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BigTex · Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 6 Location: Sinton, Texas

I am new to the surf. How far out are the guts? How many are they? How far apart are they from one another?

topdog15 · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 10:25 am Post subject:

The "guts" start right at the beach. The area in between sand bars is known as the gut. This water is deeper than that on the bars, which is why it holds the fish.
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FINS · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 12:04 pm Post subject:

Do a search, not sure what page its on but there is a few threads where it explains different structures of the surf. Very good info.

stxangler · Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 2

http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/2615/readsurf.html

Read that. It should help!

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reef-rat · Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject:

The gut generally starts right below the rib cage. Depending upon how long it has been maintained will determine if it is a large gut or a small gut. If you have an assembly of beer drinkers there may be a large number of guts. So you have to be observant to determine the number and size of the guts. Also it is normally considered in bad taste to get the guts too close together. Even though you did not inquire about it, I always cast on the downwind side of the gut to prevent getting backlashes in my baitcasting reel. However that is not as big of a concern if you are using a spincast reel. I hope this answered all of your questions.

TexasJohnny · Finger Mullet Joined: 12 Jun 2006 Posts: 18

Here is a couple of ways... compliments on Nickaway,

The Pdf
http://www.nickaway.com/PDF%20files/Reading%20the%20surf.pdf

The movie
http://nickaway.com/dvda16.html

The pdf is informative, haven't seen the video yet but might pick it up I'm sure it'll help b/c he's out there a helluva lot more then me. Cool

Good luck