Reading the beach for surf fishing is one of the most intimidating things for those who are just starting out. I made this for the beginner and I hope it can be a helpful part of your journey into surf fishing. As always, nothing beats time on the water and if you've gone out a few times and found it frustrating, don't quit! If you stick with it, the results will follow and I believe that it is well worth your effort. Tight lines!
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Extremely informational, crystal clear Pronunciation, Cool, calm, easy to understand, Amazing editing, Not too long, not too short, By far the best Surf reading video I've ever seen. Thank you sir.
Wow, thank you so much for such a thoughtful and kind comment. Greatly, greatly appreciated. Tight lines!
I thought the same thing. Only got about 3 or 4 hours of bombing casts randomly and still no fish landed. This is extremely helpful. I had some thoughts about this but this explains it and i actually understand this info. Its great. Thank you!
why would you expect him not to have clear pronunciation?
Great video. I am 60 years old. Fished my whole life and learned how to read the surf the hard way. By going surf fishing and not knowing what I was doing and had to figure it out by myself. I found you video very interesting. I like your style of teaching. A Lot of reading the beach video's I've seen do not come close to your approach and simplicity of the difficult task of surf reading. This is a must see for all new surf fishers who want to catch fish. I am from New Jersey and this applies for the east coast as well. Thank you for a great video.
The editing must have been very difficult for this video but we all appreciate it! Thank you!
Really appreciate that Jake, thank you. This video took WAY longer than I anticipated lol. At the end of the day, my desire for this video is for it to be helpful. Hopefully that can be the case for some. Tight lines!
My Fiancée and I just got into Surf fishing. We love it. We have primarily been bottom rig fishing. I love to cast. This video just took the intimidation out of not knowing what to really do. This fired me up! Can’t wait to get back to beach. We fish North and South Carolina. Thanks Man
I have watched so many "beginner" read the beach vids and this is the only one I have been able to understand Thank you! ❤❤
This is probably the most informative fishing video I’ve ever watched. Great stuff man.🐬
That is a very humbling thing to read, thank you so much and blessings to you! Tight lines!
This is one of the best tutorials I've seen on reading the surf. For someone who's fished the California surf and now New Jersey surf for the last 15 yrs, I can't emphasize how relevant this is regardless of the coast you fish. I fish a lot of jetties here on the east coast, but this is a nice refresher as I sometimes overlook these "sweet" spots going from one jetty to the other especially at night. I will definitely share with friends who are looking to take on this addictive passion. Thanks for sharing!
I’m 61 and thank God I found your channel. You are teaching the old dog new tricks!! Thank you so much
I'm enjoying surf fishing in Japan. I learned a lot. I will come again.👍
What an informative video!! I really appreciate your teaching style. This taught me more in several minutes than a lifetime of trying to read the surf. Thank you!!!
Awesome information. Now I know why I was unsuccessful surf fishing
Really great stuff! Such great content and well organized and presented. Thanks!
SUBSCRIBED! This video is super helpful for us beginners, thanks!!
Outstanding video - thank you for putting this together.
This is just what I needed to watch and learn from thank you
Thanks for the amazing and easy to understand lesson on reading surf!
Good stuff! Was trying to explain to a friend how to fish the surf and this video summed it up perfectly. Thank you!
Very informative. Thank you!
Thank you so much from a fresh water fisherman getting into surf. This was very helpful.
Thank you for all the information ,awesome video .
Great video I seen others trying to explain how to read the surf, but your video thoroughly explains & shows. Exactly what your talking about. Saving this one to refer back to Thank You👍
So good. Thank you
A genius and calm teacher
Excellent tutorial! Thank you!!
Very helpful! Thank you!
Thanks for taking the time to bring this video out, very well done. I have a better understanding now of reading the beach structure. Having only limited time now to fish, it helps much.
Awesome video brother! That’s going to be helpful to a lot of people 🙏🏼
Hey thanks so much Mike, and HUGE CONGRATS on your wedding. I hope it was a wonderful day man!!
Very helpful thank you
Thanks buddy, very informative. Much clearer than some other videos I've watched.
3 minutes in and I've learned more than I ever did wandering the beach on vacation trying to figure this out! Thank you for such a great, informative video!
Thank you for your video it was very easy to understand I appreciate it!!
I really love these types of informative videos. I know how to read a beach pretty well, but I still pick up little things and benefit from the aerial drone footage comparisons etc. This was really well put together.
Thank you so much, really appreciate the encouragement. Tight lines!
Thanks a lot for such an informational and easy to understand teaching. It will make a great difference to how I fish. This is such a profound learning. Thanks again
Great info. TY!
I've watched a ton of videos on this topic and this is have down the best.
Fantastic. This helped me a ton. Thanks so much!
