Surf fishing and be a bit intimidating to the uninitiated. It’s you against a vast ocean, and even though some lakes are huge, you still feel like the fish are confined enough that you have a shot.

Surf fishing for red drum and speckled trout during the coldest part of the year on North Carolina's Cape Lookout National ...

The coming month has a special designation among surf fishermen. "Pretty much everybody is thinking 'Red October,' catching big bull redfish in the surf," said Mike Able. But that doesn't mean you ...