The cuts are where the water flushes out food in the sand (sand fleas, copepods, and sand worms). Usually it is the latter, and the fish will hit cuts as they move up the beach on the incoming tides and feed. Move your gear around until you find fish or they find you. Cast a line to the top of the cut and on each side. That is where good cuts are found.įishing the cuts is easy … catching not so much at times. When you find areas where the water drains between the sandbars. The profile the increased surf carves into he beach face is what the sand bars and cuts look like in front of you. You can get a good look at what a beach looks like under the water after an nor'easter at a dead low tide. This is where the fish tend to gather and cuts can be exaggerated or subtle. That is the cut, where water, after crossing the sand bar area and washing up on the beach, drains back into the surf. This is where the water washes out and forms a plume of sand that looks like a mushroom cloud. There is a fine line between surf fishing and just standing there looking like an idiot.įish the cuts at the beach. Finding that perfect spot to fish can be a challenge! That is why we hope for the dumb luck factor. You are standing along the edge of one of the largest ponds on the planet, hoping a fish swims by and decides to take your bait. Most of the time it is just dumb luck, especially surf fishing. There are so many factors to catching, because anyone can fish. Not saying we'll see something like this in April down on HI, but who knows? If everything is right, like water temps, winds, and available bait.The fishing has been excellent so long as you have the right bait, are in the right spot, have the correct gear for the fish you want to catch during the right tide, at the best time of day, and know how you hold your rod.
Keep in mind that was also back when there were no size or catch limits in Delaware for saltwater. After about 8 or 10 casts, there was nothing left on the bucktails but the lead head and hook, and they still kept nailing them. We caught 72 blues between us in the 2-4 LB size. Once the Blues came within casting range it was non-stop for almost an hour. red & white bucktails tipped with purple plastic worms and started casting toward the birds. We cut off our bait rigs and put on wire leaders and 3 oz. I told my buddy there were feeding fish under those birds. I noticed the gulls circling and diving at the water a little way off on the bay side headed toward the ocean. The first one I ever saw was at Indian River Inlet in Delaware. Once you fish a bluefish blitz, you will remember it the rest of your life. The choppers you mention are the 12-15+ bad boys. I've heard they show up around Hatteras in late March through April but they are not as big as the fish that come through in the fall.ġ-3 pounders are called "snapper" blues up here in Delaware and NJ. They hit just about anything, even bare hooks! You don't want to get your fingers near their jaws because of the sharp teeth they got.
Largest I ever got was over 19 LBS in New Jersey back in the late 70's.
I'm looking forward to catching my first drum from the point and maybe some blues and/or albies from south beach.īluefishing is awesome! They are my favorite saltwater fish. Mike, I hope you are around and available when Jack and I come down.
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