Thread: Surfcasting lessons

After reading the post about sharks off the beach, I went and bought a surfcaster. It turns out it's not as easy as it looks..

Few lessons learned so far that may or may not help others getting into it:
1- don't start in the dark at a place you don't know. I was casting into nothing for 2 hours before dawn a few days ago, no bites.
2- don't bother fishing outgoing tide in BOP unless you know what you're looking for. I spent a full outgoing tide chasing the water down the beach as every time I got past the breakers then they would be on my line 15-20 minutes later.
3-Dont ask me where it's good. I hut a spot for 3 hours on the incoming tide today trying a few different spits along a formless beach but couldn't seem to reach the gutters. I did however find lots of crabs. And then I used the kids crab pot to track the current and found it going along the beach and then out through what looked like a sand bar but must have been an outlet. And then it was time to get back so I didn't get any bites there either.
4-river mouths are easy but shallow. A lot if wading needed to get out to deeper water unless you can cast 100m.

Nice to try something different anyway, even if I suck at it. Looking forward to winter to try for bigger species at night.