b'beach, not from a side angle. Be careful and make sure you arent in danger because if you get swept into the water, that same current that was helping you catch fish will be pushing you out to sea.I have often found these rocky fringes have baby mussels present as well (maybe because of the food delivered by the current?) and this in turn provides a source of food for fish like snapper and trevally.What if youre fishing a spot that looks good (it may have produced before) and the berley and moon phase are good but youre just not getting bites? One of my last-ditch attempts in these situations is to go down to lighter leader and/or mainline. Maybe 6-10kg. I know that lighter line can absolutely make the difference between bites and no bites. You must make a judgement call though whether the area you are fishing is safe enough to land anything with line that light. Fishing one day in the Bay of Islands I was striking out on a ledge that looked perfect. I just knew the fish had to be there, so I changed down to 6kg leader and sure enough got bit on the first drop. A careful strike was greeted with a bent rod and singing reel, but it managed to smoke me in the kelp. Im fairly sure it was a trevally by the way it sucked in the bait and then powered off. But it provedNote the berley and gaff are my theory right. Preparation, persevereclose at hand in the background and your hard work will pay off.FIGZ for the writer when rock fishing.CHECKOUTThe Okuma Nanomatrix 10-24kg 3m RockOKUMA NANOMATRIX Rod is versatile for bait fishing or stickbaiting10-24KG ROCK ROD but also a solid choice for slide baiting. VIDEO TEST /FISHINGINGODZONE25'