Hi Scienceman, I have been trying to figure the beach fishing out on the Central Coast for a few years, have fished good gutters on rising tides at dusk many times for nothing, very hit and miss,( I mainly target tailor and salmon with pillies) I went to Pearl beach last night with freshly caught squid and tailor fillets as I had heard of nice jewies being caught there in recent weeks, I had 1 big run then bait, hook, 50lb leader swivel and sinker all gone, hmmmm me thinks a noah, may think twice about swimming there again late afternoon, but as everyone will tell me that is jewie fishing and perservierance will pay off, if you or anyone else ever wants to meet up for a beach session let me know. I have mainly fished Terrigal, nth Avoca and Pearl with mixed results, got my first jewie off Terrigal last year fishing for tailor, go figure!!!!!!!!!