Q: I was just watching a commercial about a guy who invented a “fish bait launcher” that launches your fishing line, tackle and bait out 200-plus yards past the surf. It was invented by a dedicated ...

Leo Croisetiere’s prosthetic leg put an end to surf fishing at age 49. Or so it seemed. Every summer for 20 years he had waded far enough off the Outer Banks shoreline to cast past the breakers. It ...

Surf fishing and be a bit intimidating to the uninitiated. It’s you against a vast ocean, and even though some lakes are huge, you still feel like the fish are confined enough that you have a shot.