How to Tie a Surf Fishing Rig
Surf fishing is typically achieved when a person stands in the breaking waves and casts a line for the purpose of catching fish. This can be a great way to spend the day when searching for fish in salt water.
You will need:
- A surf rod and reel with already installed heavy duty fishing line
- Hook wire surf rigs--2
- Snelled hooks in different sizes
- Different weights. Triangular weights are popular with surf fishers
- Assorted bait. Different fish react to different types of food
- Use a clinch knot to attach a snap swivel to the fishing line on the reel. Run the line through the eye of the snap swivel and wrap the line around it approximately five or six times. While holding the wrapped line in place, pass the end of the line through the first loop. Pull the coils together tightly while making sure none of the coils overlap one another. This will clinch the knot close to the eye. Once this is done a clinch knot will be formed.
- Pick up a snelled hook and put the looped end of the line through the loop on the surf fishing line. Pull these together tightly for a snug fit. Adding a second hook using the same process will garner more fish and enable the line to withstand certain bites.
- Use a triangular sinker or weight to enable the line to withstand the current of the surf. If sinkers or weights are not used the cast fishing line will float to the top of the waves and float back to the owner without catching a fish. This is usually ideal for people who take children surf fishing. Children can stand on the shore where the wave meets it and cast a line without a weight at the end.
- Attach the rod, reel and fishing line to the snap swivel already attached to the main fishing line. This can be easily clipped on. When this is finished the hooks are ready to have bait attached to them. Durable bait can come in the form of baitfish, big pieces of shrimp, squid, and bloodworm.