Surf perch season is well upon us now. Once conditions clear up from these latest and much appreciated rainstorms, we’ll be looking at brand new winter-style beach topography. These are the beach ...

A seasoned surf fisher shares tips on successfully fishing the surf zone. This week on the Journal, a seasoned surf fisher shares a few tips on successfully fishing the surf zone. In “Gear Time,” he ...

Alberto Knie with a surf-caught cow striper. Alberto Knie “Crazy” Alberto Knie is nothing short of a fishing legend. The founder and president of Tactical Anglers, Inc. (Creative Innovative Fishing ...

Surf fishing is incredibly hard on all gear and tackle, but the best surf fishing reels are up for the challenge. The reason so many reels struggle in the surf is due to the corrosive and destructive ...

Surf fishing can be daunting. Standing on the beach looking at the crashing waves and vastness of the ocean makes you feel small. It’s not like a pond or river that you can more easily break down.

Last year was one of the best surf perching years I have ever experienced. I’ve been dabbling with surfcasting for 30 years or so, but only in the last 10 have I really begun to internalize some of ...

Halloween and Thanksgiving traditionally bookend what most East Coast surf anglers consider the peak of the fall run of striped bass from Southern Massachusetts through Northern Maryland. When I was ...

As we get back to some sense of normalcy and we gain access to our public shorelines and river banks, let’s talk about fishing from the shore. In this article I am going to focus on surf fishing as ...

Bill Varney, through his books and clinics, has been leading the light-tackle charge in California; no longer do surf anglers need a 14-foot surf pole and a five-ounce sinker. Surf Fishing: The ...

A big change is coming for the surf-fishing program in Delaware: There will be no cap on the number of permits issued for 2023, according to an announcement from State Parks Director Ray Bivens on ...

On a recent hot Friday morning, Bruce Werkheiser from Smyrna was preparing his fishing pole off the tailgate of his bright-red pickup truck, getting ready for a day of surf fishing at Fenwick Island ...