The well-prepared surfcaster hits the beach with two lights: a narrow-beam flashlight worn around the neck, and a headlamp with a range of settings.

Maximize the potential for catching more, and bigger striped bass at night by packing smart and packing light.

Fishing through slack tide is unlikely to bring fast and abundant action, but it's a brief window when the largest bass of the bunch will feed advantageously.

A journal of your fishing trips can do much more than help you catch more fish.

Surfcasters can find reliable fluke fishing from late spring to fall, right on the beach.

Eliminate slack and keep your lure still in the strike zone to consistently catch stripers just off the beach.

Learn how to select a surf rod that meets the requirements for your style of surfcasting.

Topwater bluefish bites are some of the most explosive and exhilarating strikes any surfcaster will experience north of the Chesapeake Bay.

There will be a night, sometime in the early season, when you’ll be stirred to action.

Minnow plugs are a time-tested lure that surfcasters have thrown toward hungry stripers since the mid-1900's.