Who's ready for Spring??

[WhaleFart]

Spring is a fun run on the beach, I will fish lures exclusively if bait is present in the surf zone (bunker). Like above, big pencils, metal lips, and darters have put some solid fish on the sand for me over the years.

I will say, in may/June, i have done very very well fishing with fresh bunker chunks, this is NOT a bait and wait game, this is fishing cuts on the beach, no sand spikes, no multiple rods, just cast the chunk out, if nothing happens in 25min, walk down to the next hole or cut. Very similar to lure fishing. However bluefish can clean you out of bait if they are thick, and sometimes they only want meat and lures won’t get them to commit so it’s part of the game, but of course fun.

I’ve also landed a number of MASSIVE rough tail rays in June fishing this way, that fight will make any bass/bluefish look like a sunfish.