Eel Retrieve variations

[bassballer]

Originally Posted by Back Beach

Happens alot. When you employ a wetsuit in the right place, your strike zone expands exponentially as you can reach the fish more readily and keep your presentation in front of them longer. I'm still a greenhorn in the wetsuit but I've already seen enough to convince me its a critical piece of gear for surf fishing if you want to expand the strike zone quite a bit.

Yeah this paticuar spot is only accessible by wetsuit.

Although you can also find yourself swiiming out to the far boulder, launch your cast, only to have fish feeding 5 feet behind you. I guess its all relative.

[tlapinski]

Don't forget the lift, reel down and pause retreive. This worked wonders for me last weekend. Even resulted in my first shark while wetsuiting. Nothing quite like dealing with a pissed off sand shark standing waist deep on a rock with 10'+ of water all around you.