Surf fishing is exciting as well as dangerous.
I caught my first speckled trout many years ago along a sandbar near Port Mansfeild Texas. A 5 minute battle with a 3 pound trout was all it took to hook me on surf fishing for the rest of my life.
Surf fishermen learn to accept what comes with the territory. The unpredictability of surf fishing is part of the excitement of the sport and the challenge is part of the reward.
Memorial Day seems to be when I start to gear up for surf fishing along the Texas Coast. The gear I choose is some of the most basic you will find in the sport of fishing. A four wheel drive a couple of your favorite rods and reels, a few spoons, plugs and shrimp tails and you're ready to take on mother nature.
The thrill of not knowing what the next cast will bring has always been part of the excitement of surf fishing. A gold spoon can be hammered by Trout, Redfish, Spanish Mackerel, Bluefish, Jack Crevalle , Pompano or even Tarpon. For more than 30 years that unique thrill of the strike has had a hold of me and perhaps I will get another 30 out of it. Surf fishing can level the playing field like no other sport, it will try your skills honed the senses and at times test your endurance. With the wide environmental variables that come into play for the surf fishermen in the absence of any one of these, a promising day can turn into a hopeless day. Perhaps that is why things can get so exciting on a good day that we can for get that surf fishing can also be dangerous.
While surf fishing one must never forget the power of the tides. No matter where you would finish currents should be foremost on your mind but this is especially true knew the mouths of passes and river openings.