Easiest Way To Find Spots To Fish From Shore
- By: Tony Acevedo
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- Found In: Fishing Tips, Inshore Fishing, Fishing Reports, Shore Fishing
Shore fishing can be incredibly simple once you know where to start.
For this trip, I left the boat and kayak behind, used Smart Fishing Spots to find a public access point near fishable water, walked in with two rods and a backpack, and started covering water.
The wind definitely made things more challenging, but the bigger takeaway was how quickly I was able to turn a spot on the map into an actual fishing opportunity.
Featured Software:
Featured Gear:
- Rod: Slam Stick Medium
- Lure 1: Mulligan 4″ Paddletail
- Lure 2: Mulligan 5″ Bomber
- Hook: Hoss Helix Hook 3/0 1/8oz
- Mainline: Diawa J-Braid 10lb
- Leader: Ande 15lb Mono Leader
Start With Access, Then Look For Fishable Water
One of my go-to ways to find shore fishing spots is to start with public access.
Kayak launches and boat ramps are great clues because they immediately tell me there’s a legal way to get near the water.
From there, I used the launch-point layer in Smart Fishing Spots and looked for nearby areas that seemed reachable on foot.
That gave me a starting point without having to randomly drive around hoping to stumble across a spot.
Once I got there, I started looking for the same things I would from a boat or kayak:
- Bait activity
- Funnel points
- Choke points
- Anything unique that could concentrate fish
That’s exactly what led me to a narrow section of creek where bait was active and fish were holding.
Adjust Your Lure To Reach The Fish
I started with a 4-inch Mulligan, and it produced a trout pretty quickly.
But as I kept fishing, it became clear that more fish were holding farther out toward the middle of the creek.
Since I couldn’t simply move closer, I switched to the 5-inch Mulligan.
The bigger lure gave me more casting distance and allowed me to cover water I couldn’t reach before.
That simple adjustment led to more strikes and more fish.
Final Thoughts
The cool part about this trip wasn’t anything complicated.
Find an access point.
Look for nearby fishable water.
Walk in.
Pay attention to what the area is showing you.
Then make small adjustments once you figure out where the fish are holding.
Sometimes a productive fishing spot is a whole lot closer than you think.
What’s your favorite way to find good shore fishing spots?
Let me know in the comments below!
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STOP WASTING TIME ON THE WATER!
Do what the “SMART ANGLERS” are doing and join the Insider Club.
Here’s what you’ll receive today when you join:
- Weekly fishing reports and TRENDS revealing exactly where you should fish every trip
- Weekly “spot dissection” videos that walk you through all the best spots in your area
- Exclusive fishing tips from the PROS you can’t find anywhere else
- Everything you need to start catching fish more consistently (regardless if you fish out of a boat, kayak, or land).
That is awesome. Thanks for sharing. I mainly fish from shore here in Southern California. I have not been fishing in quite some time but I am getting the itch.
Well being that I live in middleburg now but atill fish northeast florida there isn’t really a whole lot of areas to wade fishing because the bottom content of the st johns and the tributaries as well as the icw are about 98 percent mucky marly bottom without sure footing sand it makes it extremely dangerous and frustrating trying to find areas to safely wade fish I only know of a couple spots and while I have fished in a couple of these areas I don’t anymore because of my new found love of night fishing which to me is second best in coolness and comfort against the heat of the hot summer southern sun so I guess if I had the choice of having to fish during the day when its hot and didn’t know about night fishing or wade fishing I obviously because I HATE the oppressive heat I’ll take wade fishing when I can but fortunately I do know alot about night fishing and to me this way supersedes all other ways to fish in the summer and all I can say is it works for me and has for a long time now almost 24 years now thanks for your opinion and all you do😉🤔👍
Great video, I’ll have to try that on a windy day
I’m guessing end of summer and fall are seasons that allow for BIGGER soft plastics strike opportunities ?
Thanks Tony! Is this inside the Merritt Island Wildlife area along the trail back towards the bridge into Titusville? That stretch looks familiar.
Great tips as usual!
Thanks Tony! Great points to lock away in my bag of tricks.
Solid insights! Thanks!
Thanks for the breakdown of your trip !!
Not owning a boat since relocating here , this information will be useful for my next adventure ,, Awesome !!
Great video. Thanks