If you like things to come to you easy like, then you probably won't like surf fishing. Surf fishing can be relaxing, but if done properly, it may just be one of the most challenging/rewarding sports you ever take up. It involves both skill and good fortune. To play the game you have to be in the game. Surf fisherman stand like minutemen waiting for the red coats (fish). Close your eyes for a second or take your line out of the water and you may just miss the big fish of a lifetime.

Check out this super informative link on stripersonline! It clearly shows what to look for in the surf. Reading the water is something every surf fisherman must learn to do. Don't rely on information from others on the beach. See it for yourself! Read 'em and reap!!

Lessons are learned the hard way at the banks. Dean disproves many a fisherman's theory once again that the fish are deep and you had better go long. Just a short cast into the wash and Deano snags a pig of a drum off Ocracoke Island! It was an epic battle between man and fish but in the end man prevails. This was a night drum by my best recollection.