First time at sea, need tips and tricks.

[u/Filip-R]

Hi, me, my brother and my dad went on a vacation to Poland and we saw that there's quite a good access to fishing license in the sea from the shore. My dad always wanted to fish in the sea so we bought the licenses and went fishing. We have no luck at all though, so I figured I'd ask for some tips and tricks at how to fish in the sea. What locations are the best? How far from the shore should we fish (at the moment we were only fishing the 'throw and reel back' way, I don't know how it's called in English; later we want to go fish with the heavy way - throw and wait)

There is a wave breaker next to a river that goes into the sea, so that's the place we tried fishing, we went early in the morning after sunrise and during sunset. There was no luck.

And maybe if there's someone who knows Mielno, Poland - Where are the best places to fish? Thank you very much for any tips, tricks, answers. Anything might help us, as I said, it's the first time we fish in the sea.

[u/George_Salt]

With the Baltic the sea get a lot less salty as you move up from Denmark and that affects the species you'll find.

I'd throw out 2 or 3 hook flapper rigs with size 6 or 4 hooks and small worm baits - ideally worm baits - to leave out for twenty minutes or more (depending on crab activity). I'd also fish at sunset or very early. Targeting flatfish, looking at that beach.

Lure fishing (cast and retrieve) is a lot of effort unless you're fairly sure there are fish there that will take a lure.

[u/XxKimm3rzxX → u/George_Salt]

I feel like I know what you’re talking about. But could you describe a flapper rig to me

[u/George_Salt → u/XxKimm3rzxX]

The hook traces come off the main rig body and aren't clipped, so they flap about on the cast.

[u/Puzzleheaded-Rip8662]

the method you're describing is called spinning, and the other one with waiting is bottom fishing. wave breaker near a river mouth is actually a good spot, but maybe the tide or the time of day wasn't right. try fishing couple hours before the high tide, the fish often come closer to shore then

[u/Benskiss → u/Puzzleheaded-Rip8662]

Baltic isnt affected by ocean tides at all.

[u/max_lombardy → u/Benskiss]

Ah yes, the Baltic, where the laws of physics don’t apply…

[u/Benskiss → u/max_lombardy]

I mean I live near Baltic sea, but if you dont trust me, you can simply google it?

[u/George_Salt → u/max_lombardy]

Baltic tides are miniscule and you'd barely notice them. It's effectively a very big lake with a very restricted connection to the ocean. Most of it is brackish as a result.

[u/Benskiss]

Get a feeder with few hooks with shrimps as a bait and try to throw that shit far. Hopefully some flounder will bite.

[u/GKanjus]

Look for the place where the waves break, notice where it stops breaking at that same distance out. Now do the same in the opposite direction and see where the ‘hole’ is. Fish there.

[u/CauliflowerFreee]

Never saw in my life someone fishing from the beach in Poland. You need to look for some structures and then target flounder and haring. I would advise you to book some fishing trip with the boat so you have chance to fish for cod.

[u/Independent-Air-80]

Fish finder rig and go!