Fishing out of your comfort zone

I spent this past Thanksgiving holiday in the Outer Banks of North Carolina visiting my parents and of course had to wet a line. The surf was too ruff to fly fish effectively, so we had to use spinning gear and bait to catch fish. I am not experienced with fishing in the surf with anything other than a fly rod, but with help from the locals we did very well catching many red drum. We used drum rigs with 4oz sinkers and cut mullet to catch these beautiful fish. Low tide was the best time to be on the beach. Friends in Ocean City have been catching nice strippers in the surf using the same rig and bait.

Rick's 38 inch Stripper in OC

Stef on the pier in NC