what do i need to go surf fishing?

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I will be going to assateaque island for 5 days and i will not be taking the boat. I was going to do some surf fishing but never tried it before. What do i need?
 
you need a reel in the 7, 8 or 9 size range as well as a good 9 foot rod. dont know where you're at so your terminal tackle is whatever the guy next to you is using. up here on the island of long we use a 3 way setup in the early season. big a$$ hunk of clam and send that sh!t out. been knocking out some nice schoolie bass and a couple keepers too.
 
what charlie said, plus a pvc rod holder to stick the rod in, a comfortable beach chair, & the latest michael connley or randy wayne white book.
 
Have't been to Assateague since 1979 but we caught a mess of blues on medium 7 ft ugly stick/penn 4500ss tossing metal like hopkins and ava17.

Also caught on bait...mullet rigs, pyramid weights.

I remember the beach to be really flat and shallow far out. Lots of green head flies.

Also, on bay side there are croaker, white perch, seatrout, drum, flounder

Here's a pic of me & my friends there in 1979....wow I'm OLD!
 

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Well fellas my beautiful girlfriend is from chincoteague Island. Here dad being a 40 year volunteer fire man he is a big public relations person with the pony swim. The past 2 years I have actually been on one of 4 fire company boats that bring the horses across toms cove. What a beautiful place. Im gonna be there next weekend and im gonna also be there for the pony swim next month so if your gonna be there pm me your number so we can get together and show ya around. her dad is also a world renowned duck carver, so come by and get you a duck!! lol !! or one of my fish carvings!!!I will get a report for ya for the surf fishing. I know sound side there doing good with the flounders. Capt. Steves will have all ya need if ya need some tackle
 
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SkunkBoat said:
Have't been to Assateague since 1979 but we caught a mess of blues on medium 7 ft ugly stick/penn 4500ss tossing metal like hopkins and ava17.

Also caught on bait...mullet rigs, pyramid weights.

I remember the beach to be really flat and shallow far out. Lots of green head flies.

Also, on bay side there are croaker, white perch, seatrout, drum, flounder

Here's a pic of me & my friends there in 1979....wow I'm OLD!
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awesome picture. I was only 3 years old when that was taken
 
Kracker Jack said:
Well fellas my beautiful girlfriend is from chincoteague Island. Here dad being a 40 year volunteer fire man he is a big public relations person with the pony swim. The past 2 years I have actually been on one of 4 fire company boats that bring the horses across toms cove. What a beautiful place. Im gonna be there next weekend and im gonna also be there for the pony swim next month so if your gonna be there pm me your number so we can get together and show ya around. her dad is also a world renowned duck carver, so come by and get you a duck!! lol !! or one of my fish carvings!!!I will get a report for ya for the surf fishing. I know sound side there doing good with the flounders. Capt. Steves will have all ya need if ya need some tackle
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I will be down there june 7-11. I will have my 1 year old son so i will not be able to do a lot of fishing. But my inlaws will be there and they will watch him while i fish. I cant wait till the little guy is old enough to fish.
Is it better to fish during the day or at night? High tide, low tide?
 
Im not a huge beach fishing guy but Ive done my fair share in my life. Ive always like to fish low to incoming flood tide on the beach. It just always makes sense to me that when the water would get a little fatter it would open the bar up a little more. I would fish several staionary rods and always have a spinner with a gotcha plug on it to fish for spanish and blues and a spinner with strip squid to fish the troughs up front for flounder. I will need to call down there and see what the deal is on the beach. You can go down to the boat ramp at the north end of chincoteague and probally do good with drum in that channel.



heres oceanside asseteague
 
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When I think surf fishin', I think of all the stuff I'll need...cast net, cooler, buckets, knives, rods, rod holders, tackle and on and on...and I don't wanna be totin' all that stuff...couple of years ago I found myself headed to the coast w/no boat(which Pete & Vic brought remedy to) so started thinkin' along the same lines you are now...anyway, this is what I came up with...and didn't spend a dime puttin together...











Right down to the drink holders on front...and turns out I didn't even use it cuz my nephew had left his boat down there for my use...anyway, it was fun puttin this together...:beer:
 
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