The Lindawg was pretty happy with herself on a productive day fishing the surf in Melbourne Beach.
On Friday afternoon we went down south to Coconut Point Park in Melbourne Beach for some surf fishing action. As we arrived, a ridiculously vibrant rainbow seemingly fell to the earth right at the beach access point. The beacon of light did not lead us astray and turned out to be a good omen for the day.
Fishing outgoing tide, the bite was going off. The whiting in particular were just LIT. You couldn’t have a line in the water for a minute without hooking into one. And the fish were running thick in the first trough, just feet from shore. I tried a combination of baits: live sand fleas, live shrimp, and fishbites, which all seemed to work just as well. The surf was a bit rough, so I tried going straight fishbites — and the fish did not mind a bit. I am now officially on board the fishbites train. TOOT, TOOT.
PRO TIP: I don’t know, this may be common knowledge, but I learned it from a pro, so I’m gonna go ahead and call it a pro tip. In the past when I’ve tried fishbites, I’d use a small square just cutting straight across the bait. The results were lackluster. But, recently, I learned from Spacefish surf fishing contributor, Caleb Couture, to instead cut the bait at an angle, as it apparently better imitates natural bait much more effectively. Low and behold, he’s right!
Anyhow, over a couple of hours on the beach, we caught a few JUST under-sized pompano, a few decent-sized croakers, and a whole BOAT LOAD of whiting. Most were around 10″ – 12″ but we ended up taking home 7 or so in the neighborhood of 15.” Good fishing, good eating!
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