My preference for surf fishing with shrimp is fresh dead. It costs less than live shrimp and is more durable than frozen shrimp. I do not use the whole shrimp unless it is a small one.

Most area bait stores get thousands of fresh live shrimp every day. That means a lot of folks walking through the door with their bait buckets.

Best bets are shrimp, mangrove snapper, redfish, kingfish in the waters of St. Johns County and nearby areas in Northeast Florida.

Over the past few nights, anglers fishing live shrimp under the lights have decked good catches of speckled trout, including a few weighing around 5 pounds. During the day on Thursday, the surf ...

Location is just as important in surf fishing as any other discipline. To learn more about finding productive holes, cuts and bars in the surf, check out Brogden’s videos on his YouTube page ...