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Fish Per Hour: Why Counting Fish Lies to You (and What to Count Instead)
Your favorite conditions always look best because you fish them most. Why fish per hour fished is the honest way to judge tides, moon and lures, with the proof.
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How to Keep a Surf Fishing Log That Actually Tells You Something
What to write down after every surf trip, skunks included, and how a few seasons of notes turn into knowing when your spots fish best.
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How to Read a Northeast Beach: Bars, Cuts and Troughs When It All Looks the Same
Where to cast on a beach that all looks the same. How to find bars, cuts, holes and rips, when to scout, and why storms keep changing the answer.
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Skunked Again? A Five-Question Diagnostic for Surfcasters Who Aren't Catching
Most skunk streaks aren't about lures. Five questions to work out whether it's the timing, the place, or you, and what to change first.
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Tides, moon and weather
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Does Barometric Pressure Matter for Surf Fishing? What the Evidence Actually Says
Falling barometer, hot bite? Why there's no good evidence pressure itself moves fish, why the tide dwarfs a weather front, and what pressure really tells you.
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Does the Moon Phase Matter for Surf Fishing?
How the moon really affects surf fishing through tide swing and night light, what solunar tables can and can't tell you, and how to test it at your spots.
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What's the Best Tide for Striped Bass From the Surf?
Incoming or outgoing? Why moving water matters, how inlets, beaches and rocks fish different stages, and how to find the best tide at your own spots.
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Wind for Surf Fishing: Onshore, Offshore, and Why 'Wind From the West' Fails in New Jersey
The best wind for surf fishing depends on which way your beach faces. Onshore vs offshore wind, what each does to bait and water, and why the old rhyme misleads.
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Fish and seasons
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Tog From the Jetty: Crabs, Rigs That Don't Snag, and the Tide at Your Rocks
When tautog turn on from shore, which crab to use, how to rig so you're not tying a new rig every drop, and the honest answer on which tide fishes a jetty.
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Water Temperature for Stripers, Fluke, Tog and Albies: When Each Bite Turns On
The water temperatures Northeast surfcasters watch for striped bass, tautog, false albacore and fluke, the 77°F line for releasing stripers, and where to check it.
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