For a real “surfari,” buy a cart! I bring a 48-quart cooler to ice my bait and fish. I rarely kill snook surf anymore, so the smaller cooler is ample. I bring a smaller soft-side cooler for food. My tackle bag has extra bait rigs, leader material, flies, lures, synthetic strip baits, scissors, a de-hooker for catfish, camera, sunscreen, fish rags round out my supplies. I also bring a sand flea rake if I am without frozen baits. I also bring a mesh chum bag to defrost frozen fleas in the water. A pair of binoculars lets me spot action down the beach.
I typically sit on my cooler, but sometimes stick a light chair on the cart. If my wife joins me, we bring two chairs and an umbrella.…