Okay, time to get out and
get wet. Be sure you have on a pair of rubber boots or just sneakers
you don't care about. This is low tide work and the exposed rocks can be
wet and covered in slime. Traction is paramount and while the occasional
stumble or slip is probable, serious injury can be avoided if you move
deliberately and with some wisdom. The green stuff is slippery, for
one example. Gingerly test a stepping area before you put your full
weight on it.
Look for the sacred triangle
shape that lies within the shadowy zone. If sunlight is pouring into
the hole, no one will be below. These fish like darkness--never forget
that (so fish dawn or dusk or when there is a good cloud cover).
Perhaps you are old enough
to remember ant farms, those little glass cases where you could see cross
sections of ant mounds and burrows. If not, not a big deal.
But consider any aperture as potential entrance to a lair, as shown to
the right. You would be amazed where these fish linger.
More may follow, but for
now you are ready to get moving and learn for yourself. Best of luck!
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Best time to fish is at the last hour
of an outgoing tide that reaches 1.0 feet and continue through the first
hour of the incoming. Minus tides are a little dangerous and sometimes
futile because they are too low. Use those for reconnaissance and
gauge where you think the lairs might be. Also, consider that fish might
actually be behind you, beneath the rocks, waiting for the water to come
back in. Most rockwalls and jetties are permeable.
From Above
Cross Section
Who Lurks Here?
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