the outer beach today

[fishweewee]

Originally posted by Flaptail
...you won't be able to rest on your laurels this coming year as to what holes when and where...

I guess this brings us to the inevitable comparison of sandy beach vs. rockpile fishing.

I've always found sandy beach fishing to be much more challenging than rockpile fishing (in terms of just hooking up, never mind hunting a trophy).

To a certain extent - rocks don't move, so there is an appealing consistency in rockpile fishing at least as far as habitat goes. Rhody has been really good to me this year for this reason (again, just in terms of hooking up, not trophy hunting).

The shifting sands on open beaches present a continuous challenge (even intra-season if there is storm activty) - particularly if your eyesight is as bad as mine when it comes to reading the water for structure. I frankly found it tough going on the Outer Beaches of the Cape this year even when I did identify holes, cuts, troughs, etc at low tide!

By the time I got to the Ditch this fall I was thoroughly confused.

Funny thing about sandy beach fishing.

It can be just as dangerous as rockpile fishing - I've been out a few nights on an outer bar with a weird fog rolling in, the water slowly creeping up with the tide. It's a screwed up feeling, getting disoriented on a sandy beach at night.