rocks - eels - nighttime - patience
There is bound to be a fish eventually
Rocks are key, even more so than sand. So much so that they are called Rockfish south of the mason dixon line. So always think rocks, think dangerously inaccessble slippery surfbeaten crags in the dead of night.
get frustrated.. hit the rocks.. lose a rig every cast... give up and .. and then when you are so hammered there is no way would be able to set a hook, and you are 100yds from your rod chatting about spots.. it will pick up.