Nice job, should be shared for all sons and grandkids.
Great job Benjie, one the best videos I’ve seen on reading the surf 👏🏾
Perfect video, thank you!
Best breakdown I've seen so far! Great stuff!
Yes hall'0 tkU u have explained it every well to us fisherman's, ur the best of videos I've seen before, tkU again and keep the Blessings
This is very helpful! Thank you!
This video as helped me understand surf fishing to whole new level, love how you broke everything down, simple and to the point. I’ll be binge watching your videos prior to my outer banks trip next week!!!! Thank you.
Greatly appreciate the encouragement! Tight lines out there, as long as you're out there putting in the time, success is inevitable!
Many thanks! Great explenation too. 👍
Been fishing pretty much my entire life 29 years later I’m just now getting into surf fishing and this helped sooooo much and I appreciate all the info you shared there’s a spot I want to try and it’s full of all these I just didn’t know what I was doing but now I do 🤙💪🙏🏻
Excellent advice. I’ve only done pier and deep sea fishing, so your video encourages me to try beach fishing. I live near the Gulf of Mexico. Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed watching. I subscribed and put notifications on, so that I can keep up with your latest updates.
The best tutorial for reading the surf yet. Great job man
Really, really appreciate the encouragement, thank you so much!
Great information which I am going to practise next time I head to the beach.😊
Great job my friend! This was very well done and helpful to me as a surf fisherman. I live on the east coast, but all of these principles regarding structure and reading the beach are still absolutely critical as far as finding the fish. TY
one of the best videos I've ever seen. you put in a lot of effort into editing with the drone footage and ground footage. Well done man
top video bro, Thank you!
Love it bro! Have you got any video on what baits or lures are best for shore fishing?
Excellent tutorial great job brother
Thank you good sir
Thank you Benjie for doing this video, you must have been reading my mind. This will definitely help a person like me. 🤙🏽
Thanks so much Mikel, you're a slayer already brotha and while we're all trying to get better each time out, at this point, it's just about being out there and being grateful for our gift of fishing. Tight lines brotha!
I love this video!! Thank you Benjie. You’re getting good at editing
Thank you brotha, I appreciate the positive vibes and encouragement!
This is a great video. Very informative and clear. Only just started getting into beach fishing after fishing rivers, lakes and estuaries and rocks for so long. Caught some decent fish so far, but only by fluke. This info will help a LOT. Saving this one. Thank you!
Greatly appreciate the positivity. Sounds like you're a fishy dude expanding your game. It'll be a great Summer for ya for sure!
Very helpful. Thanks Benjie!
Thanks so much Eugene, I hope you're well and fishing hard!
Always went fishing with friends and now I bought my own Penn Fierce IV. Trying to go out there on my own now and your video helped a lot since i don’t know what i’m doing on my own thanks bro 🙏🏻
thanks for this vid..helped alot
Great video
Another great video. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much Nam, let's hopefully get out there one of these weeks!
This is good to know so I don't get hooked while surfing
Amazing video! This is definitely the most helpful video I’ve found! Going to put it to the test in 2 weeks!
Great tutorial with illustrations and areal view! I live in SoCal (SoBay) and haven't done any surf fishing in a long time but I'm starting to get my feet wet again. Your video helped jog my memory on what to look for and where to fish! Thanks for posting! Just subscribed :)
Great video bro. What type of lures would you recommend?
Great video, I noticed the sandbars leading up to the cuts in the video weren’t paralleling the beach on both sides of the cuts.
Thank you
Wow, great detailed video Benjie. I really learned and enjoyed this video.
Much appreciated Al thank you so much brotha!
Bro.... this is the best video ive ever seen about this. Im gonna share it on my social media. Great Video man.
Hey thanks so much!! I just subscribed to your channel, looks like you guys are doing great things in Florida. I don't know if or where you posted but I got a pretty big uptick in views from external, so that is greatly appreciated. I hope to fish in Florida one day! Let me know if you ever want to fish SoCal. Tight lines!
Thanks bro and I def will I got a large following on fb I shared around there.
@@SlotCityFishing good stuff, thanks again 🙏🙏🤙
Great video Ben!!
Thank you Luis, appreciate it. I got your text brotha, I'll respond....NOW (lol)!
Fantastic video, very informative! Thanks for helping us rookies, I certainly need those different perspectives. I appreciate the first person views, since this is how I see water when I stand on the beach. Blessings to you Brutha.
Thank you Dwayne, for me at least, there are many moments when I'm straight up guessing and that's what thing I hope those are newer to surf fishing understand and relate to. I've got a little more confidence now after several years of grinding and failing but sometimes it's just hard to tell, especially at a high tide. You've had some good days out there which means you're seeing the right things and based on the conversations we shared that day at the meetup, you're seeing everything I'm seeing. You're definitely no rookie!! Slay on!!
