Was contemplating buy a 4 1/2oz & 5 1/4oz jig head mould so you could cast from the beach with a surfcasting rod.Can buy box of plastic jig tails from the red shed fairly cheap.If you used two rods you can fish one with bait and use the other to cast and slowly retrieve.Be able to get a lot of casting practice and may catch a fish as well. Done the same thing had no bites then just as I start to wind in BANG I get a fish thats happened quite a few times.