Fishing Q&A

I "inherited" a surf rod for fishing from my grandfather, what do i do?

I got it when he passed away and it's about 8-10 feet long and the line is thicker than normal and my grandmother told me he used it for surf fishing, but i really don't know anything about and it in interested me, and i am going to the beach in a few days and I wanted to know if I could use it while there w/o having to use a boat sorry for not having a picture but here's what i can remember of it looking like It's open reel about 8-10 feet long the handle/hilt of it is about 1-1.5 feet long I really don't know what to do with it, let alone how to surf fish if anyone can help or knows of a good site that cna give me hints/tips or any kind of help, I would be grateful it's a almsot new one, not one of the old kind pretty pristeen(sp)[good] condition

Public Comments

1. Is it a glass rod? check for cracks or damage if none clean it up and use it! Take the old line off and spool it with a good braid if rel is in good usable condition!
2. replace the line. While at the beach, walk out in the water & cast...................
3. sounds like you are going fishing good luck and have fun big sinker and hook and bait cast out as far as you can and hang on
4. go surf fishing , good luck
5. To catch fish on the surf use mackerel, bunker (menhaden) or herring. Cut it into two inch pieces and put the chunk on the hook. Also use at least a 4-oz pyramid sinker and a 8/0 hook.