Headed 2 Surf Side to fish the surf

HC · #1 04-07-2012, 10:18 AM

I'll post up the conditions when I arrive

**Smackdaddy53** · #2 04-07-2012, 10:47 AM

Good luck!

-mac-

HC · #3 04-07-2012, 12:19 PM

Thanks Strong SE wind. Water looks good. Little rough. Strong current east to west. Some weed but overall fishable if u don't mind working a little. 3 rd cast caught a Pompano.

**CarolinaRicky** · #4 04-07-2012, 12:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HC

Thanks Strong SE wind. Water looks good. Little rough. Strong current east to west. Some weed but overall fishable if u don't mind working a little. 3 rd cast caught a Pompano.

Pompano like green water. I may have to go wet a hook!

**Rawpower** · #5 04-07-2012, 01:27 PM

Thanks for the report. Surfside is one of my favorite spot to fish the surf. Man, I gotta get out there soon! Tight lines!

**fultonswimmer** · #6 04-07-2012, 01:43 PM

Thanks for the report. Heading over there Monday as forecast.....at least for now.....predicts low winds and some blue-green water. Should be good if the weed is not too bad.
Good fishing!

**seabo** · #7 04-07-2012, 04:19 PM

thanks for the earlier report but a 4.20 report needed, are you wading?,is it cold?, and what are you using for bait? is there bait? so many questions...

HC · #8 04-07-2012, 05:21 PM

Ok. Just got home. After a few hours of battling the waves, which were not huge, but big enough you had to put out some effort, I got tired of just catching whiting. After the Pompano, it was all whiting, nothing else.

I intended catching bait with the cast net, but as a back up, I bought some fresh dead shrimp. No bait to be seen in the surf. Nada, nothing, so used the shrimp. Water was fairly clear. I could see my feet in 2 feet of water. Water temp was a little cool at first, but by noon, not bad at all. Weed was moderate. Not as bad as it gets, but enough to be a mild pain in the a**. I took a few pics. 1st is the Pompano. Then some of all the washed up trees, limbs, and weed.

The traffic when I left was backed up over the Inter Coastal Bridge for at least 2 miles.

**fishingcacher** · #9 04-07-2012, 05:37 PM

Thanks for the report. I have noticed when the water is that clear that there is very little bait in the water.

HC · #10 04-07-2012, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by fishingcacher

Thanks for the report. I have noticed when the water is that clear that there is very little bait in the water.

Very little bait would be an over statement. I saw zero bait. No mullet, no shad, no bait fish whatsoever.