Hey, Mike - if ya throw out a snake and get back a cigar butt, bait up with a bloooofish bomb on the next cast
"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.