Hang Ups On The Diamond Jig
As many of you know- and maybe many of you don’t- I basically despise these things. I just hate them out of principle. They’re dumb.
S3 E44 /// Your Cheat Code to Setting Your Drag For Surfcasting
In this episode, the guys tackle a very simple, but very important topic: what they think the proper drag setting is for surfcasting for stripers.
No Time For Slackin’
I am saying this just as much to myself as I am you, the listener of The Surfcast Podcast: now is no time to let down your guard and take it easy in the surf.
Fall Run Giveaway Winner
The time has come to announce the winner of The Surfcast Podcast Fall Run Giveaway.
S3 E43 /// You Don’t Fish Hard Enough In the Late Season!
Do your surf fishing habits get “soft” as the season drags on into the eleventh hour? See why the guys think this is a common pattern of surfcasters and how they (sometimes) are able to combat it.
Are You Prepared To Cast A $1000 Lure?
But I was thinking last night, what if you turn this on its head. What if you think about what it would be like to always be casting a $1000 lure. Every cast there’s a thousand bucks at the end of your line. Do you have confidence in your knots and line now?
S3 E42 /// Surf Association #7: Fall Run 2026
The guys are back with another installment of your favorite themed episode: Surf Association. In this one, Jerry yells a lot. Toby sweats. But they’ll teach you a thing or two, as well.
Tail Talk
I have gone way, way down the rabbit hole of tail dressings, testing and retesting different plugs with different combinations to the point where I have developed a loose but consistent playbook for what to do to make a particular plug behave exactly the way I want it to.
S3 E41 /// Jimmy Fee Says Glide Baits Are The Ultimate Surfcasting Lure For Striped Bass!
A self-proclaimed “Glide Bait Evangelist,” Jimmy Fee of On The Water Media joins the guys this week to spread the gospel of the glide bait—in glide we trust.
In The Storm, Stay Close
So this week- and into next week- as you’re thinking about where you might catch fish in this weird, not really a nor’easter, not a hurricane, wind event thingy, I might consider: where are the fish REALLY close?
S3 E40 /// Is Roll Good in Surf Plugs?
On this week’s episode, Jerry and Toby break down one of the most overlooked aspects of surf plug action: roll. How much should a surf plug roll, and is more roll always better? The guys discuss how plug roll affects swimming action, why some plugs are designed to roll more than others, and whether roll is a desirable trait for every surf plug or only specific types of lures.
It’s Bucktail Time!
I know some of you are saying to yourself, “There’s no bad time to fish a bucktail jig,” and you’re not wrong. The thing is, most of my bucktailing is done in outflows—breachways, inlets, drains, and similar areas. I’m just not much of an open-beach bucktail guy. I have plenty of other lures and jigs that I feel outperform a bucktail in the open surf.