He also is an expert on bird watching, native plants and shells - basically, the whole ecosystem of the island. Sandifer recently gave Saltwater Central some tips to pass on to our readers, specifically regarding shark fishing and other big game fish in the surf. O ne of the first things Billy wanted to make clear, when I asked him to reveal a honey hole along the National Seashore or at Big Shell - is that this beach is dynamic. The beach changes every day. That is one of the two biggest mistakes most people who fish out here make.
Most people go to the same place on the beach every time they come out.
They stay there and never move. B illy said mobility is essential to catching fish here. With reds or specks, he said, give it half an hour. If you are staying in one place, that's fine, but you're not catching near the amount of fish you could be catching. We caught some good fish, but mobility was always the key - we just hadn't figured it out yet.