Most dangerous places to surfcast

[Ed B]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

The avenues, no doubt. I've only admired them from a distance and that's about as close as I'm getting. Plenty of better places to fish without risking your life. Also, inlets comprised of shifting sand can be fatal on a dropping tide.Had plenty of close calls when I used to fish nauset inlet, both surf and boat.

I would rate most Rocky ledges in a big sea as high on the danger list and they have taken bodies from Jamestown, Narraganset and Sachuest over the last decade. While I spend most of my time in RI now and usually on rocky terrain, highly underestimated in danger is wading out on the barren sandy shoals of Cape Cod in the fog. You have no structure or rock formation with which you can get a sense of direction and If you don't have a compass you are in trouble.
Also when you fish an inlet during the last stages of the tide, the water level will start rising on the incoming while the inlet is still dumping. You can be having a great time catching fish on the outer edges and when you turn around to make your way back to dry land, your route back has been covered with water. No longer is the escape route visable and you can end up having to wade through deep water and soft sand mixed by the current, which can be deadly if your feet get stuck and you fall forward. I would certainly rate Nauset Inlet as being one of the more dangerous places to fish for those unfamiliar with the constantly changing terrain.

I suppose the common thread in all places is know your terrain, think about what your going to do before you do it, don't take chances and hopefully learn from past experiences. Age and experience makes most fisherman more cautious.