Land Based at Rye

[FishSamFish]

I've done very little fishing land based, most is done on a boat, so I seek a few answers. (a few; A lot)
I'll just dot-point everything.
-is fishing rye or sorrentto back beach worth it?
-is fishing rye and sorrentto front beach better?
-Is my assumption that it's best to fish before sunrise and sunset, and/or, on the hour before and after a turn of tide?

-fishing the surf; areas to catch salmon, whiting, shark?
-I was told gutters for whiting, around the edges of gutters and the surf for salmon and past the surf for shark?
-no, I will not burley the beach, turning it into the red sea, in attempt to attract sharks.

-at rye front beach, does it produce flathead from soft plastics?

(I ask this because, where I'm staying, the back beach is almost within casting distance from the house!)

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would REALLY appreciate these questions answered and any other tips that can be given.

I grabbed a lure for whiting, http://products.bassday.com.au/products ... =JMSBCGBR&
I'll give it a crack and see how it goes and let ya know.

Cheers!

[Berto Pescatore]

In general, yes, these beaches are good places for fishing, and it can produce good Salmon on the back surf and great flatties on the front, but you still need to work out the right tide, time, winds and to be able to locate nice gutters and suitable bait.
If I’d be you I’ll not lose a chance to go and try each and every one of these locations, different times, and different conditions, until I find my favourite fishing spot … good luck

[Tomcat1]

i have fished the back beach there a couple times. i usually hit the beach about an hour before sunset on days that the sunset and high tide run cose to the same time. i start off flicking a lure for salmon. if i catch a few i use them for bait to stay into the night for gummy sharks. for king george i soak a loaf of bread in tuna oil and put it in a buley bag to wash around in the surf.and i soak the bait in the gutters. for salmon throw the lure out pass the breakers and reel.

[FishSamFish]

Was at the beach, rye, back was terrible. Like breakers 100's of meters out. Swell was 5ft+ and barrelling over rocks.

[Tomcat1]

must have went on a bad day mate.

[FishSamFish]

snapped a rod too! That sucked.