First time surf fishing 2024

jocoboy50 reply :

I'm goin down to Myrtle Beach for a week tomorrow and my uncle has a new surf rod..

He won't be there and it is my first time ever going so i have no idea what to do.he said he has all the equipment i need but it hasn't been rigged yet and i need to do that..i have no idea how to rig a surf rod

so any help at all would be appreciated.

mrlitetackle reply :

tell me what exactly your working with......

cut bait, live,

and how big is the surf expected to be?

i'll get back as soon as i can.

jocoboy50 reply :

probally cut bait but i may get some live

and the surf is supposed to be 1-2 ft maximum 3 feet.

thanks for the help

cart7t reply :

This is the General BASS fishing forum

There is another forum titled other fish species.

jocoboy50 reply :

oh dang i wasn't even payin attention i searched and then saw general and went ahead.haha

mrlitetackle reply :

cut bait is easy......

you need a rod holder for the surf, simply a piece of pvc with an angle cut at one end....

next you'll need the bait rig. Its all wire. (sorry i dont have a pic, but i'll try to explain).. there is one main wire that is connected to your main line that at one end has a large sinker... and the other end connects to your working line,... it has a secondary wire coming off of it perpendicularly... and the secondary wire that can freely move up and down along the main piece. off of that secondary wire there will be a snap (and some have the hooks already attached). just rigg your shrimp or cut bait off of that. tie the rig to the main line as normal. try to cast it as far out past the breakers as possible. you will likely end up catching many sailcats before something good comes along (carefull with them bc the fin spines sting like a wasp).... you've just gotta sit back and let something happen, but your on the beach so its quite nice...

i recommend live shrimp..... if using large cut bait, you will likely hook into sharks.... which is compleltely awesome!!! just make sure your tackle can handle it.....

if you want to get more detailed i can try to explain how to balloon fish the trough for ya.

jocoboy50 reply :

thanks for the explanation that cleared things up.

Everything should be there and if not there is bass pro shops 5 miles away ;D

also aside from rigging i'm guessing that morning is the best time to fish on the surf?

mrlitetackle reply :

morning is always good, but ive caught'em all day nonetheless....

sandflees are always a good option as well for bait.

good luck to ya.

and the guys at BPS should be able to give ya some advice if you end up there.

jocoboy50 reply :

alright thanks again for the help. i'll post up what i get when i get back

LCpointerKILLA reply :

you all get pompano in the surf up there?

SirSnookalot reply :

incoming tide is best

LCpointerKILLA reply :

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incoming tide is best

amen. hallelujah.

jocoboy50 reply :

i'm a little late but i caught a flounder and 2 sharks while i was down there

1inStripes reply :

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you all get pompano in the surf up there?

Ive caught pompano while fishing piers below Myrtle but not while surf fishing. Although if they can be caught at a pier, they should be able to be caught while surf fishing. Those little bullets are fun.

daviscw reply :

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i'm a little late but i caught a flounder and 2 sharks while i was down there

I just got back from a fishing trip to Oak Island. We made it 2 miles out to a reef and pulled in a couple fish before I got sick and we decided to stay in the Intercoastal Waterway. There we caught countless croakers, sharks, spadefish, oysterfish, and whiting.

mrlitetackle reply :

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Posted by: jocoboy50 Posted on: Jul 5th, 2009, 8:17pm
i'm a little late but i caught a flounder and 2 sharks while i was down there

flounder are fun and all (and tasty as well), but im interested......

what kind of sharks did you catch, and how large as well??

jocoboy50 reply :

they were both little sand sharks..one about 2 and a half feet and one about 2 feet.

the guy beside me on the same mornin had a 4 footer he had to cut the line whenever it got in the surf.

Dock Master reply :

We catch Pampano in the surf at Topsail Island all the time. Live sandfleas work the best to catch them.

1inStripes reply :

Sandfleas just don't seem as plentiful in the Myrtle Beach area as they used to. Maybe its just me, but I dont see them as often as I did when I was younger. Did fish with a few the last time I was down there though.

jocoboy50 reply :

they were there but they were hard to find. i mostly fished woth shrimp it worked pretty good it fits the hook perfectly and it stays on

NaturalAcoustics reply :

i find it easier to use not a whole shrimp but half on a hook make sure the barb is barely peeking out of it and i keep my lines tight so i can hold the line and feel every little tug =)

daviscw reply :

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i find it easier to use not a whole shrimp but half on a hook make sure the barb is barely peeking out of it and i keep my lines tight so i can hold the line and feel every little tug =)

I have better success peeling the shrimp too. Then I cut it it into 2 or 3 pieces. If you are out on the ocean bottom fishing you can get about 4 pieces out of a shrimp, the fish don't care.

NaturalAcoustics reply :

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i find it easier to use not a whole shrimp but half on a hook make sure the barb is barely peeking out of it and i keep my lines tight so i can hold the line and feel every little tug =)

I have better success peeling the shrimp too. Then I cut it it into 2 or 3 pieces. If you are out on the ocean bottom fishing you can get about 4 pieces out of a shrimp, the fish don't care.

Amen! =D braid line such as "power pro" Helps a lot to feel the bites, is extremely tough, and is less likely to stretch and bust when trying to throw the leader with a weight on it.

SirSnookalot reply :

I did a little live bait fishing the other day. I had 20lb braid and a 40# leader. The problem was main line getting tangled with the leader with undoable knots and everything wound around a sinker. Next time out I will use mono instead of braid and use a trolley rig.

NaturalAcoustics reply :

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I did a little live bait fishing the other day. I had 20lb braid and a 40# leader. The problem was main line getting tangled with the leader with undoable knots and everything wound around a sinker. Next time out I will use mono instead of braid and use a trolley rig.

wow never had that happen worse is when the top hook wraps itself around the line but even then it doesnt knot.

1inStripes reply :

A few times at the campground we stay at in MB I have seen the same guy fish for flounder in the surf using medium tackle and does extremely well. I am going to give it a shot sometime in September instead of trying to go out beyond the breakers to surf fish. I'd just as soon end up with flounder as I would anything else.

SirSnookalot reply :

I know nothing about surf fishing further up the coast but in south Florida a great deal of fish are caught in the "wash, trough" just a few feet off shore.

For my money I'd pick flounder over anything for my table fare, further north the better they taste.

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