You would think something like surf fishing would be as easy as walking down to the beach sinking a couple of sand spikes and throwing out some bait and waiting for a bite.  That is what most people do when they go out surf fishing but there are things that you can do to make your chances of catching fish a whole lot better.  One way to be a more successful surf fisherman is learning to read a beach and knowing where to fish when you find a spot with all the ingredients for a productive surf fishing location. 

So what makes a spot a productive spot and what makes a spot not productive.  The easiest thing to understand about the surf is an area called the slough, which is between the sand bar and the beach and is the predator fish’s super highway.  Fish will move up and down the slough looking for food, which makes this one of the easiest places to target fish.  The best part of fishing the slough you don’t need to cast a country mile to reach it the slough is right in front of you. Often some of the biggest fish are caught only a short distance from the shore. 

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