Always fish in 1st 10 min. then slow. WHY?

[Back Beach]

Its resident fish many times. One of my old time surf mentors suggested I find a bunch of "one cast wonder" spots and fish them in a rotation during the night if they're located close enough together to maintain efficiency. Get your one fish and either move to the next spot or go home. Most times this is the case with big fish as one will come home and roost on a spot until captured. During the migratory times of year, you may want to stick it out or come back to the spot later in the night. Often times you'll return to the spot on the next tide/next night and another "one cast wonder" will take place.

Oh yes, always take into consideration your experience with your "spot" or "spots" before applying the above mentioned method.

[redlite]

It is especially true in the canal driftin eels. Its like what, is there one f'n fish sittin there just waitin for somethin to go by and then thats it? We race to be the first one with an eel in the water at each spot.
Fish are strange creatures with tails.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by redlite

We race to be the first one with an eel in the water at each spot.

If you're lucky I'll have to go potty and leave you unattended for a few minutes.

[Flaptail]

A simple change of plugs often negates the one fish wonder spot effect. You may have to rotate several to keep busy.

[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by Flaptail

A simple change of plugs often negates the one fish wonder spot effect. You may have to rotate several to keep busy.

I hear ya Flap. Its true with plugs , but if they won't take an eel there's likely nobody(big) home. Have sometimes switched from an eel to plug and taken fish too. Used to rotate rebel-needle-nils master @ chatham inlet and it worked well. Of course you could bounce a single sand eel and hammer them all night if they were there.

[Flaptail]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

I hear ya Flap. Its true with plugs , but if they won't take an eel there's likely nobody(big) home. Have sometimes switched from an eel to plug and taken fish too. Used to rotate rebel-needle-nils master @ chatham inlet and it worked well. Of course you could bounce a single sand eel and hammer them all night if they were there.

Roger that on the eel.

[Crafty Angler]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Its resident fish many times. One of my old time surf mentors suggested I find a bunch of "one cast wonder" spots and fish them in a rotation during the night if they're located close enough together to maintain efficiency. Get your one fish and either move to the next spot or go home. Most times this is the case with big fish as one will come home and roost on a spot until captured. During the migratory times of year, you may want to stick it out or come back to the spot later in the night. Often times you'll return to the spot on the next tide/next night and another "one cast wonder" will take place.

Oh yes, always take into consideration your experience with your "spot" or "spots" before applying the above mentioned method.

Excellent point, Back Beach - goes hand in hand with another tip of a similar sort that an older friend told me in the beginning, think of rocks as game trails (if you hunt, too) -

Some parts of the game are pretty predictable, other parts...well, not so much

[Joe]

Iron Mike told me he would give his fishing buddies a beverage, then go make the first cast without them.