| Offshore about ten yards with schools of Pompano and Whiting searching the backwash from the shore break for crustaceans. A short cast into this trough, tighten the line just enough to feel the weight on your line, and minutes later, you feel the familiar "TAP TAP" of tonight's dinner taking your bait. You set the hook and reel your prize in, quickly rebaiting your hook(s) to get your line back in the water before the school of fish moves on, and wait, taking in the smell of the salt air, watching the pelicans cruise just above the incoming waves and listening to the waves breaking at your feet when suddenly it happens again. "TAP TAP". This is Florida surf fishing at it's finest, the way it's supposed to be. This is Playalinda Beach at Cape Canaveral National Seashore. |