Extreme Surf Fishing in Tough Conditions

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Extreme surf fishing connotes a lot of meeting for a fisherman. Does extreme surf fishing refer to the rugged outdoors, and inclement weather that one face during surf fishing? Extreme surf fishing may mean that fishermen is after a big game besides the everyday 4 to 6 lbs fishes. One thing is for sure, only few dare to undergo extreme surf fishing because of the climate conditions and the catch they are after.

It is usual that extreme surf fishing happens during the fall season. The weather condition during this season is very fickle, yet fishermen from all points of the compass would be there after for some prize game. Despite the presence of high wind, they would still wade the water to surf fish. High wind creates a lot of impact on waves, it makes it come in a little higher and pounding, a little bit stronger. Water clarity is very poor during this time. In this extreme weather, the rugged and persistent fishermen would come out and try to beat out the others for the best fishing spots. The possibility of confrontation is probable especially when they try to claim territorial rights on areas the game feeds. Tackles and bones are smashed in the strong waves. People would come in from the water seeking for doctors to pull out hooks on their faces, hands and legs. Despite all of the injuries and hardships, fishermen undergo this every time as they consider it as a rite of passage.

Extreme surf fishing may also be about the catch the fishermen are after. Extreme surf fishing for them is in the summer when the sharks come in from the ocean. This is the period where the reproductive stage occurs, mate, lay eggs, and give birth. This is the opportune type for an angler to have the chance of a lifetime to hook 500 lb specie while fishing from the bank.

Extreme surf fishing requires a different kind of gear, it is not the garden variety surf fishing equipment for some may only be acquired in hardware stores. The shark fishing reel must be at 16/0, the line as long as 3000 yards with an 80lb test and a sturdy rod to put it all in. Reeling a shark that takes the bait is a war of attrition and only a chosen few can survive extreme surf fishing.



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