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From: fred
Category: Fishing Tales
Date: 02 Feb 2002
Time: 10:50:39
Remote Name: 216.77.138.19
I'm not what you call an expert, but since no one else has offered advice, here goes.
Fishing will depend on water temperature. If it's still the low 60's or below you will mostly find reds and what is locally called whiting (a small drum). As the water warms you will find speckled trout (spotted seatrout, spotted weakfish) and flounder moving into the surf zone and cobia and Spanish Mackeral caught at the pier. When the water reaches about 70 (which is unusual, but not impossible in March) the king mackeral will show up, but again are not usually caught from the surf.
A long rod, 9 feet or more, will help you get more distance casting. For reds you will want something that will hold about 200 yds of 14-20lb line, but that will be light if you run into a big one. The reds and whiting will be near the back side of breakers, the rougher the better for reds, flounder generally in quieter water and specks will be in holes at early morning or night (that's if the water warms - spot the holes at low tide). If specks are in you will want a shorter rod that you can work an artificial bait with. When the water is clear I like a Mann's Stingray, red head, white body, fluorescent red tail, if cloudier a red head with a fluorescent green body. Some folks like MirroLures and the like. They will also hit live bait if you can keep it alive and with you. Reds and whiting will hit live bait and also cut bait, squid, frozen shrimp, reds will also take artificials, but tough to do from the surf.
FWIW