such as all pool in front of rivers waiting for the rains to start before they start heading up the rivers but sometimes due to lack of rain these fish are sick
(I meant to say thick not sick) the fish pool in front of the rivers waiting for it to rain sometimes they're so thick you can see them in 3 ft of water that's when I like to surf fish and what I like to use are shore denizens such as surf crabs and little tiny surf fish and the little tiny prawns and clams that live in these areas as the tide comes in the salmon start gorge in themselves on the shore denizens sometimes even bears are down there fishing them with us. One day I was using a herring cut plug and just casting it out in the surf when a large spring salmon grabbed onto it being a spring salmon probably I know they're only good for one hard long run and then they pretty well don't give you a good hard one again so as I was pulling it back in thinking, WoW! lucky me when it started to take off again. I realized that I was fighting a seal who was trying to steal my fish. and I was ready to cut my line when I looked out and saw the seal stick its head up sure enough there was a big fish next to it but not in its mouth I could see the hook off to one side of the seals mouth I was afraid to let it go with all this line hanging out and with the hook stuck in it cuz I had stainless steel hooks and I knew I had 80 lb test line so I just pulled the seal slowly over time and tired it out a small harbor seal juvenile probably and I finally got it close to shore( my wife likes to eat seal) but it's beautiful eyes and eyelashes made me feel compassionate for it and it didn't try to get the away too hard ,I think I had tired it out at that point and I had needle nose pliers on extensions for unhooking the threshing sharks we had been catching also barbless hooks. I thought that it would grab my salmon and swim away once free but I guess it was traumatized and it just left. The Spring Salmon floated in the water with me and the Bears eyeballing it but I was quicker and ran out and grabbed my salmon. (38 lb spring salmon) when the rain is late I do the same thing every time
he right about that...we spend a lot time and effort on distance casting...and of course..its fun to wing them out there 100 yards or more...but time and again the short casters have scored more then me......it makes sense ..the fish are coming into the surf zone to feed and we are casting beyond the zone....
I was working at a job on a condo on the beach and wind was whipping and the waves were frothing. There was a guy surfacing who had a pile of black drum. I wouldn’t have fish that weather, but I missed out. I always thought that dirty water was bad to, but not always.
