Surf Fishing The Atlantic Coast

Updated information on tackle, baits, and casting techniques and new photos and knot-tying illustrations. Fishing sandbars, points, jetties, scalloped beaches, and inlets. Species include bluefish, striped bass, red drum, weakfish, spotted sea trout, flounder, sharks.

This is the guide every surf fisher, beginner to veteran, needs. Expert surf caster Eric Burnley offers the most up-to-date information available on tackle, baits, and casting technique. Includes information on: the how and why of rods, reels, line, and lures; all about baits; casting basics that will get your line and lure to the fish; rigging and driving a surf-fishing vehicle; where the fish are and how to find them; where and when various species of fish show up along the surf; access points along the coast from Maine to Florida.

Describes rods, lures, baits, and fishing techniques for use on the Atlantic coast of the United States and surveys the types of fish in the region

A conservation editor for Fisherman magazine provides instructive guidelines for more than 125 popular saltwater gamefish species, offering tips for selecting the correct rods and reels for various gamefish while including information on such topics as terminal tackle, fly-fishing techniques and marine conservation.

Hundreds of tips and tactics on taking this hugely popular game fish from a pro angler who has seen it all.

Fishing from beach or rocky coastline presents challenges not faced by anglers who head out to sea. Written to open new frontiers to the old hand and provide advice to novice surf fishermen, The Complete Book of Surf Fishing will be a boon to all coastline anglers. Author and licensed charter captain Al Ristori covers the basics of traditional surfcasting, with well-illustrated instruction on casting big rods in big water. He covers the gamut of tackle that does duty in the surf—conventional gear, spinning gear, fly tackle, and light tackle—and discusses the full range of bait, lures, and flies. Most importantly, he tells you how to find fish. Whether you are casting on the East Coast, Gulf Coast, or West Coast, with Ristori's tips and tricks and decades of know-how, you will know where the fish are when they are most likely to bite. Everyone needs advice from an experienced fisherman once in a while, and now no angler plying the surf will have to do without.