Surf Fishing Tackle

Choosing Surf Fishing Tackle

Spoons

Spoons are a simple and affordable lure. The look like the head of a spoon, and have a wobbling and flickering movement. These are a good basic surf fishing tackle choice.

Spinners

Spinners have a rotating action, and shows a flash of light that's reflected off. It simulates a fish's scales moving. It's flexible lure, and by alternating the speed by speeding up or slowing down the retrieve.

Surface lures

Surface lures can be exciting, but are better in weeded areas than in moving ocean waters. The fun of these is that you can see the fish exit the water and taking the lure!

Suspending plugs

Having neutral buoyancy and resistance, when the plug has dived or dropped to the required depth and left alone, it will continue on being suspended to that depth.

Floating drivers

Floating divers are something that should be in everybody's surf fishing tackle box. They come in many different diving depths, some that can go down to fifteen feet or more, or you can choose ones that sit closer to the surface!

How you establish the diving depth is based on the point of view of the vane or fin to the body of the lure. The lesser the angle to the body of the lure- the deeper it can dive. The size and shape contribute to the movement in the water. It comes down to the size of the vane & lure body!

Sinking plugs

Since you're surf fishing, you might want to get some sinking plugs, since they're good for deep water fishing, and if you cast out far, these are great. You'll start retrieving when it hits it's intended depth. What you'll do is count down, so you can figure the distance that the plug has gone down. It can help you figure out how far down the fish are when they strike. This helps you figure out the "sink rate" of the lure.

Soft baits

Soft rubber baits come in different sizes, shapes, and forms. With a weighted jig head, you can pull on it just like jerk bait. These can be used in surf fishing, as well as fresh water fishing.

Jerk baits

You'll be making this tackle move. You're jerking on the line makes the tackle appear to have life. It gives the appearance of a fish that may be injured, so makes tempting prey to other fish.

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