Benjie-great information! Thanks for sharing!
Much appreciated Greg, tight lines!!
Ditto on the props. Just moved to SoCal weeks ago, and this is the best video I've watched on the subject.
Super great video. I will definitely try it out. Cross your fingers.
helped a lot, thanks bro 👌🏼
Really helpful and thanks for putting the time to share this knowledge so we can all improve on the surf!
Appreciate it Gary, thank you for the positivity and encouragement. Wishing you a great Thanksgiving!
@@BenjieKimFishing Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. Same for everyone else!
Nice one mate-Good info-Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Cheers.
much appreciated!
Yo, great vid. Super helpful and well produced, hwaiting!!
Thanks Francis, hope you've been slaying em out there brotha!!
This video is so well done. I digestibly learned a ton from it. Thanks sir.
Thanks Brian, hopefully it can be helpful for folks. Appreciate you man!!
You answered a lot of my questions. Great video!
Thanks so much Jim for watching and the comment!
Great video. I’ve always fished the cut and the rip but didn’t know what they were called lol. I just fish where waves haven’t started to curl over and I’ve been very successful. Great tips in this video
WOW! This video was so informative, the best I’ve seen. I saved it to watch over. New to surf fishing, thanks so much. Actually I subscribed so keep it up, please!
Appreciate it so much David, thank you. Appreciate the sub, I'm a multi species angler but the surf is where I'm best so there will always be plenty of surf content throughout the year. Tight lines!
Hey there. I am not a newbie when it comes to fishing, but I found your video very clear and easy to understand, and informational even for me. Great job and you have a new subscriber!
Really appreciate your feedback Kevin, thank you so much and tight lines!
This video alone should earn you tons of subscribers . Would fish typically be in deeper water that the holes create in lakes aswell
Great video benjie I agree when the wind is blowing it gets hard to read the surf.
Thanks Dominic, yea man when the waters rough, its tough to see for most folks...or at least me. We're all in the same boat!
This was a great video on reading waves! I'm a seasoned angler but u taught me alot.
Thank you so much, greatly appreciate the encouragement. Tight lines!
fantastic presentation!
Much appreciated, thank you!!
Wow this is video is perfect
thank you!
Avid Surfcaster saying - Exceptional content man. Thank You.
Really appreciate that, thank you.
Exactly the video I needed to beat the countless skunks! Thanks Benjie!!
Always appreciate you Martin, thank you so much for the encouragement! Hope you're well brotha!
Hi benjie! Thanks for the great video this has helped a lot. Most of the beaches that I am able to get to are full of reef and rocks and I have been struggling identify and put my LC into the right spots. Do you have any tips for these conditions?
Hey there, man sounds like you're at the right locations brotha. From there, it's just a matter of dialing it in thru trial and error. I find that a lot of locations like this fish best at a low to negative tide as it will allow you to walk further out and cast the outer edges of that structure. When scouting, look for drop off points and holes (darker water) where the structure is. IMO there's a HIGH possibility that your locations are loaded....now it's just a matter of timing when the bite window is. All it takes is one session for you to get bit...log what the tide and conditions were like and hone in from there. Hope that helps.
Awesome. Thanks so much!
I was looking at my low tide high tide photo to a surf beach that i go and i was “ thats sand bar and thats trough hole hole hole “ and thank you for the details you put in this video.
Greatly appreciate the positivity and encouragement. Thank you and tight lines!
this is awesome, I always wondered what you look for when surf fishing. Your vid production is getting sick and almost 12k subs nice job! I actually feel like I may catch a fish in the surf now lol
Dude, whenever you're ready to try the sand just let me know. You know I got you.
@@BenjieKimFishing nice man you've been slaying it lately seems like you've really dialed into what is working now...
Great video, learned allot, coming down from the OC, hopefully it will help me thanksgiving week of fishing for 3 or 4 days.
Awesome Kurt, thank you so much. Hopefully the water will be primed for that week. We've been in a transition period for awhile now (dirty water, rough surf) but I believe it should settle down soon and when that happens, it should be a solid window for catching fish.
Very good tutorial. You hit all the angles. Would be interesting if there was underwater (GoPro?) footage to show and confirm what that structure looks like too.
How do you know where you are allowed to fish on the beach are there designated areas ?
Great video. What rod are you using in this video?
I’m still learning about this. This definitely helps big. Thanks for these videos. I’ll catch up at linch
Minh!!! Much love to you brother and wishing you a very merry Christmas!!
@@BenjieKimFishing u too benjie!
Great information . Just came back from the beach. The fishing was pretty lousy. Talking to others on the shore they had worse fishing than I did with my son. Is there any benefit to fishing out past the tide?