High or Low

[Clogston29]

I'm the same way. Not too experienced with sand but I've found same rules apply, structure is just more subtle, harder to read, and changes more often. Spend some time watching the waves during the day for trough and bars that will concentrate fish.
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[BigFish]

The late, great Flaptail once told me he preferred a dropping tide on the backside! Spent alot of time fishing the backside myself and found most success on the drop! Find a trough on the drop and fish where it flushes out! Remember "still water runs deep" so if you read the water look for the "still" water.....that is where the holes are and there you will find your quarry as Josh said......."concentrations of fish".

[spence]

Originally Posted by BigFish

Find a trough on the drop and fish where it flushes out! Remember "still water runs deep" so if you read the water look for the "still" water.....that is where the holes are and there you will find your quarry as Josh said......."concentrations of fish".

Great advice...

-spence

[l.i.fish.in.vt]

i spend quite a bit of time fishing the sands of the CCNS,and my adivce is to fish whenever you have the time to fish.i catch as many fish on a low incoming as i do on a high out going it all depends on where you are fishing and when the fish happen to be in any given spot.the one thing i always look forward to is a heavy sw wind.if you want to do well on the sands of the seashore be ready to walk long distances.

[robc22]

I fish the beaches of CCB quite a bit......I like high outgoing with a lite to medium onshore wind the best.......

[Jackbass]

Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt

i spend quite a bit of time fishing the sands of the CCNS,and my adivce is to fish whenever you have the time to fish.i catch as many fish on a low incoming as i do on a high out going it all depends on where you are fishing and when the fish happen to be in any given spot.the one thing i always look forward to is a heavy sw wind.if you want to do well on the sands of the seashore be ready to walk long distances.

I agree whole heartedly the best advice I could give is check out all the spots you want to fish at low and look For soft structure or moving water at low. The places that show the rips and moving water at low should be fishable at those tides and will at some point produce. The places with a lot of exposed structure at low will be productive on incoming or dripping tides etc. The one thing about soft structure is it changes every season and sometimes daily. Learn to read the water and your chances will improve greatly everywhere.
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[Back Beach]

Originally Posted by l.i.fish.in.vt

the one thing i always look forward to is a heavy sw wind.if you want to do well on the sands of the seashore be ready to walk long distances.

Two key points. Everything else becomes less important if you address these two factors first...get the wind at your back and be ready to cover alot of ground...an onshore wind is ok at times, but wind at your back is the rule.

[BigFish]

All the above responses proves my theory......no one set of conditions produces fish! Only the presence of fish.....produces fish! Get out there.....get a line in the water when you can......enjoy yourself and catching fish is a bonus! I never liked micro-thinking every possible angle and condition and keeping logs.....it sucks the fun right out of it as far as I am concerned! Fish with what you like, when you like and where you like! Best of luck!

[OLD GOAT]

Haus Think of the beach as a blind man waiting for a bus.You don't no when it's coming,you don't no the tide, and you can't change the wind. So I suggest to stop and enjoy the --spot-- and your self at the spot and while your doing it go drownd some bait. It wants to be fresh bait. If it's over 30 hours old,dump it.
Now that your at the--spot--toss your bait out short on one rod and just beyond the second wave with your other rod.
This is a good starting point. From here you can-like a seagull--look up and down the beach and see whats going on and just like a bus stop if you see a blitz heading down the beach then you can put a plug on one rod and follow the blitz.

now pick your spot this here is called learning the beach