If the worms are smaller, two or three worms may be necessary. Check your bait about every fifteen minutes. Crabs, perch, flounder or small bait fish may pick the worms off your hook without you detecting a bite. If there is still plenty of worm left on the hook add a small worm to sweeten the batch. This technique may be expensive, but watch the guys that are doing it and see who is catching the fish.
Waders are a nice thing to have.
At low tide it can be easily jumped over in sneakers. Currently, the best fishing time has been the last few hours of the outgoing tide, because warmer water temperatures occur at this time. A regular pair of knee boots will give an angler a 2 to 3 hour window to cross the creek. If you try this, beware that the tide seems to come in a whole lot faster than you would seem to suspect. Light sticks or battery operated lights are a nifty extra when fishing at night.