| Every angler has their surf fishing secrets. These | | | | fish buffet! |
| are things he or she has picked up along the way | | | | 2. Consult a tide chart and fish accordingly. The |
| either from experience or from fellow fisherman. | | | | best time is just about two hours before high tide |
| But most agree that fishing the surf is one of the | | | | and the hour (or sometimes two) after high tide. |
| most relaxing, fun and exciting sports there is. | | | | 3. Normal fish feeding patters are early morning |
| Those who learn usually make it one of their | | | | just before the sun rises and again in the evening |
| most beloved hobbies. There's nothing like hooking | | | | at dusk. So try to throw your line in at those |
| a big fish and dragging it up on the beach to the | | | | times. (If high tide falls around one of these times, |
| "oh"s and "ah"s of the passersby, not to mention | | | | expect a great catch!) |
| any envious family and friends. | | | | 4. Use a double hook steel leader. I can't tell you |
| Anyway, here's five of my best surf fishing | | | | how many potential catches have been lost |
| secrets that help me catch more fish: | | | | because the big fish bit the line in two. The steel |
| | | | leader prevents this from happening. |
| 1. Look for the birds. Let me tell you, this is the | | | | 5. Fishing seems, to me, to be better when there |
| simplest and most effective advice anyone ever | | | | is a light onshore breeze. This seems to draw the |
| gave me. It stands to reason that, where you | | | | fish toward the beach up into the surf which, of |
| see the birds congregating, there's bound to be a | | | | course, is right where I want them to be! |