I’m sure this question gets asked a million times, but in this picture, where would be the best spot to cast (aside from the rip)? The blue or the yellow?
I’m trying to get back into surf fishing and my understanding is to cast in the yellow but I’m not sure if that is the best spot?
Thanks in advance!
Posted by destroyr-au
18 Comments
Depends. Blue can be good. Yellow can be good. The first trough in front of the yellow can also be good. Try them all.
Man I thought that was a damn tower in the water.
The area that is smooth is the cut and is a deeper slot.
just go up and down the beach casting in the yellow area and also where the waves break.
if theres no luck then cast in the blue.
there are too many weather variables for where the fish coukd actually be and it can be diff every day
I would work this ENTIRE area, fish need an entrance just like a front door a burger place, then they feed innthre current that holds bait.
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Idk if it’s just the timing of the picture but the flatter area to the right looks enticing. Remember the number one mistake most people make in surf fishing is casting too far. To the right of the yellow looks like the entrance to that cut and could be a great spot.
cast right at the white pole looking thing
On a falling tide focus on the blue area, the white stick, and the wash between the white stick and the beach.
Incoming tide, hit the yellow area as well as the wash.
Fish are lazy and want to catch the most bait for the least effort. I would work the outflow (where there are no waves) on both sides and with top and bottom lures. Big fish will wait and ambush bait that has been washed in over the sandbar and is being pushed out in the current.
How tf could you cast past the first breakers? Look at the size of the people for scale
As others have said, it depends on the day. Most days I’ll put out a few rods all at different depths to see where they’re biting that day
Of to the right on the edge of the waves, closer in
From the size of the people on the beach it’s a heck of a cast if you make near the blue. The right of the yellow looks like the place bait and predator fish will come in
The channel.
I would be heading straight to that nice deep gutter between the shore and the white marker where the waves don’t break. The waves not breaking is a good indicator of deeper water, as when you’re standing at beach level it’s hard to see these spots based on colour alone.
That’s all great structure with a good rip in the center and troughs on both sides. I’d work the entire strip with a good casting jerk bait.
if this is true to scale, you aint casting past the yellow. so I would focus on the inside of yellow, there is a long trough running parallel to the coast line. also out to the right of the picture where the water is deep and that trough runs into that area…in front of the white tower where there is no whitewater from braking waves.