Surf fishing can be daunting. Standing on the beach looking at the crashing waves and vastness of the ocean makes you feel small. It’s not like a pond or river that you can more easily break down.

Halloween and Thanksgiving traditionally bookend what most East Coast surf anglers consider the peak of the fall run of striped bass from Southern Massachusetts through Northern Maryland. When I was ...

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Can you get away with using a hand-me-down fiberglass surf fishing rod that is yellowed with aga and abuse. Yes. But just because you can, doesn’t mean you’ll catch fish. However, with the right, high ...