Locating fishing holes in the surf by Mark Ward

Last month we looked at reading the beach. If you managed to get down to the beach, you would have seen that the surf generally has a back break, a gutter and then a shore break. Having a keen eye and a little understanding allows you to see the way a gutter moves water to the rip, which then moves it back out into the deeper water.

Now that you have this knowledge, you might want to know just where the fish can be found. Locating a gutter and lobbing a bait into it can certainly catch you a fish or two, but you can take this one step further and improve your chances by learning about the various styles of gutters and where the fish like to feed...