surf and pier fishing: Hello everyone, I was watching some videos about pier fishing. The guy swears by using large live shrimp with 20lb test line. He says it's a can't miss way to...

bill beall Loc: Maryland

Hello everyone, I was watching some videos about pier fishing. The guy swears by using large live shrimp with 20lb test line. He says it's a can't miss way to catch from a pier. I am going to myrtle beach on 4/10. Does anyone know where to purchase them there or is this guy full of crap. Also looking for surf fishing help as I do not seem to do well there most times. Thanks

Danger25 Loc: Philly/ Cape may New Jersey

I spent all of last summer and fall surf fishing in cape may NJ...i cant speak on pier fishing...maybe the big shrimp will work because pier gets you out farther into ocean....everything eats shrimp .....i had the best luck just from the surf with bloodworms and later in the season when stripers showed up i did well with salted clam.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

bill beall wrote:

Hello everyone, I was watching some videos about pier fishing. The guy swears by using large live shrimp with 20lb test line. He says it's a can't miss way to catch from a pier. I am going to myrtle beach on 4/10. Does anyone know where to purchase them there or is this guy full of crap. Also looking for surf fishing help as I do not seem to do well there most times. Thanks

If you're going to south myrtle find apache pier. You can fish there n they'll tell you best bait. North i don't know about

Fishin' Buddie Loc: South Florida

I've always had luck with live shrimp on the piers in South Florida. Any bait shop should have them. As for the line, I use a clear leader of 25lb, with 20lb braid on my reel. Good luck and be sure to post pictures.

Danger25 Loc: Philly/ Cape may New Jersey

Yeah...live shrimp easy enough to find. I just haven’t caught anything from the surf big enough eat them...

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Danger25 wrote:

Yeah...live shrimp easy enough to find. I just haven’t caught anything from the surf big enough eat them...

Hey Danger. I didn't get to see my biggest surf catch. Hooked n it spooled me. I regained abot 10' n it broke. Thats when i started using power pro. Never hooked another big one like that. 😆😂

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

Where was that at Grizzly? When I used to surf fish in San Diego I would occasionally hook into a big ol ray of some kind (I think they were rays, I only managed to beach one) and they would spool me and keep right on going - my drag was not heavy enough to even slow em down.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Spiritof27 wrote:

Where was that at Grizzly? When I used to surf fish in San Diego I would occasionally hook into a big ol ray of some kind (I think they were rays, I only managed to beach one) and they would spool me and keep right on going - my drag was not heavy enough to even slow em down.

Hi Spirit. That was kittty hawk/ kill devil hills area. After i put 85lb braid on i was fishing at a boat ramp near manteo. Fishing with shrimp. It took off. I managed to get this one in. It was a ray as big around as the top of a bushel basket maybe bigger. I couldn't lift it but i pulled it up the ramp enough to see him n pop the hook. To bad i didn't have a camera or cell phone then. That's why i luv braid to this day 👍👍

Danger25 Loc: Philly/ Cape may New Jersey

Grizzly 17 wrote:

Hey Danger. I didn't get to see my biggest surf catch. Hooked n it spooled me. I regained abot 10' n it broke. Thats when i started using power pro. Never hooked another big one like that. 😆😂

Pulled this 4 ft sandshark out of the surf in October...that was the biggest fish i ever caught from the beach...and only got him because i was using bigger tackle for stripers.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Danger25 wrote:

Pulled this 4 ft sandshark out of the surf in October...that was the biggest fish i ever caught from the beach...and only got him because i was using bigger tackle for stripers.

Nice catch Danger. Thats one thing about saltwater n tidal waters never know what you'll catch.

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

I used to catch the sand sharks in San Diego - nothing that big though. And as I recall they don't pull like a big ray. Those suckers are strong! 85 pound braid would have probably ruined my reel - wasn't that big.

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Spiritof27 wrote:

I used to catch the sand sharks in San Diego - nothing that big though. And as I recall they don't pull like a big ray. Those suckers are strong! 85 pound braid would have probably ruined my reel - wasn't that big.

I had a big spinning reel on my rod Spirit. Back then you could buy a big surf rig for a real affordable price at any of the tackle shops there.Everthing was cheaper then

Spiritof27 Loc: Lincoln, CA

I used a smaller reel back then cause that's just how I rolled. And that made for some interesting surf and rock fishing - it made the surf perch a lot more fun, it was big enough to handle a good sized shark or halibut, but every now and then you'd hook into something that you knew you might just as well cut your line. Fun times.

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

Danger25 wrote:

Pulled this 4 ft sandshark out of the surf in October...that was the biggest fish i ever caught from the beach...and only got him because i was using bigger tackle for stripers.

That's the only type of tackle I use in the surf, except when I'm fishing flounder. 11 foot 4 to 12 medium weight Lami . Twenty pound mono on the conventional and 30# braid on the spinner. Landed a 62" wide ray among .others. When you get spooled on the outer banks it's usually a shark, big ray or cobia

Grizzly 17 Loc: South central Pa

Flytier wrote:

That's the only type of tackle I use in the surf, except when I'm fishing flounder. 11 foot 4 to 12 medium weight Lami . Twenty pound mono on the conventional and 30# braid on the spinner. Landed a 62" wide ray among .others. When you get spooled on the outer banks it's usually a shark, big ray or cobia

I was lucky to have my rod. The bite was slow so i was beach combing. Looked back saw my sand spike go down. Back then i could run LOL.